89' SO CLOSE TO THE PERFECT GOAL! Reiss Nelson, Giroud, Wilshere and Maitland-Niles combine beautifully with a flurry of one-touch passes to send Alexis clear on the left, but he opts to dink a ball to a non-existent Arsenal shirt at the far post.
86' Koln are attempting to salvage something from this game, but in their over-eagerness to do so, Cordoba finds himself offside. Arsenal are in control at the moment, and it is reflected in their play, which is much more confident.
82' Kolasinac sends in a low cross that is cleverly dummied by Wilshere, with Walcott's shot blocked and then falling perfectly for Bellerin to slam home.
77' How did he miss?! Wilshere sends Alexis through with a gorgeous through ball, but the Chilean miscues his shot with Walcott also available in space.
74' So close! Giroud with a lovely lay off finds Walcott in the box, but his cross is cleared out by Koln. The move ends with Alexis getting fouled and he is immediately back up to take the set piece. His shot is on target, but Horn makes a comfortable save.
72' SAVE! Cordoba gets the better of Monreal and then runs past Mertesacker into the box, before unleashing a low drive to the near post, but Ospina gets down well to make a smart save. A real warning for Arsenal!
67' WHAT A GOAL FROM THE CHILEAN! UNSTOPPABLE! Maitland-Niles through ball is a bit too much and forces Alexis to the left touchline, but the Chilean cuts inside and curls a beautiful shot straight into the top corner.
64' WHAT A CHANCE! Maitland-Niles plays a lovely 1-2 with Giroud on the edge of the box and is through on goal, but Horn comes out to deny the Arsenal youngster from scoring.
62' Arsenal attempt to get down the right wing with Bellerin but Koln hold firm. there's been a bit of a lull in proceedings as both sides pass the ball around in midfield without much conviction.
55' CLOSE! Alexis sends Bellerin clear down the right with a clever pass, and the Spaniard responds with a lovely low cross to Walcott lurking in the box, only for the ref to pull play back for offside.
52' Arsenal have come to life! Sanchez and Kolasinac exchange a clever 1-2 on the left wing, but the left-back's low cross is cleared out, followed by Iwobi sending a volley over the bar.
49' A STUNNING GOAL FROM THE SUBSTITUTE! Elneny chips a lovely ball forward to Walcott, who collects, turns and lays it off to Kolasinac, who sends an unstoppable first time volley into the top corner.
47' Alexis lofts a cross field diagonal to Walcott in the box, and the Englishman shows great control to win a corner. Walcott takes the corner himself and sends it deep, where Sanchez collects and shrugs off about 4 challenges before lofting it back to Walcott, who was offside.
44' Arsenal have had much of the ball here, but are struggling to make much of it, with Sanchez being forced to drop deep. Wenger has a real headache on his hands.
41' Elneny does well to cover for Holding losing the ball in midfield, ensuring that Bittencourt's cross is blocked, but conceding a corner in the process.
39' HEADER! Iwobi drives at the Koln defence, before spreading it wide to Alexis, who lofts a cross to Giroud in the box, but the Frenchman's glancing header goes well wide.
38' SO CLOSE! Sanchez sends Maitland Niles clear with a lovely through ball down the left channel, but the youngster makes a mess of his low cross with plenty of red shirts in the box, thus allowing Koln to clear.
32' SHOT! Alexis drops deep and launches the ball forward to Giroud, who produces a headed layoff for Elneny on the edge of the box, and his volley flies well wide. Meanwhile, Jonas Hector receives treatment on the touchline.
30' LUCKY! Rausch sends in a brilliant ball from the left, which Zoller is inches away from turning in, but Ospina manages to get ahead before fumbling the ball into Hector's path, and then clearing him out. Thankfully for Arsenal, the ref had blown for Zoller being offside beforehand.
28' Groans ring out at the Emirates as Elneny opts to pass the ball back instead of forward from a promising position. Koln win the ball back and burst forward on the counter, forcing a corner.
25' Alexis finds Giroud in the box with an early cross from the left, but a heavy touch results in a goal kick for Koln. Rather pedestrian stuff from Arsenal so far, with Koln holding on to their lead rather well, and looking dangerous on the counter-attack.
23' CHANCE! Holding does brilliantly to intercept the ball, playing it to Iwobi, who lofts it to Walcott running clear on the right side of the box, but the Englishman skews his shot wide while falling over under pressure.
20' There we go! Bellerin sends in a peach of a cross with Giroud rising high to head the ball downwards but cannot get enough purchase on his effort, with Horn collecting the ball.
16' CHANCE! Zoller gets onto the end of a long ball in the box, but loses the ball as Monreal and Holding manage to nick the ball off the Koln forward.
14' Maitland-Niles sends in a low cross from the left and Giroud's near post shot is cleared out for a corner. Alexis sends in a great set piece, but Monreal's header bounces right in front of Horn and is saved.
13' Arsenal nearly get caught out on the counter, but Bellerin uses his recovery pace to get back. The move ends with Bittencourt hammering a shot well over the goal.
12' SAVE! Alexis sends in a free kick into the box, where Giroud sends a looping header towards goal, only for Horn to tip the ball over the bar. However, the Frenchman was offside.
10' A HOWLER FROM DAVID OSPINA! He rushes out to clear the ball and only manages to clear it to Cordoba, who takes a touch, turns and lofts a shot well over Ospina into the net!
8' In stark contrast to the scenes in the crowd, the game has been pretty uneventful so far, with Holding, Mertesacker and Monreal having plenty of the ball. There is the odd long ball forward from both sides, but the keepers have been first to it everytime.
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