| Half Time |
| 45 |
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It's all too easy for the Gunners - they are playing the kind of football they played two years ago and Pompey have no answer to the relentless Arsenal pressure |
| 43 |
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Thierry Henry nonchalantly chips the spot kick past Jamie Ashdown |
| 42 |
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Lomana Tresor LuaLua breaks into the Arsenal box but Pascal Cygan gets in the block and the Gunners break quickly and Andy O'Brien can only break the move up by bringing down Robert Pires in the box |
| 41 |
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A marvellous one-two with Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry almost frees the Dutchman but Gregory Vignal blocks him |
| 40 |
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Lomana Tresor LuaLua tries a shot but it fails to beat the first defender |
| 37 |
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Mathieu Flamini picks Thierry Henry out beautifully from the halfway line and the Frenchman rounds Jamie Ashdown easily to put the result beyond doubt |
| 36 |
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Lomana Tresor LuaLua tries to free John Viafara but the German needlessly strays offside |
| 34 |
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Pompey break well but Matthew Taylor is narrowly called up for offside |
| 33 |
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Robert Pires sends a ball through but it's just cut out otherwise Thierry Henry would have been in |
| 32 |
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John Viafara spoils a decent Pompey move with a stray pass |
| 29 |
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Arsenal are exuberating confidence with all the tricks coming out |
| 27 |
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John Viafara sends a threatening ball in but Lomana Tresor LuaLua is flat footed and Jens Lehmann gathers |
| 24 |
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Andy O'Brien does well to get back and tackle Dennis Bergkamp after the Dutchman beat him first up |
| 23 |
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Lomana Tresor LuaLua beats Pascal Cygan on the edge of the area, but his ball into the area finds no-one prepared to gamble at the near post |
| 21 |
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Sol Campbell fouls Lomana Tresor LuaLua and Pompey have a the ball in a threatening position, but the free kick goes straight out of play |
| 19 |
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Robert Pires breaks quickly but Brian Priske manages to finally foil an Arsenal counter attack |
| 16 |
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Etame Mayer Lauren beats Matthew Taylor and finds Thierry Henry but Portsmouth manage to clear |
| 13 |
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Thierry Henry brings down a long Kolo Toure ball quite beautifully before teeing up Jose Antonio Reyes who slams home the Gunners second |
| 11 |
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Gilberto Silva clips the ball into the area but Jamie Ashdown gathers comfortably |
| 10 |
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Richard Hughes gives the ball away to Pires and Pompey are forced to concede a free kick five yards outside the area |
| 7 |
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A great counter attack from Mathieu Flamini and Robert Pires and the ball is played into Dennis Bergkamp who slots it into the bottom-right corner |
| 5 |
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Jose Antonio Reyes has the first shot of the evening which is scuffed well wide of Jamie Ashdown's goal |
| 4 |
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A neat one-two between Gilberto Silva and Robert Pires is broken up by Matthew Taylor as they approached the area |
| 2 |
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It's a quiet start at Highbury with all the action taking place in the middle third |
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Referee Mark Clattenburg gets this Premiership clash underway at a bitterly cold Highbury |
