Phil Dowd blows the full time whistle and Birmingham hold on to earn a deserved draw at the Emirates Stadium.
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Nicklas Bendtner sums up Arsenal's day, with a right footed shot that fizzes wide of Maik Taylor's post.
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The fourth official indicates two minutes of added time.
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Unbelievably Arsenal couldn't put the ball in the back of the net as Hleb drilled the ball right across the face of the Birmingham goal. It's just not going to be their afternoon.
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Maik Taylor shows no hesitation from the resulting corner as he came and claimed brilliantly to settle the away side down and calm any nerves.
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Liam Ridgewell has been superb this afternoon for City and he may have prevented a second Arsenal goal with a brilliant sliding tackle to block Hleb's shot.
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Arsenal are absolutely leathal breaking forward on the counter attack but can not seem to put the ball in the back of the net, and Birmingham are still digging in to hold onto the draw.
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Birmingham are trying to waste time now and Larsson is warned by Phil Dowd to hurry up and get on with taking a throw in or work his way into Dowd's notebook.
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Arsenal's continuous pressure suggests Birmingham may not have what it takes to survive until the final whistle.
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Substitution
Abou Diaby replaces Bakary Sagna for Arsenal.
80
Some substantial pressure from Arsenal forces Birmingham to concede a corner, but Stephen Kelly did well to head the ball away from danger after a poor corner by Fabregas.
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Alex Hleb should consider himself very lucky to still be on the pitch, after he escaped a second yellow card from the referee for a nasty tackle on Sebastian Larsson.
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Rafael Schmitz continues to defend fantastically for Birmingham this afternoon, this time he bravely got in the way of Clichy's flying shot and prevented it from hitting the target.
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Olivier Kapo looked to have broke the offside trap as he got on the wrong side of Clichy, but the linesman raised a late flag and judged him to be strangely offside.
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Alex McLeish has signalled his intent then by bravely bringing on two fresh legs up front as he sends his side in search of a winning goal.
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Substitution
Gary McSheffrey and Mikael Forrsell come on to replace Cameron Jerome and Garry O'Connor.
73
Yet another good move by Arsenal with Bendtner again firing a shot wide for Arsenal and Birmingham continue to live another day.
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The home side are peppering the Birmingham goal, this time it was substitute Nicklas Bendtner who found a yard or two to pull the trigger but again frustratingly for Arsenal his shot whizzed wide past the post.
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Arsenal again played some beautiful attacking football with the final ball finding Clichy just outside the area but the left back's powerful left footed shot was straight down the throat of Maik Taylor.
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Bakary Sagna found himself in a decent position and decided to fire a shot at goal, but his effort was woeful to say the least and missed the goal to the left.
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We saw Arsenal at their best moments ago as Eduardo broke down the left with his explosive pace, but the ball got tangled up in his feet and he disappointingly lost possession.
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Substitution
Nicklas Bendtner replaces Theo Walcott.
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Birmingham have defended much more effectively in the second half and can hold onto the draw if they keep up their good work.
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Substitution
Franck Queudrue is replaced by Stuart Parnaby.
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Cesc Fabregas picked up the ball and found a few yards of space in front of him, he pulled the trigger and shot at goal but the ball missed the goal to the right.
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Arsenal get forward down the right with Bakary Sagna breaking from full back and whipping a dangerous ball into the area, but who is there to deal with the danger for Birmingham once again? Liam Ridgewell.
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Yellow Card
Alex Hleb is also booked for his part, though replays suggest he could have been sent off for kicking out at Stephen Kelly.
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Yellow Card
Liam Ridgewell is booked for his involvement in the Hleb incident.
54
Members off both sides get involved in a needless scuffle with Hleb and Kelly starting the incident, Liam Ridgewell and others then proceeded to get involved and the whole situation was blown out of proportion.
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Maik Taylor made another fantastic save down to his right hand side after Philippe Senderos had rose above his marker and headed the ball down to the corner of the goal, but Taylor keeps his side in the game with a great save.
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Liam Ridgewell made a brilliant last ditch challenge to block Emmanuel Adebayor's shot after the Togan had ran clear of the City defence and fired a shot at goal.
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Goal
GOAL! ARSENAL 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY (O'CONNOR) Garry O'Connor claimed the goal after he did well to direct Sebastian Larsson's corner goalwards and bring Birmingham back into the game.
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Birmingham are more than capable of getting a draw here and are still in the game, Arsenal will have to make the most of their chances if they are to keep their lead.
Second half
Birmingham City get us back underway at the Emirates Stadium with no half time changes from either side.
Half time
The referee blows the half time whistle and Arsenal go into the break with the lead.
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Theo Walcott clatters Frank Queudrue and is penalised by Phil Dowd, but escapes a yellow card.
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Arsenal are going to have to capitalise on their domination of the game sooner rather than later or else they will find themselves possibly paying the price.
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Fabregas found himself in bags of space as he picked the ball up on the edge of the area, but Liam Ridgewell did well to get in the way of his volley which was heading goalwards.
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Yellow Card
The first yellow card in the game goes to Olivier Kapo for a needless foul on Fabregas.
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Arsenal continue to dominate the game with some brilliant one touch passing, Wenger's men are simply fitter and faster than Birmingham who have been second best to everything so far.
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Strangely for Birmingham Olivier Kapo and Sebastian Larsson have swapped sides and Kapo does not look comforable in his new position out on the right wing.
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Eduardo and Bakary Sagna linked up well down the right as the full back got forward for Arsenal but Frank Queudrue was there to clean up for Birmingham.
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Some good defending by Rafael Schmitz as he came across to cover Liam Ridgewell and make a saving tackle on Emmanuel Adebayor to prevent the striker from unleashing a shot at goal.
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Their is controversy surrounding the Arsenal penalty, as Television replays show that Stephen Kelly did in fact win the ball before Eduardo fell to the ground inside the penalty area.
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Birmingham don't even look like they are trying to get back into the game, they are sitting deep and watching Arsenal do their thing in their opposition's half.
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Theo Walcott gets away without a booking some how after a late challenge on Olivier Kapo.
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Goal
GOAL! ARSENAL 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 (ADEBAYOR) Emmanuel Adebayor puts away the penalty for Arsenal to put the home side ahead.
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Phil Dowd judges Stephen Kelly to have unlawfully brought down Eduardo inside the penalty area and awards a penalty to Arsenal.
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Birmingham are playing resilliently at the moment and doing well to hold Arsenal so far after the domination of the game in the opening 20 minutes.
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Eduardo has proved to be so cool in front of goal for Arsenal this season but couldn't quite convert a close range header after some brilliant work and cross from Alex Hleb, and Maik Taylor caught the ball comfortably.
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After Arsenal's complete domination so far, Birmingham came from out of nowhere and hit Arsenal on the break with Cameron Jerome slipping in between Senderos and Gallas and fired a shot at goal for Almunia to tip the ball wide for a corner.
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Another good chance for Arsenal as Emmanuel Adebayor cut inside from the right and swung a right foot at the ball sending it flying inches past the post and so nearly a goal. It's a question of when for an Arsenal goal.
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Arsenal are doing all the running and attacking so far with the home side creating some good chances, but despite their domination they have yet to really test Maik Taylor in the Birmingham goal.
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A flurry of corners in two minutes for Arsenal, the last one taken by Fabregas and caused mayhem inside the penalty area, William Gallas tried to punt the ball into the net but a number of Birmingham players did well to get in the way.
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Theo Walcott showed his defence qualities by tracking back for Arsenal and winning the ball strongly after shrugging off Damien Johnson.
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A first half chance for Arsenal as Cesc Fabregas crossed a free kick into the penalty area and finding the unmarked William Gallas who was there to direct a header goalwards, but his effort luckily landed in the safe hands of Maik Taylor.
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An early push from Arsenal who have started brightly, Alex Hleb's cross though curled out of play before getting into the penalty area and Birmingham were awarded a goal kick.
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Kickoff
Arsenal get the game underway here at the Emirates Stadium.
Awaiting Kickoff
The referee today is Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
Awaiting Kickoff
Birmingham's captain Damien Johnson will apparently wear a protective mask to support the stress fracture of his skull that he suffered two weeks ago and does start this afternoon. But the recalled Martin Taylor has to settle for a place on the bench
Awaiting Kickoff
Arsene Wenger will be relieved that Philippe Senderos has recovered from a knee injury and is able to solve his central-defensive headache. Robin Van Persie misses out though for Arsenal with a virus.
Arsenal
Birmingham City
Full time
Phil Dowd blows the full time whistle and Birmingham hold on to earn a deserved draw at the Emirates Stadium.
Nicklas Bendtner sums up Arsenal's day, with a right footed shot that fizzes wide of Maik Taylor's post.
The fourth official indicates two minutes of added time.
Unbelievably Arsenal couldn't put the ball in the back of the net as Hleb drilled the ball right across the face of the Birmingham goal. It's just not going to be their afternoon.
Maik Taylor shows no hesitation from the resulting corner as he came and claimed brilliantly to settle the away side down and calm any nerves.
Liam Ridgewell has been superb this afternoon for City and he may have prevented a second Arsenal goal with a brilliant sliding tackle to block Hleb's shot.
Arsenal are absolutely leathal breaking forward on the counter attack but can not seem to put the ball in the back of the net, and Birmingham are still digging in to hold onto the draw.
Birmingham are trying to waste time now and Larsson is warned by Phil Dowd to hurry up and get on with taking a throw in or work his way into Dowd's notebook.
Arsenal's continuous pressure suggests Birmingham may not have what it takes to survive until the final whistle.
Substitution
Abou Diaby replaces Bakary Sagna for Arsenal.
Some substantial pressure from Arsenal forces Birmingham to concede a corner, but Stephen Kelly did well to head the ball away from danger after a poor corner by Fabregas.
Alex Hleb should consider himself very lucky to still be on the pitch, after he escaped a second yellow card from the referee for a nasty tackle on Sebastian Larsson.
Rafael Schmitz continues to defend fantastically for Birmingham this afternoon, this time he bravely got in the way of Clichy's flying shot and prevented it from hitting the target.
Olivier Kapo looked to have broke the offside trap as he got on the wrong side of Clichy, but the linesman raised a late flag and judged him to be strangely offside.
Alex McLeish has signalled his intent then by bravely bringing on two fresh legs up front as he sends his side in search of a winning goal.
Substitution
Gary McSheffrey and Mikael Forrsell come on to replace Cameron Jerome and Garry O'Connor.
Yet another good move by Arsenal with Bendtner again firing a shot wide for Arsenal and Birmingham continue to live another day.
The home side are peppering the Birmingham goal, this time it was substitute Nicklas Bendtner who found a yard or two to pull the trigger but again frustratingly for Arsenal his shot whizzed wide past the post.
Arsenal again played some beautiful attacking football with the final ball finding Clichy just outside the area but the left back's powerful left footed shot was straight down the throat of Maik Taylor.
Bakary Sagna found himself in a decent position and decided to fire a shot at goal, but his effort was woeful to say the least and missed the goal to the left.
We saw Arsenal at their best moments ago as Eduardo broke down the left with his explosive pace, but the ball got tangled up in his feet and he disappointingly lost possession.
Substitution
Nicklas Bendtner replaces Theo Walcott.
Birmingham have defended much more effectively in the second half and can hold onto the draw if they keep up their good work.
Substitution
Franck Queudrue is replaced by Stuart Parnaby.
Cesc Fabregas picked up the ball and found a few yards of space in front of him, he pulled the trigger and shot at goal but the ball missed the goal to the right.
Arsenal get forward down the right with Bakary Sagna breaking from full back and whipping a dangerous ball into the area, but who is there to deal with the danger for Birmingham once again? Liam Ridgewell.
Yellow Card
Alex Hleb is also booked for his part, though replays suggest he could have been sent off for kicking out at Stephen Kelly.
Yellow Card
Liam Ridgewell is booked for his involvement in the Hleb incident.
Members off both sides get involved in a needless scuffle with Hleb and Kelly starting the incident, Liam Ridgewell and others then proceeded to get involved and the whole situation was blown out of proportion.
Maik Taylor made another fantastic save down to his right hand side after Philippe Senderos had rose above his marker and headed the ball down to the corner of the goal, but Taylor keeps his side in the game with a great save.
Liam Ridgewell made a brilliant last ditch challenge to block Emmanuel Adebayor's shot after the Togan had ran clear of the City defence and fired a shot at goal.
Goal
GOAL! ARSENAL 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY (O'CONNOR) Garry O'Connor claimed the goal after he did well to direct Sebastian Larsson's corner goalwards and bring Birmingham back into the game.
Birmingham are more than capable of getting a draw here and are still in the game, Arsenal will have to make the most of their chances if they are to keep their lead.
Second half
Birmingham City get us back underway at the Emirates Stadium with no half time changes from either side.
Half time
The referee blows the half time whistle and Arsenal go into the break with the lead.
Theo Walcott clatters Frank Queudrue and is penalised by Phil Dowd, but escapes a yellow card.
Arsenal are going to have to capitalise on their domination of the game sooner rather than later or else they will find themselves possibly paying the price.
Fabregas found himself in bags of space as he picked the ball up on the edge of the area, but Liam Ridgewell did well to get in the way of his volley which was heading goalwards.
Yellow Card
The first yellow card in the game goes to Olivier Kapo for a needless foul on Fabregas.
Arsenal continue to dominate the game with some brilliant one touch passing, Wenger's men are simply fitter and faster than Birmingham who have been second best to everything so far.
Strangely for Birmingham Olivier Kapo and Sebastian Larsson have swapped sides and Kapo does not look comforable in his new position out on the right wing.
Eduardo and Bakary Sagna linked up well down the right as the full back got forward for Arsenal but Frank Queudrue was there to clean up for Birmingham.
Some good defending by Rafael Schmitz as he came across to cover Liam Ridgewell and make a saving tackle on Emmanuel Adebayor to prevent the striker from unleashing a shot at goal.
Their is controversy surrounding the Arsenal penalty, as Television replays show that Stephen Kelly did in fact win the ball before Eduardo fell to the ground inside the penalty area.
Birmingham don't even look like they are trying to get back into the game, they are sitting deep and watching Arsenal do their thing in their opposition's half.
Theo Walcott gets away without a booking some how after a late challenge on Olivier Kapo.
Goal
GOAL! ARSENAL 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 (ADEBAYOR) Emmanuel Adebayor puts away the penalty for Arsenal to put the home side ahead.
Phil Dowd judges Stephen Kelly to have unlawfully brought down Eduardo inside the penalty area and awards a penalty to Arsenal.
Birmingham are playing resilliently at the moment and doing well to hold Arsenal so far after the domination of the game in the opening 20 minutes.
Eduardo has proved to be so cool in front of goal for Arsenal this season but couldn't quite convert a close range header after some brilliant work and cross from Alex Hleb, and Maik Taylor caught the ball comfortably.
After Arsenal's complete domination so far, Birmingham came from out of nowhere and hit Arsenal on the break with Cameron Jerome slipping in between Senderos and Gallas and fired a shot at goal for Almunia to tip the ball wide for a corner.
Another good chance for Arsenal as Emmanuel Adebayor cut inside from the right and swung a right foot at the ball sending it flying inches past the post and so nearly a goal. It's a question of when for an Arsenal goal.
Arsenal are doing all the running and attacking so far with the home side creating some good chances, but despite their domination they have yet to really test Maik Taylor in the Birmingham goal.
A flurry of corners in two minutes for Arsenal, the last one taken by Fabregas and caused mayhem inside the penalty area, William Gallas tried to punt the ball into the net but a number of Birmingham players did well to get in the way.
Theo Walcott showed his defence qualities by tracking back for Arsenal and winning the ball strongly after shrugging off Damien Johnson.
A first half chance for Arsenal as Cesc Fabregas crossed a free kick into the penalty area and finding the unmarked William Gallas who was there to direct a header goalwards, but his effort luckily landed in the safe hands of Maik Taylor.
An early push from Arsenal who have started brightly, Alex Hleb's cross though curled out of play before getting into the penalty area and Birmingham were awarded a goal kick.
Kickoff
Arsenal get the game underway here at the Emirates Stadium.
Awaiting Kickoff
The referee today is Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
Awaiting Kickoff
Birmingham's captain Damien Johnson will apparently wear a protective mask to support the stress fracture of his skull that he suffered two weeks ago and does start this afternoon. But the recalled Martin Taylor has to settle for a place on the bench
Awaiting Kickoff
Arsene Wenger will be relieved that Philippe Senderos has recovered from a knee injury and is able to solve his central-defensive headache. Robin Van Persie misses out though for Arsenal with a virus.
Awaiting Kickoff
Birmingham City line-up: Maik Taylor, Kelly, Ridgewell, Schmitz, Queudrue, Larsson, Muamba, Johnson, Kapo, O'Connor, Jerome
Awaiting Kickoff
Arsenal line-up: Almunia, Sagna, Senderos, Gallas, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, Eduardo, Adebayor