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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Hawthorns
  • Attendance: 26604
  • Referee: Knight, B

Live Commentary

93mins

It's all over at The Hawthorns West Brom have come from behind for the first time in The Premiership to record a famous victory.

91mins

Nathan Ellington breaks free down the left-hand side and hits his shot towards goal but Jens Lehmann makes a good save.

86mins

A free kick on the edge of the West Brom area is taken by Jose Antonio Reyes but Chris Kirkland makes a smart save.

77mins

Geoff Horsfield is replaced by Nathan Ellington.

77mins

Martin Albrechtsen breaks down the right-hand side but his final ball lets him down again.

76mins

Mathieu Flamini is replaced by Quincy Owusu-Abeyie.

75mins

Darren Carter, on as a substitute, strikes the ball left-footed on the half-volley and it flies into the top corner of Lehmann's goal.

75mins

Robert Pires appeared to have handled the ball in his own penalty area but Barry Knight waves away the appeals.

74mins

Gael Clichy picks up a booking for a challenge on Martin Albrechtsen.

72mins

West Brom have lined up in a more defensive formation after the substitutions and will look to hit Arsenal on the counter attack.

69mins

Nwankwo Kanu has picked up a knock and is replaced by Darren Moore.

68mins

Ronnie Wallwork has been replaced by Darren Carter.

60mins

Cesc Fabregas hits a right-footed shot towards goal but Chris Kirkland makes a comfortable save.

58mins

Chris Kirkland thwarts Dennis Bergkamp again after he had found some space in the area.

55mins

Jose Antonio Reyes's finds Kolo Toure and his shot hits Geoff Horsfield and goes narrowly wide of Chris Kirkland's goal.

50mins

A promising move by The Baggies down the right-hand side ends with a lacklustre header towards goal by Diomansy Kamara.

46mins

The second half is underway at The Hawthorns

45mins

Barry Knight ends the first half with the teams all square.

41mins

Jose Antonio Reyes goes in high on Curtis Davies and receives a yellow card.

37mins

Nwankwo Kanu controls the ball brilliantly inside the Arsenal penalty area and finishes right-footed past Jens Lehmann.

36mins

Fredrik Ljungberg has been forced to leave the pitch after picking up an injury and is replaced by youngster Emmanuel Eboue.

35mins

Dennis Bergkamp is thwarted once again by Chris Kirkland from close range.

34mins

Jose Antonio Reyes flies down the left hand side but his cross was cleared by Paul Robinson.

33mins

A good move by The Baggies results in a driven cross by Martin Albrechtsen but Jens Lehmann collects the ball at the feet of Geoff Horsfield.

31mins

Jonathan Greening sends in a dangerous right-footed cross towards Steve Watson but it is cleared before it reaches him.

26mins

The Gunners exploit a gap in the West Brom defence but Fredrik Ljungberg fires his shot wide from an acute angle.

25mins

Etame Mayer Lauren is lucky to escape without a booking after a bad challenge on Paul Robinson.

24mins

Paul Robinson drives a left footed towards goal that has Jens Lehmann scrambling across his goal but it goes just wide.

21mins

Another lovely Arsenal move results in a good piece of skill by Mathieu Flamini to elude Paul Robinson but his shot was wayward.

17mins

The resulting corner taken by Jose Antonio Reyes finds its way to Philippe Senderos at the back post and he sweeps it into the back of the net.

16mins

A shot by Cesc Fabregas deflected off Paul Robinson and falls to Dennis Bergkamp who looked certain to score but Robinson gets back to make a brilliant challenge.

14mins

A very late challenge by Steve Watson on Mathieu Flamini results in a booking for Watson.

11mins

Arsenal are beginning to find their form and pressure is building on the West Brom goal.

8mins

A flowing Arsenal move allows Mathieu Flamini to hit a shot towards goal but Neil Clement bravely charges it down.

2mins

Diomansy Kamara swings in a dangerous corner but Steve Watson fails to connect with it and Kolo Toure clears for Arsenal.

0mins

Barry Knight sounds his whistle and the game is underway at The Hawthorns.

Match Report

Super-sub Darren Carter fired struggling West Bromwich Albion to a shock win against Arsenal as Bryan Robson's side made FIFA president Sepp Blatter eat his words.

Blatter had claimed before the game that an Albion official told him the club selected weak teams against Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool because they felt they were games they could not win.

If that was the case then Carter had not read the script as his stunning 76th minute volley - his first goal since his £1.5million summer move from Birmingham City - earned Albion only their second win of the season.

It breathed new life into their season after taking just one point from their previous six games.

The win was all the more creditable as they had to come from behind after Philippe Senderos fired Arsenal ahead with his first goal for the club, only to then gift Albion's equaliser to the former Gunners striker Kanu.

Arsenal are still searching for their first away win of the campaign and they will be wondering how they left The Hawthorns empty handed.

They dominated the game in terms of possession but could not find a way past the inspired Albion goalkeeper Chris Kirkland.

Kirkland, who was on the bench for England against Austria and Poland, was at his best in the second-half when Arsenal laid siege to the home goal.

He tipped away a low drive by Kolo Toure, twice denied Jose Antonio Reyes and then frustrated Cesc Fabregas.

The value of his heroics became clear 14 minutes from time when Carter struck with his thunderbolt.

He capitalised when the ball ran into his path after Arsenal full-back Lauren had challenged Diomansy Kamara. The ball sat-up invitingly for Carter whose first-time volley whistled past Jens Lehmann to sentence Arsenal to more away day misery.

Arsenal, who were without Thierry Henry, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell, Robin van Persie, Gilberto Silva and Alexander Hleb, made light of having to field a weakened side as they took control of the match in the opening stages.

It was no real surprise when a spell of concerted pressure saw Senderos muscle the Gunners ahead in the 17th minute.

Albion had had a lucky escape only 60 seconds earlier after Dennis Bergkamp, skipper on his 400th appearance for Arsenal, saw his drive deflected over the bar by a last-ditch block from left-back Paul Robinson.

But the Baggies' salvation did not last long as from the resulting corner Reyes whipped in an in-swinging cross to the far post. Senderos was being marked by Curtis Davies but he simply muscled his way past Albion's new £3million central defender to bundle the ball home at the far post.

It should have been the signal for a goal avalanche from Arsenal and that could easily have turned out to be the case as Bergkamp and Robert Pires were denied by smart saves from Kirkland and Freddie Ljungberg dragged his shot wide when well placed.

Having successfully managed to avoid falling further behind, Albion managed to battle their way back into the game and were rewarded for their determination when Kanu fired them back on to level terms seven minutes before half-time.

Senderos inadvertently played a part in the goal when he headed out a cross from the impressive Albion right-back Martin Albrechtsen, whose pace caused the Arsenal defence major problems.

Unfortunately for him and Arsenal, Senderos' clearance flew straight to Kanu and the former Internazionale and Ajax marksman did not need to be asked twice to fire home a first-time volley.

Man of the Match: Chris Kirkland

The on-loan Liverpool shot-stopper stood up to everything Arsenal threw at him as he stepped up his claims for an England starting role.

West Bromwich Albion

Arsenal

Corners

36

Fouls

2310

Goal attempts

514

Shots off target

14

Offsides

42

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