Claims for a second yellow card for O'Neil are waved away as the midfileder slides in dangerously.

O'Neil picks up a card for time wasting late on here as Pompey try to hold on.

The ball is delivered into the box for Adebayor but Campbell gets in the way and James collects and holds on.

Flamini strikes from distance but he is not to be the hero on this occasion, his shot flying well wide of James up-right.

The game moves into added time with the fourth official indicating FOUR minutes to be put on.

Portsmouth make the most of the diluted atmosphere cheering their team into extra-time.

The game looks like it has finally settled down, with the draw looking likely but Portsmouth are still making strives to claim a famous victory.

Van Persie, dangerous as ever from a free-kick sends his delivery just over the bar.

Adebayor falls over under pressure from Pamarot and Taylor does the rest of the work, clearing the ball out.

Silva gets on the end of a great cross, smashing a volley back across goal which only just flies wide.

Clichy sends in a cross with Pamarot struggling to get across but the Pompey man does get the ball clear at the last minute.

Walcott drives the ball across goal but James gets the better in the age versus youth mini battle, then sending the ball high into the evenings sky.

Pamarot is in trouble and hobbling around, with Harry Redknapp looking on as his injury troubles mount.

Hleb makes his way to the by-line before swinging in a great ball for Adebayor but the defence deal with the danger.

Taylor floats in a ball for Kranjcar but Clichy gets his body in the way and clears brilliantly.

Clichy cuts it back for Hleb who sees James off his line and tries to chip the stopper, James sticking out a glove with a corner the outcome.

Fabreags plays a first time ball for Van Persie and with a one-on-one opportunity the pacy striker slams the ball into the side netting, some fans believing it was a goal.

Hleb tries to find Silva in the box but Primus is really on form, luckily for Pompey and smacks the ball out of the area.

This is what football is all about, exciting end to end stuff, but it's not over yet.

Eboue floors himself but manages to get up and hobble on.

This game could really go either way but at the moment Arsenal are well on top of the Pompey players.

Mistake from Mendes creates a chance for Van Persie but Linvoy Primus comes across to put in the third World class tackle of the afternoon.

Van Persie sees his ball towards Adebayor collected with ease from James.

Glen Johnson will have made alot of Chelsea fans extremely happy, sliding in brilliantly on Adebayor on the edge of the six-yard box with the goal at the Togo international's mercy.

In a game where Arsenal have been poor, it has been the substitutes who have all the difference.

The home fan's have burst into life, and the stadium is beginning to create the noise it deserves.

Arsenal are beginning to show signs of life again, but it is still the Pompey fans who are making the noise.

Adebayor goes down in the box under pressure from Johnosn but referee Bennett says that it was a fair challenge.

Clichy flicks the ball back to Aliadiere but O'Neill gets his body in the way.

Arsenal look as though they could be getting desperate, conceding two goals for the first time ever at Ashburton Gorve.

Van Persie has to head the ball out as Kanu tries to get on the end of a great corner.

James has to come out quickly to deny Aliadiere a goal, clearing the ball out of danger.

ARSENAL 0-2 PORTSMOUTH (TAYLOR): That goal does come, Taylor making the most of a poor header from Toure, smashing the ball past lehmann from the left of the penalty box.

Mendes is taken out by Eboue who prays for devine intervention....

Van Persie chips in a cross which man of the moment Campbell cuts out for a corner.

Campbell goes in strongly on Van Persie and the Dutchman is not happy at all with the play, his tricks failing him today.

Lehmann has to rush out wide to clear as Kanu closes in on the German.

The atmosphere has dropped a peg or two, with the Arsenal fans' maybe becoming a little disgruntled with the score-line so-far.

Portsmouth have a free-kick on the half-way line which Campbell takes towards Kanu in the box but the Nigerian's flick-on fails to test Lehmann.

Thomspon watches the ball drop but perhaps not well enough, volleying over the bar from well out.

Van Persie dusts himself down to take the dead-ball but is greedy, going for the top corner when he could have passes to a team-mate.

Van Persie goes down dramatically as he fails to take on Taylor and Pamarot but wins a free-kick.

Steve Bennett calls for a free-kick for a foul on Lehmann as Pompey fail to make the most of this spell of possession.

Lehmann puches clear with the ball going out for a third Portsmouth corner.

Clichy has the better of O'Neil once again clearing for a corner off a Taylor cross.

Mendes intercepts from Eboue and Portsmouth break quickly.

Johnson tries to find O'Neill with a short ball but Gilberto Silva is there to break up play.

Taylor has finally found a way to stop Eboue, cutting balls out in the air before the winger can get there.

Johnson floors Alexander Hleb who gets up to take the free-kick.

O'Neil bursts into the penalty area but Clichy reads the game well and comes across to clear the danger.

Pamarot looks to have been pushed but the referee blows for a foul in the Gunners favour.

Eboue is unhappy as he feels the corner given to Portsmouth was kept in by himself.

Fabregas shoots from long distance and James can only parry to the feet of Van Persie but the striker is thwarted once again in a great double save.

Johnson shows better composure this time, bringing the ball under control with Aliadiere pressurising him.

Johnson runs the ball ever so slightly out of play and Arsenal have a cheap goal kick.

Gary O'Neil floats in a great cross for Taylor but the latters header ends up in the grateful arms of Lehmann.

Walcott is causing problems for Portsmouth down the flanks and his low centred cross has to be dealt with by James and then Pamarot who smashes the ball clear.

Van Persie and James race for a bouncing ball but the Dutchman fouls the Englishman, conceding a foul in the process.

Mendes remarkably declines to shoot, instead trying to find Taylor but the attack breaks down.

Kanu gets past Fabregas before finding Mendes who in turn finds Johnson but the attack breaks down with Thompson giving the ball away.

Van Persie gets on the end of an Arsenal break and works an opportunity on the edge of the box, sending in an arched shot which just flies over the bar.

Each tema has seen alot of the ball early on in this game and the atmosphere is begiining to match the electric football on show.

Walcott shows great pace down the wing, and fizzes in a great ball but Campbell slides in to give away a corner.

Walcott is smashed into by Taylor and the Portsmouth man concedes a free-kick, as the Arsenal croud get behind their man.

Youngster Walcott breaks into the Portsmouth box but is tackled by a Pompey defender, jeered all the way by the travelling supporters due to his Southampton roots.

Thompson beats Gael Clichy before being taken off the ball and into the advertising hoardings fairly.

Johnson does well to avade Arsenal challenges before swinging in a cross for Nwankwo Kanu who is off-side.

Van Persie tries to send in Jeremie Aliadiere with a through-ball but ex-Gunner Sol Campbell shows composure to come across and block the ball.

Jeremie Aliadiere overuns the ball and Johnson comes flying in to force a throw-in.

Jonhson, on loan from Chelsea, has a shot from distance which Lehmann has to deal with and does so well.

Taylor tries to score from long range but the ball ricochets off Kolo Toure back to Glen Johnson.

The early chance has really sparked both sets of supporters into song with cries of 'play up pompey' ringing around the ground from the away end.

Eboue swings in a perfect ball for Robin Van Persie whose header is goal-bound before David James pulls off a World class save.

Miguel Pedro Mendes puts in a great early tackle to stop Gilberto Silva making progress in the middle of the park.

Emmanuel Eboue takes the ball past Matthew Taylor and finds Cesc Fabregas but the Spaniard has the ball taken off of him cleanly by David Thompson.

Arsenal XI: Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Djourou, Clichy, Ljungberg, Silva, Fabregas, Hleb, Aliadiere, Van Persie.

Portsmouth XI: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neill, Thompson, Davies, Mendes, Taylor, Kanu.

Today's referee Steve Bennett has handed out three reds and 45 yellows in his 13 matches so far this season.

Portsmouth travel to the Emirates today bouyant after the defeat of Everton last weekend which included Matthew Taylors' wonder strike but are missing two key players in Andrew Cole and Benjani Mwaruwari.

Arsenal are without William Gallas and Tomas Rosicky for today's game but host the match on the back of a mid-week hard fought victory over Wigan.