• Date: Sat 22 August 2009
  • Venue: Emirates Stadium
  • Ref: Bennett, S
  • Attendance: 60,049
Arsenal

Arsenal

Diaby (18)

Diaby (21)

Gallas (51)

Ramsey (68)

4 - 1
Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Kaboul (37)

Arsenal vs Portsmouth

Team Lineups

Arsenal

Manuel Almunia
Kieran Gibbs
William Gallas
Emmanuel Eboue
Cesc Fabregas (Aaron Ramsey, 46)
Vassiriki Abou Diaby
Thomas Vermaelen
Pereira Neves Denilson
Andrey Arshavin (Perez Fran Merida, 71)
Da Silva Eduardo (Nicklas Bendtner, 71)
Robin van Persie

Portsmouth

David James (Asmir Begovic, 75)
Younes Kaboul
Sylvain Distin
Nadir Belhadj
Niko Kranjcar
Hayden Mullins
Marc Wilson (Anthony Vanden Borre, 69)
Aaron Mokoena
John Utaka
Frederic Piquionne
Nwankwo Kanu (David Nugent, 68)

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