Arsenal beats Birmingham City 3-1 – Recap and Video Highlights – Saturday, October 17, 2009
Arsenal hosted Birmingham City on Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the English Premier League. Here’s a recap and video highlights of the match.
Arsenal beats Birmingham City 3-1 – Video Highlights
Arsenal cruised to a 3-1 in against Birmingham City on Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the EPL. Robin Van Persie opened the scoring with a 16th minute goal as the home side never trailed. Abou Diaby would double the Gunners lead two minutes later in the 18th minute. Birmingham temporarily made it interesting as they would score late in the first half.
Les Bowyer scored in the 38th minute to make it 1-2. That’s as close as Birmingham would get as Andrei Arshavin put the match out of reach in the 84th minute for Arsenal. The match would end at 3-1 for the Gunners.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Arsenal | Birmingham |
| Robin Van Persie (16) | Lee Bowyer (38) |
| Abou Diaby (18) | |
| Andrei Arshavin (84) | |
| MATCH STATS | ||
| Arsenal | Birmingham | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 23(9) | 3(2) |
| Fouls | 9 | 17 |
| Corner Kicks | 7 | 3 |
| Offsides | 2 | 2 |
| Time of Possession | 63% | 37% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 1 | 6 |
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