34 min: Gorosabel is penalised for handball as he tries to take down a pass from deep near the corner flag. After controlling the ball with his foot it bounced up and hit his outstretched hand and the hawk-eyed officials were quick to spot the foul.
33 min: Gyokeres is still getting patched up and will resume play with a black bandage around his head.
31 min: Gabriel and Gyokeres leap to contest the same high ball into the Athletic box and it’s the Brazilian who makes contact with both his intended target and the back of his teammate’s noggin. The ball sails over the bar, while the Swede drops to the floor with claret pouring from a head wound. There’s a break in play while he receives attention.
30 min: “I couldn’t agree more that there is not much jeopardy in the League Phase,” writes regular reader Joe Pearson. “But with tasty matches like this one, do we really care? In the end, it’s just a TV show, and it might be a good one.”
28 min: The ever-scurrying Noni Madueke wins a corner for Arsenal, they play it short to work an angle and deliver the ball into the box. Athletic clear but are subsequently forced to concede another corner. Nothing comes of that one either.
