Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2012
Result
Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan
Champions League · Tuesday 6 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan: match report
Arsenal beat AC Milan 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 March 2012. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Laurent Koscielny opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Laurent Koscielny (7'), Tomáš Rosický (26') and Robin van Persie (43', penalty). AC Milan did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; AC Milan received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 16 points from 9 and AC Milan 13th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and AC Milan in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 1 draw and 1 for AC Milan.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-D-W-D-W and AC Milan's W-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Mark van Bommel
- 7'Goal · Laurent Koscielny
- 13'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 15'Yellow card · K. Gibbs
- 26'Goal · Tomáš Rosický
- 43'Penalty goal · Robin van Persie
- 57'Yellow card · A. Song
- 84'Yellow card · Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 86'Yellow card · Antonio Nocerino
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen
AC Milan line-up (4-3-3)
Christian Abbiati, Philippe Mexès, Djamel Mesbah, Ignazio Abate, Thiago Silva, Antonio Nocerino, Robinho, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Stephan El Shaarawy, Mark van Bommel, Urby Emanuelson