- 78'
Trebelsi fouls Wiltord. Free-kick opportunity. Bergkamp to take....
- 78'
Ibrahimovic leaves the field to be replaced by Morrocan star Nourdin Boukhari.
- 78'
Chivu cuts out a ball aimed for Jeffers.
- 77'
Ibrahimovic falls over his own feet. Henry emulates him in an acrobatic attempt at a shot.
- 76'
Ajax to make a change. Veteran Richard Witschge replaces Van Damme.
- 74'
Cole down the wing. Wiltord crosses. Henry can't direct it towards goal or a team-mate.
- 73'
The ball evades everybody. Henry breaks. He can't find Wiltord with a through ball.
- 72'
Jeffers replaces Gilberto. A shift in midfield as Bergkamp and Wiltord switch to the wings. Maxwell forces a Dutch corner.
- 71'
Pires prompts. Wiltord threads it to Bergkamp. He pirouettes and drags his shot wide of the goal. No prodigal return.
- 69'
Francis Jeffers ready to take his place on the pitch.
- 69'
Trabelsi hunted down by Pires, who looks back to fitness now.
- 69'
Henry makes an opening but his shot is over the top.
- 68'
Maxwell down the wing. Cygan concedes a corner. Van Damme up for it but Taylor claims with ease.
- 67'
Van der Meyde charges Lauren and concedes a free-kick. He had a real chance to make run on the Gunners' box.
- 66'
Lobont fingertips away, and Pienaar clears. Ibrahimovic is stopped in his tracks too.
- 65'
Bergkamp loses it and Gilberto shoots over. Deflection means corner.
- 64'
Wiltord's ball is knocked away from the goal by a Petri Pasanen, who is forming a great partnership with Chivu tonight.
- 63'
Ibrahimovic nods the ball over.
- 63'
Pienaar in space and Bergkamp is forced to concede a foul. Chance for Ajax to trouble Taylor.
- 62'
Ajax break. Ibrahimovic gets the ball, holds it up well and back to Pienaar who drags his shot wide.
- 60'
Cole down the left. A ball across goal is desperately cleared.
- 60'
Arsenal doing the pressing now. Ajax holding firm for now.
- 60'
Van Damme plays a hospital ball to Lobont who is sufficiently cool as to smash the ball to the opposite flank.
- 59'
Taylor takes Van der Meyde's kick in his hands with ease.
- 58'
Taylor charges off his line to head clear. Lauren knocks behind for a corner.
- 57'
Lobont takes his time over the goal-kick. Ajax need to regain a foothold.
- 56'
Pires hammers in a free kick. Campbell jumps but misses.
- 54'
Bergkamp turns Pasenen and then falls down rather theatrically. He takes the free-kick after a miraculous recovery. Lobont punches away.
- 53'
Lobont is fouled before Pires smashes the ball over the bar. Free-kick.
- 52'
Goal-kick and a deep breath from Lobont. Arsenal came very close there.
- 52'
Gilberto goes through. His cross is cleared by Lobont. Arsenal attack an open goal. Ball across to Gilberto who shoots. Lobont saves. A pell-mell in the box after the corner.
- 51'
Piennar slips it to Van der Meyde. He smashes it just over. A close run thing.
- 50'
Ajax force Arsenal back. But the ball is eventually shifted out left. Crossed ball and Vieira can only head over.
- 49'
Throw-in to Arsenal. Ball will be launched into the middle. Chivu clears.
- 48'
That's cleared. All the way back to Cole.
- 48'
Pires wins a corner. The ball is scrambled clear. Lauren is fouled to win a free-kick.
- 47'
Pienaar releases Ibrahimovic. His ball back to De Jong is hacked away. Van der Meyde is fouled but the kick is wasted.
- 46'
Cygan smashes into the back of Ibrahimovic and looks injured.
- 46'
The second half is underway and there's a new arrival in the Gunners' goal as David Seaman has damaged a hip. Stuart Taylor is on the field.
- 45'
The half-time whistle blows. That's the end of an enthralling half. Arsenal looked to be cruising until that thrilling attack from De Jong. Since then Ajax have held the midfield and more than held their own.
- 44'
Campbell intervenes when a through ball from Van Der Meyde was aimed for Ibrahimovic.
- 42'
Cole is fouled. Pires gets a chance to ping in a free-kick. Ajax clear.
- 42'
Arsenal lose out again. Ajax fight hard. The move comes to nothing before Bergkamp runs down a blind alley.
- 41'
Hacked clear when Wiltord was running in. Lobont goes down to his right after a snapshot by Henry. More Arsenal pressure now.
- 40'
Henry loses his bearings when a rebound comes to him. Chivu does well once more.
- 39'
Arsenal pushed back by the pressing of the Dutchmen. Bergkamp clashed with Galasek again.
- 37'
Bergkamp fouls Galasek but receives the free-kick. Pires in the clear and shapes to shoot but the ball hits a bobble and he rattles it off the exec boxes at the back of the stand!
- 35'
Nigel De Jong escapes down the right but overhits a ball to Van der Meyde. Arsenal break but Ajax hold their line and Vieira must pass backwards.
- 32'
Ajax play some neat stuff. The classic Ajax way. Rolling back the years.
- 32'
Pires gets space and uses it by cutting one way and another. He fires narrowly wide.
- 31'
Henry and Wiltord's link-up is stopped by Chivu. The Romanian is imperious.
- 30'
End-to-end we go. Thrilling stuff here. The Highbury library is bouncing with songs - from the Dutch.
- 29'
Ajax fight back grimly and break away before Pires stops Maxwell looked to be going clear.
- 27'
Piennar is stopping Vieira's movement. Shades of Phil Neville.
- 27'
Chivu takes control at the back after Gilberto had struggled to keep possession in the box.
- 26'
Pires found lurking with intent in an offside position. Henry, the key man, looks to be injured. Watch this space.
- 25'
Ibrahimovic goes down in the box before Maxwell fires a rasper which Seaman claims with ease.
- 24'
Corner to Ajax. Campbell clears. Ajax camped in the Gunners' half.
- 22'
Cygan nods back to Seaman. Ajax really giving it some. Arsenal were enjoying being ahead but have lost control of the midfield.
- 21'
Van der Meyde goes down a blind alley. Lauren is thankful to be able to clear.
- 19'
Ajax have had a couple of chances and are troubling Arsenal. Campbell has had to be vigilant on a couple of occasions. Seaman collects a low free-kick.
- 15'
De Jong receives a lofted pass. He cuts in past Cole and lashes past Seaman. His debut goal for Ajax. 1-1!
- 15'
Pires takes his time. Henry's run is stopped. Maxwell releases Van der Meyde. He fires one across goal. A warning shot.
- 13'
Lauren has it again - enjoying loads of ball at present.
- 12'
Chivu does well to stop Wiltord's burst. Arsenal have it back in their own half.
- 12'
Lobont claims a lofted ball. Trabelsi beats Cole but Cygan intercepts his ball. Henry gets a chance to dink one in but fires miles wide.
- 10'
Pires and Henry link. But the ball reaches Van der Meyde. Ajax pass the ball well again. But then Chivu is forced to come across when Henry threatened.
- 9'
Pires concedes a foul. Gilberto does well. Lauren links with Wiltord but the ball evades Henry.
- 8'
Piennar is fouled. Ajax will have a free-kick. They choose to play possession football before Vieira breaks up the move.
- 7'
Bergkamp weaves...Lauren overruns down the right-hand side.
- 6'
Pires sparkles but Van Damme collects the ball. Van Der Meyde chases down the channels but miscontrols.
- 5'
Wiltord is back in the groove of early season. Ajax had looked confident but that clinical break may shake that belief.
- 4'
Ibrahimovic shows neat skill but loses the ball. Bergkamp finds Wiltord and he's free of the defence. From a narrow angle he beats Lobont. 1-0 to the Arsenal!
- 3'
Ajax have look fairly confident but then again, as always so are the Gunners. Cole forced to concede a throw-in.
- 2'
Piennar fouls Vieira but Arsenal keep the ball. But then loose play sees it fall into Ajax hands, only for Cygan to clear.
- 1'
Ball played back to Bergkamp. His cross comes for Vieira to nod wide.
- 1'
Arsenal get the game underway and force a corner. Pires in space but the ball is put behind.
Jari Litmanen is missing for Ajax as does wunderkind Rafael Van der Vaart.
Pascal Cygan lines up for the Gunners in place of back-troubled Martin Keown. Henry and Bergkamp return to the starting line-up.
Ten weeks out of the tournament and Arsenal return to action against that most evocative of names - Ajax.
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