Summary

  • Arsenal edge to win over battling Hull

  • Sanchez scores twice, a late penalty and controversial opener

  • First goal went in off striker's hand

  • Hull's Clucas sent off for handball on the goal-line

  1. FULL-TIMEpublished at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2017

    Arsenal 2-0 Hull City

    The history books will say Arsenal won it 2-0, but that doesn't come close to telling the full story. Hull could have got something from that game and it was only in stoppage time that their brave effort was snuffed out.

  2. 'His keeper has stitched him right up!'published at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2017

    Arsenal 2-0 Hull

    Peter Swan
    Former Hull City defender on BBC Radio Humberside

    You've got to feel sorry for Sam Clucas. His keeper has stitched him right up! It was an easy decision for Mark Clattenburg. 

    And do you want to know the irony? Jakupovic had probably made up the ground and was covering behind Clucas, not that the defender knew.

    Clucas redImage source, Reuters
  3. goal

    GOAL - Alexis Sanchezpublished at 93 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Hull

    Sanchez penImage source, Reuters

    Finally, the points are safe. Alexis Sanchez slots the penalty, reward for his work in earning it. It was the Chilean who provided the cross for Lucas Perez to head against Clucas's arm. Harsh on Hull, 2-0 flatters Arsenal.

    Sanchez celebImage source, Reuters
  4. RED CARD - Sam Clucaspublished at 91 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    And he had to go. Alexis Sanchez with the ball on the spot... 

    Clucas redImage source, Getty Images
  5. PENALTY TO ARSENALpublished at 91 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    The irony. Alexis Sanchez handled for Arsenal's goal, Sam Clucas concedes a penalty for handling on the line. Arsenal break, a Lucas Perez header, Clucas handles. No argument about it.

    Clucas handlesImage source, Reuters
  6. Postpublished at 90 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Headed away by Laurent Koscielny

  7. Postpublished at 90 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Another Hull corner...

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Nick Hughes: Gibbs is being given the run around by Markovic, who's been Hull's best player. Why don't Liverpool want him? Makes no sense. 

    Ricky Kelehar: This is why Wenger is maddening. Takes our two best players of today off and leaves the utterly ineffectual Ozil on. 

    Salman Tahir: Hull robbed of the chance to earn a decent point here. Time to revisit 'video support' for officials!

    OzilImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 89 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Arsenal have hit the pressure-release button. Some precious time in the Hull half. Nearly time for the fourth official's board...

  10. Postpublished at 87 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Arsenal are scrambling. Laurent Koscielny has to reach to dispossess Oumar Niasse. Into the final five. This has been a second-half grind for the Gunners.

    Niasse and MustafiImage source, Getty Images
  11. Postpublished at 85 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Still Hull ask the questions. Yet another cross. Poorly dealt with. Another corner. The Tigers have had seven to Arsenal's three. Diomande! Headed over. Should have hit the target. 

  12. Postpublished at 82 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    All of the action is in the Arsenal half. The home fans look worried. Hull free-kick. The big beasts go to challenge, but it loops into the hands of Petr Cech. 

  13. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 81 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    The Hull full-backs are miles up the field. If anything, the Tigers' delivery is just letting them down. Double change for Arsenal. The Alexs - Iwobi and Oxlade-Chamberlain off, Lucas Perez and Danny Welbeck on.

    Arsenal subsImage source, Reuters
  14. Postpublished at 79 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    The Arsenal defenders might need helmets for the rest of this game. They will be bombarded. A Hull corner, a diving Oumar Niasse heading wide. In Six Nations season, the up-and-unders will keep coming. 

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Eamonn McGurk: Desperate times maybe, but I'll take a scrappy 1-0 win against Hull in a 75% full stadium! 

    Nick Aaron: I can see Hull getting something here. Arsenal extremely wasteful once again.

  16. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 77 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Arsenal have to ride the storm. Cross after cross from Hull. From the left, from the right, from the left again. Lazar Markovic gets the header in and Petr Cech saves, but this is far from comfortable for the Gunners. Last sub for the Tigers. Tom Huddlestone off, Adama Diomande on.

  17. YELLOW CARDpublished at 75 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Just after I praise Alexis Sanchez, he goes in the book for diving. There was a hint of contact from Andrea Ranocchia, but Sanchez made the full three-course meal out of it.

    Sanchez yellow cardImage source, Reuters
  18. 'Hull no longer look like a relegation side'published at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull

    Peter Swan
    Former Hull City defender on BBC Radio Humberside

    "Think how far Hull have come in the past few months. They are now competing against teams like Arsenal, and no longer look like a relegation side."

  19. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    Alexis Sanchez has been excellent today. There's been chat about his attitude, maybe a sense of frustration from the Chilean, but he's been everywhere, chasing the ball life his life depends on it. 

    Sanchez looks onImage source, Reuters
  20. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Hull City

    I'm still not having this as finishing 1-0. Arsenal are finding more space as Hull leave the back door open. A Gunners corner is headed over by Shkodran Mustafi. Danny Welbeck is getting loose.