Summary

  • Arsenal pull away from Lincoln after slow start

  • Gunners bidding for 13th FA Cup success

  • Lincoln first non-league side in last eight since 1914

  • Eighty-seven league places between sides

  1. Postpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    Arsenal picked their game up and really did coast in the second half. Lincoln have to come out of this with their heads held really high for everything they've acheived.

  2. FULL-TIMEpublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    The referee brings an end. Lincoln started with shades of something like the magic that had carried them this far, from October's fourth qualifying round to bringing 9,000 fans to the Emirates Stadium. 

    It turned out to be a mauling, but that's nothing to be ashamed of.

  3. Postpublished at 88 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Wave after wave of Arsenal attack. Lucas Perez drives across goal, with the Lincoln defence watching on from a short corner. 

    The curtain's coming down now on the Imps' brilliant run.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Sam Pougher: This is just getting too painful to watch now. Arsenal are now toying with Lincoln. Look how easy it was for Ramsey to walk it in.

    Adrian Li: This game tells us one thing: if Arsenal played in the National League, we'd win it.

    Ben Rabinovich: Wenger In!!!

  5. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 86 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    ... Alexis Sanchez with it, and a combination of crossbar and Paul Farman flinging himself to the heavens combines to deny the Chilean. 

    Arsenal are so massively on top. Lincoln are just hanging on.

  6. Postpublished at 85 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Lincoln suddenly have four players in the Arsenal half - risking a consolation at the expense of leaving themselves open? 

    Lucas Perez takes a tumble in the box with challenges flying around him, but the Spaniard was making a big deal of it. Strange to do at this stage. 

    Sean Raggett then hammers in to Mesut Ozil on the edge of the box, a horrendous challenge. Free-kick edge of the box...

    Lincoln shotImage source, AP
  7. Postpublished at 81 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Lincoln keeper Paul Farman has had 33 touches of the ball. Only midfielder Alan Power (38) has had more in an Imps shirt.

    For contrast, Shkodran Mustafi has touched the ball 87 times for Arsenal...

    Paul FarmanImage source, PA
  8. Postpublished at 80 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Solid save from Petr Cech as Alan Power curls one towards goal and gets a big cheer from the 9,000 Lincoln fans behind the Arsenal keeper's goal.

    Ten minutes to play.

  9. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 78 mins

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Another change for Lincoln. They need fresh legs out there. Adam Marriott is on for Terry Hawkridge.

    They also need a miracle...  

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Ethan: Give Lincoln a second leg. They'll one-up Barca and beat Arsenal 7-1.

  11. Postpublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 5-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    It's what we expected really wasn't it? Right from the off in the second half Arsenal have gone up a gear and are bossing the ball around.  

    The quality of Arsenal has shone through in the end and it was very simple for Ramsey to finish off. You don't feel like there's a lot of passion out there. Is this enough for the fans? They'll be happy with the result, but the performance is key.

    Lincoln look dejectedImage source, Reuters
  12. goal

    The Gunners walk one inpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    They are tired, exhausted, run ragged by the drive and energy of a team 87 league places above them. There are three sloppy clearances from inside the Lincoln box that let Arsenal swan in and add a crushing fifth. 

    Aaron Ramsey ends up walking it in as - desperately seeking to atone for their mistakes - green shirts fumble and fall in total defeat now. Sad to see for a team who have achieved so much in getting here.

  13. goal

    GOAL - Arsenal 5-0 Lincolnpublished at 75 mins

    Aaron Ramsey

  14. goal

    Sanchez strikespublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    So easy for Alexis Sanchez. He picks up the ball with plenty to space to run towards goal, beats two players, cuts inside to change the angle slightly and bends a brilliant strike deep into the far corner.

    The worse news for Lincoln is, there's 15 minutes left.

  15. goal

    GOAL - Arsenal 4-0 Lincolnpublished at 72 mins

    Alexis Sanchez

    Media caption,

    Alexis Sanchez scores a wonderful solo goal

  16. Postpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    So unlucky for the Lincoln captain. Watch the third Arsenal goal in all its tragedy below.

  17. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Every Lincoln shirt is in their own half now. The 9,000 travelling support down the other end have barely got near the ball. 

    Theo Walcott dinks into the box over a scrum of Imps heads, but Sean Raggett just gets a nick on it with an outstretched neck to steer away from Lucas Perez. The Spaniard already had his smash-volley lined up.

    Lincoln fanImage source, Reuters
  18. CHANCE!published at 68 mins

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Mesut Ozil apologises to Alexis Sanchez, who picked him out with a plumb of a cross. Right on the German's head, Ozil was stooping awkwardly and failed to make anything of it, his effort sailing over the bar. 

    Just over 20 minutes for Lincoln to hang on as tight as they can. The Gunners look hungry for more.

  19. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 66 mins

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    And that's the end of Matt Rhead's match too. Lincoln's number nine has run himself into the ground and Joe Ward, on loan from Brighton, comes on to replace him up top.

  20. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Another change for Arsenal - their last. Olivier Giroud trots off, a goal to the good, replaced by Lucas Perez.