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. Get Involvedpublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Robert Bach: If we don't get five, does that mean we are closer to Lincoln's level than Bayern's?

    Chris Brown:  Was at Emirates on Tuesday for Bayern debacle and to be fair, fan situation was identical. Bayern and Lincoln fans magnificent.

    Richard:  If Arsenal had as much heart against Bayern as Lincoln are showing today, they wouldn't have imploded so dramatically on Tuesday. 

  2. Postpublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Watch the goal that broke the back of this tie again below as Olivier Giroud steers in Arsenal's second.

  3. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 60 mins

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Francis Coquelin is on for Arsenal now, Granit Xhaka making way in defensive midfield.  

    It's just a case of how many now for the Gunners you feel. They are on their way to Wembley.

  4. Postpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 3-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    Arsenal have lifted a gear and Lincoln have really struggled to go with them and that's what we expected. We expected a response from the last week or two and you feel a little bit sorry for Lincoln but we all expected Arsenal to do this and their quality should shine through in the end.

    Luke WaterfallImage source, Reuters
  5. goal

    Cruel for Lincoln as Imps collapsepublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Luke Waterfall, the Lincoln captain, is so unlucky to be the man who has the final touch on the goal that surely ends his team's chances of the greatest FA Cup upset in the competition's long, long history. 

    There's nothing the National League side do as Arsenal crank the pressure up again - quick, quick, slow, quick - and Waterfall turns Kieran Gibbs' cut-back into his own net. 

  6. goal

    GOAL - Arsenal 3-0 Lincolnpublished at 58 mins

    Luke Waterfall (own goal)

  7. CLOSE!published at 56 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Lincoln

    A change from Lincoln as they try to freshen things up but in truth they are looking worn down now. This glorious cup run is approaching its end. 

    Jonny Margetts is on for Jack Muldoon for the Imps, as Hector Bellerin bends a curling shot just wide of the post. So close to a third.  

  8. Postpublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 2-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    It was pretty easy for Arsenal in the end. We believed that Lincoln would have to weather storms for large parts of this game but they were too deep there. There were gaps in between and Giroud found one and it's an easy finish.

    Olivier GiroudImage source, Reuters
  9. goal

    Giroud makes it twopublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Now the gap between the teams is clear as day. 

    Arsenal have been pouring forward since the break, bursting into the box with ease every time. One-twos in the box, red shirts always quickest to it, and the path towards goal is so easy for Olivier Giroud, steering in first-time after the defence and goalkeeper had been taken out with some incisive one-touch play.

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    GOAL - Arsenal 2-0 Lincolnpublished at 53 mins

    Olivier Giroud

  11. Postpublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    It was a good effort from Giroud. I thought he should have passed it to Sanchez who was free in the middle. Somehow it looks like Gibbs has just got too far underneath it and couldn't keep control of his header.

  12. GREAT SAVE!published at 51 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    In three passes Arsenal are up the pitch and Olivier Giroud drives powerfully at goal from just inside the box. But it's a fantastic save from Paul Farman to palm the ball away, really strong hands to stop that. Down low, too.

    It's played back across the net quickly, and Kieran Gibbs should do so much better with a header that goes sailing over the crossbar with Farman poised again.

    Kieron GibbsImage source, Reuters
  13. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    Mark Schwarzer
    Ex-Fulham keeper on 5 live

    Lincoln have done tremendously well. They've played with organisation and spirit and even put pressure on Arsenal with a decent chance to score. There's no great pace or passion for the hosts who are effectively just passing it around.

  14. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    Alexis Sanchez has hardly had a say in this so far but here he is accidentally nutmegging his man, feeding Kieran Gibbs out wide and then fluffing his header on the cross that comes in. 

    Mesut Ozil has a shot from range deflected behind but Lincoln can clear their lines from the corner. Back to Petr Cech it goes.

  15. YELLOW CARDpublished at 47 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    Alex Woodyard with a really badly timed challenge on Kieran Gibbs, he boots the Arsenal left-back up in the air. Agricultural with a capital A that. Yellow says the ref.

  16. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    No changes for either side.

  17. Postpublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    John Murray
    5 live football correspondent

    It's really strange to see this at the Emirates. The two sets of supporters can not be a greater contrast. The Lincoln supporters are vibrant and noisy on this great occasion, but the Arsenal section, where there are plenty of empty seats, are effectively sat on their hands.

  18. Postpublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    Almost back under way at the Emirates. Lincoln are going to be shooting towards their 9,000 travelling fans this half. 

    There is a woman in the crowd wearing a sign on her head that reads #Impvasion. 

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    #bbcfootball

    Bob Moss: Arsenal with lucky goal, don't deserve to be ahead, Lincoln will regret missing that chance.

    Dave Goodyear: Not unheard of for a team to score five in a second half at Arsenal.

    James Ballantyne: Lincoln City putting up a better fight against superior opposition than Boro or Scotland today.

  20. Postpublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2017

    Arsenal 1-0 Lincoln

    If you missed Theo Walcott's goal, watch again below. 

    The England striker had earlier seen an effort tipped onto the post, but apart from that there's been very few chances to speak of for the home side. 

    Lincoln are still in this - and they might have had a goal of their own through Nathan Arnold, only denied by Petr Cech's big glove behind.