Full time: Arsenal 4 Rovers 0 - Goal difference takes a hammering as Rovers lose for the third time under Sam.
90+2 MINS: Robinson goes the right way but Emmanuel Eboue tucks the ball into the back of the net. Arsenal 4 Rovers 0
90 MINS: Three additional minutes to be played, and now Arsenal have a penalty as Olsson doesn't bring down Vela in the area.
90 MINS: Arshavin tries a repeat of his second half goal, Robinson claims the ball.
88 MINS: Arshavin is denied by Robinson but he can't do anything to stop Emmanuel Eboue from scoring. Arsenal 3 Rovers 0
85 MINS: Arshavin to Vela to Arshavin who puts it across goal but Arsenal can't convert
85 MINS: Pedersen is pushed down in the area, surely it is a penalty? Nope and replays show he just simply falls to ground.
83 MINS: Eboue comes on for Nasri as Arsenal make their final change.
83 MINS: Pedersen hits it low into the wall, it comes back to him but he fires wide.
82 MINS: Djourou handles under pressure from McCarthy. Still no yellow card for an Arsenal player. Rovers with a free-kick a couple of yards from the edge of the box.
81 MINS: A ball into the area bounces for Simpson but he volleys high into the crowd.
80 MINS: Double change for Arsenal, Walcott is replaced by Diaby. Bendtner's frustrating day is over, he's replaced by Carlos Vela.
79 MINS: Instead it is Arsenal who break upfield, Song tees up Bendtner but he blazes over the bar.
78 MINS: boos as Diouf goes across to the far side to take the corner, the Rovers fans stand and applaud. He delivers into the centre, Almunia flaps but Rovers can't capitalise.
77 MINS: Arshavin brings down Diouf, another free-kick to Rovers. This one is further to the right and further out. Pedersen to deliver, Song heads behind.
76 MINS: Andre Ooijer goes into the book for a foul on half way.
74 MINS: Pedersen strikes it well but Almunia dives to his left to make the save.
73 MINS: Denilson pushes Diouf to the ground, Rovers have a free-kick 30 yards out, just to the right of centre.
72 MINS: Good save from Robinson to deny Djourou, but the flag had been raised.
66 MINS: Benni McCarthy comes on for Zurab Khizanishvili
65 MINS: Denilson out wide to Andrey Arshavin, he cuts inside from the left, right along the byline and he clips it over Robinson and into the back of the net. Arsenal 2 Rovers 0
64 MINS: Benni McCarthy will be coming on shortly.
64 MINS: Great defending by Ooijer as Rovers clear, but the ball keeps coming back at them.
63 MINS: Bendtner through on goal, Robinson saves with his legs.
63 MINS: Great tackle by Ooijer as Bendtner turned and turned and turned in the area. Home fans aren't happy.
62 MINS: So easy for Arsenal as Rovers back off, Toure into Song into Bendtner but his shoot is easy for Robinson to claim.
61 MINS: Arshavin with a whipped ball into the area, Bendtner heads wide
59 MINS: Bendtner into Arshavin, Samba clears away. Rovers break with Diouf, but Toure heads away ahead of Pedersen.
58 MINS: Olsson blocks a cross for a corner. Nasri sends it over, cleared, Samba heads away. Nasri in again, again Samba heads away.
56 MINS: Andre Ooijer takes the captain's armband
55 MINS: Rovers have decided it'll be Olsson that comes on not Tugay. It is Warnock who comes off.
54 MINS: Diouf down in the area under a challenge from Djourou but nothing is given.
53 MINS: Warnock is struggling, Tugay is preparing to come on. Ooijer comes across to the touchline to talk to Allardyce.
51 MINS: Rovers are rocking, Ooijer takes a Denilson full in the face. Simpson tackles and outs the ball behind for a corner which Rovers clear well.
50 MINS: Getting lively now, Samba with a great block to deny Bendtner, Walcott sees his shot well brilliantly saved one-handed by Robinson and Simpson clears.
49 MINS: Pedersen blocks a cross for an Arsenal corner kick. Nasri takes, Rovers clear up field with Diouf, Dunn takes over, is brought down but play-on as Diouf has it. He finds Roberts in the area but he's muscled off the ball.
48 MINS: Walcott is sent away once again, his centre is missed badly by Bendtner, the Dane stretches out his boot but doesn't connect cleanly when in front of goal.
47 MINS: Robinson dives confidently across his area to claim a Nasri centre.
46 MINS: Arshavin to Bendtner who plays in Walcott, but he shoots well wide.
46 MINS: No changes at the break as Rovers get the second half underway.
Half time: Arsenal 1 Rovers 0 - Rovers are still in this game, but I'm not convinced we'll keep all eleven men on the pitch.
45+3 MINS: Pedersen should have levelled for Rovers. Simpson with a ball from the right, Pedersen controls on his chest but can't get his shot away .
45+2 MINS: A ball over the top sees Walcott give chase, he centres but only finds Samba who heads high, Robinson comes and claims.
45 MINS: I didn't see the fourth official, and there hasn't been an announcement either. If I was to guess I'd say two minutes.
45 MINS: meanwhile we've a corner, Pedersen into the area, Diouf across goal, Arsenal hack it clear.
44 MINS: What is going on here, there's pushing and shoving in the area. Almunia is pointing at Diouf, Dowd is talking to both captains. Replays show Almunia elbowed Diouf, then motions his head towards the Rovers man.
43 MINS: Diouf curls it in, it comes off Djourou and behind for a corner.
42 MINS: Rovers have a free-kick! Handball from Sagna. Its to the left of the area, 30 yards out. Diouf to take.
39 MINS: Pedersen into the area, Zura misses it, Mokoena sticks out a boot but the ball fizzes over.
39 MINS: Dunn into the area, his cutback comes off the arm of Djourou, we get a corner.
38 MINS: Dowd has gone card happy, he books Khizanishvili for a tug.
36 MINS: Ball over the top is controlled by Bendtner, Nasri sees his shot saved by Robinson.
36 MINS: Nasri with a bullet of a free-kick, crashes off the corner of post and bar.
35 MINS: Denilson is brought down by Mokoena, not sure there was any connection there, but the South African is yellow carded.
35 MINS: Ooijer's centre almost catches out Almunia, but he leaps to claim above his head.
33 MINS: Mokoena brings down Arshavin. Nasri into the area, cleared, Song into the area, cleared.
31 MINS: Rovers clear the corner comfortably.
30 MINS: Time stands still as Sagna crosses for Bendtner, his header loops towards goal, bounces just wide, Walcott dallies and Samba puts the ball behind.
27 MINS: Samba into the area as Pedersen prepares a long throw. Pedersen couldn't find him, Sagna heads away. The ball is kept alive, Pedersen with a header that seems to be heading to the top corner but Almunia fingertips it away.
26 MINS: Bendtner into the area, he's marshalled by Warnock, he mis-controls and the ball is behind for a goal kick to Rovers
26 MINS: Almunia is still limping as he clears a ball, Fabianski warms up on the touchline.
25 MINS: The referee really should change his top, we're in all navy, the officials all in black, there is quite a clash really.
21 MINS: El-Hadji Diouf goes into the book for a late tackle on Almunia. He's perhaps fortunate to just get a yellow.
20 MINS: Bendtner wins a corner for Arsenal. Nasri takes Robinson claims.
19 MINS: Pedersen with a great ball down the line for Roberts to chase, but he and Toure get their legs tangled and it is a free-kick to the home side.
18 MINS: both players are down receiving treatment. Both now up and limping to touch.
17 MINS: Walcott and Warnock give chase for a ball in the area, both go to ground as they collide, referee Phil Dowd waves play on.
16 MINS: Mokoena with a teasing ball into the area, Pedersen jumps but can't connect with the ball.
16 MINS: Bendtner with a tame effort that Robinson easily deals with.
13 MINS: here comes the change, Givet limps off, David Dunn on to replace him. Warnock moves to left back.
11 MINS: Looks like Givet won't be able to continue. Dunn is preparing to come on.
10 MINS: From a Rovers ball into the area, Arsenal break, but a combination of Khizanishvili and Givet clear up the danger, Bendtner did look offside mind.
5 MINS: Walcott looked to get past Givet, the Frenchman does well to get back to claim the ball, but he doesn't seem to be very mobile. Martin Olsson warms up on the sidelines.
2 MINS: Song beats the offside trap, Walcott on the overlap gets the ball into the box and Andrey Arshavin bundles the ball home, the ball takes an unfortunate ricochet from Rovers' point of view, bouncing off the Russian and then into the net. Arsenal 1 Rovers 0
0 MINS: Arsenal get the game underway kicking from left to right.
ARSENAL: Almunia, Sagna, Toure (c), Nasri, Walcott, Denilson, Song, Djourou, Clichy, Arshavin, Bendtner.
Subs: Fabianski (GK), Diaby, Gallas, van Persie, Vela, Eboue, Gibbs.
ROVERS: Robinson, Simpson, Ooijer, Samba, Givet, Khizanishvili, Mokoena, Warnock (c), Diouf, Roberts, Pedersen.
Subs: Bunn (GK), Tugay, Dunn, McCarthy, Andrews, Treacy, Olsson
