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Arsenal travel to the Reebok Stadium to take on Bolton Wanderers having to win the game to put pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester United.

Premier League / Matchday 34
Toughsheet Community Stadium / 24.04.2011
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Dan Quarrell

Updated 24/04/2011 at 20:21 GMT+1


14'
Elmander drops deep once more and powers through two challenges before Koscielny challenges.
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Sturridge makes a superb run through the Arsenal half before finding Elmander, but he is offside.
12'
Song trots rather gingerly back onto the field now along with van Persie and Knight, and everyone looks to be just about okay.
11'
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Alex Song now goes down injured as Kevin Davies lunges wildly through the Arsenal midfielder, and that was more of a yellow card than Muamba's.
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Zat Knight and Robin van Persie both go down injured after tussling for the ball in the final third of the field, but both should be okay...
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Muamba is rather harshly booked for that challenge, which was mistimed but his first of the match.
8'
Wilshere is cynically tripped by Muamba as the Arsenal midfielder skips past three challenges.
7'
Lee heads beyond Koscielny, but Sturridge checks his run fearing the inevitable offside flag.
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Replays show Robinson not getting any of the ball in that challenge on Walcott, and perhaps Arsenal were a little unfortunate there?!
5'
Walcott wins a corner at the expense of Robinson after fine play from Wilshere once more in midfield.
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Jaaskelainen makes a fine sprawling save to deny Walcott, and Nasri cannot quite latch on to the rebound!
3'
Wilshere makes his first enterprising run of the day as he sprints down the right at pace and crosses out of play.
2'
It's a quite glorious day for football, with the sun shining brightly and the players all looking very sprightly as the tempo is immediately very quick.
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The first half is underway at the Reebok, and Arsenal have still yet to lose a game this year, but that will count for little unless they can turn draws into victories in their league run-in.
15:55
Right, we're just five minutes from kick off at a Reebok Stadium bathed in sunshine, and Arsenal know that they simply have to win this match!
15:50
Bolton will be desperate to bury the memories of last weekend's FA Cup semi-final thrashing by Stoke and boss Owen Coyle recalls Daniel Sturridge, cup-tied at Wembley, while Matt Taylor is preferred to Martin Petrov in midfield.
15:45
Wenger makes only one enforced change from Wednesday's draw with Tottenham with starlet Jack Wilshere returning at the expense of the injured Abou Diaby with the PFA young player of the year returning to the club he was on loan at last season.
15:40
Arsenal lie nine points behind United with a game in hand, and have been leapfrogged by Chelsea, who beat West Ham 3-0 yesterday.
15:35
Arsenal are looking to rebound from some disappointing draws as they aim to stay in the race for the Premier League title, and Wenger believes that
15:30
The teams are in at the Reebok Stadium! The referee is Mike Jones, and we're just half an hour from kick off. Time for your predictions! What do you think the scoreline will be today?
15:25
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Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Elmander, Muamba, Taylor, Sturridge, Kevin Davies. Subs: Bogdan, Petrov, Mark Davies, Klasnic, Moreno, Cohen, Wheater