EPL 01.11.1997 - Derby County vs Arsenal

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00:00798 Premiership season at their new home Pride Park where they remained undefeated going into the clash with Arsenal on November the 1st
00:07The Gunners arrived as the only unbeaten side left in the top flight
00:13Derby were without defender Christian Daly who was suffering from tonsillitis
00:17Manager Jim Smith opted to play Dean Sturridge in attack ahead of Dion Burton
00:22Sturridge partnered Costa Rican striker Paulo Wanchop who'd just been named player of the month for October
00:28Nikola Ronelka made his first league start for Arsenal replacing the suspended Dennis Bergkamp
00:33This was also Emmanuel Petit's last game before an automatic ban
00:37Following his red card against Aston Villa the previous week. Your match commentator is John Champion
00:44Derby able to take plenty of pride in Pride Park where they remain unbeaten
00:49three wins and two draws
00:51Barnsley Everton and Southampton defeated here
00:55latterly
00:56All square against Manchester United and against Wimbledon
01:00So they wanted when they left the cozy confines of the baseball ground
01:04place that
01:05the opposition worried about visiting
01:09And their home form has been very very strong so far
01:13But in Arsenal they face the only unbeaten team remaining in the Premier League
01:18Six wins and six draws and if they avoid defeat today, it'll be a new Premier League record
01:24For an unbeaten start to the season
01:26It will be 13 games
01:29This is Gary Rowett for Derby
01:33Too high for Sturridge and all the way through on the bounce of David Seaman
01:41The rise of Derby is one of the happier tales in English football
01:4611 years since they were playing in the old third division
01:50a
01:52Succession of good managers latterly Roy McFarland and now Jim Smith
01:57Brought them back to their place among the elite
02:00This is parlour
02:02Block is by Chris Powell
02:05Arsenal have a corner
02:15Manuel Petit is coming across to take it
02:19Oh
02:24One shot Larson and Adams players marking up inside the area and Mark Paul with a comfortable take
02:37Solis the Costa Rican
02:42Forcing the throw from bold
02:45Solis was part of the package arranged by Jim Smith. It also brought Palo one shot to the club
02:53Clearing that ball
02:56Steve Bowles sustained an injury to his shorts
03:01Nice and banger obtained a third-place finish in his first Premier League season
03:08Fatigue
03:12Carbon
03:14I
03:19Don't know once they played forward Darryl Powell
03:25The cars leak sizing one up
03:32They scored recently in the four nil win over Southampton that one had a bit of slice on it
03:44I
03:51Extraordinary really that Lee Dixon and his cohorts are still together. It's the same back five
03:57That's when I saw last on the title. Here's the error goes down under the challenge of cars late
04:03Arsenal have a penalty
04:11The long striding Patrick Vieira
04:14brought to earth
04:16by a clumsy challenge from Lee Carsley
04:25And the responsibility lies with Arsenal's record goal scorer
04:31Two days short of his 34th birthday, it's Ian Wright's
04:39Mr. Caping
04:44Oh
04:48In right went high too high
05:04There's not down one shot sterages on side
05:08As far as money still saw this Darryl Powell
05:14Carsley
05:20Such as in rights record for the penalty spot that Darby must have expected
05:26They would go a goal down
05:28When referee all cop pointed to the spot. That's a bonus for Jim Smith bonus for Darby
05:3425 years a league manager Smith now
05:39Again in non-league with Boston his first league appointment
05:43And he replaced Dick Graham at Colchester back in 1972
05:55And
05:5772
06:04In right
06:09The tape
06:16Of 30,000 and for
06:27I
06:30Don't know the one shot
06:35Darrell Powell beside him is Chris power
06:44Intervention by Dixon
06:46Now we have one in the last three games
06:50The waveform hasn't matched their
06:52Performances here at Pride Park. They lost 4-0 at Liverpool last Saturday
07:00Chris Powell
07:04Well, it was an inviting cross
07:07And Darrell Powell that is up most to get on the end of it
07:17Darby are making the most of their letoff
07:21Played some nice attacking football
07:25Powell went full-length but
07:28Make meaningful contact
07:41Darby without the calming influence of Christian daily today through tonsillitis
07:46Arsenal missing Dennis Bergkamp who suspended
07:50And Ian Wright
07:52Arrived here today and tried to tell us before the game that he got laryngitis except his voice is gone
07:58She's a rarity for him
08:00Here's an Elka
08:03Right who's not feeling a hundred percent and maybe that was something to do with his penalty
08:09He's eager to play nonetheless and really Arsenal needed him to play with Bergkamp out
08:16Dixon
08:19That was arriving
08:22And there's the halftime whistle
08:24First half full of endeavor
08:26Maybe not that much by way of inspiration, but Arsenal will feel they should be in front
08:30Thanks to the award of the penalty
08:32Spurned by Ian Wright
08:35Carsley's foul on Patrick Vieira caused Paul Alcock to point to the spot
08:40And you would have backed Ian Wright to score from there
08:43And Elka headed the rebound wide
08:46And so the halftime situation here at Pride Park
08:49Only the sixth Premier League game to be staged here
08:52Sees a goalless scoreline Darby County nil
08:56Arsenal nil plenty more to come
09:02Changed by the Rams at the outset of the second half fullback Rob Coslick is coming on in place of Mauricio Solis the Costa Rican
09:13Coslick
09:16Who made his Premier League debut at Liverpool only last weekend
09:23Baiano and Sturridge will get the second half going
09:32Darby after 102 years at the baseball ground
09:37Already feeling very much at home here
09:41Jim Smith assisted by Steve McLaren
09:44Word from the Darby camp is that McLaren's innovative coaching techniques are going down very well in these parts
09:52Here's Parler
09:59Lee Dixon
10:11Bold
10:14Adams
10:18Broken for one shot
10:21Runners left and right and he's still going
10:23And he's squeezed a shot Leon Seaman
10:28Inside the first minute of this second period
10:34And arguably the most unpredictable player in the English Premier League
10:39Has put Darby in front
10:42Makes a habit of scoring against the big boys
10:44Remember his debut at Old Trafford last season
10:48And he's done it again here against Arsenal
10:55Jim Smith has picked out a rough time on that
10:59Francesco Baiano
11:02Enlisting the help of Chris Parr
11:12Well he knows no fear Paolo Wanczok
11:14There is no inhibition to his game at all
11:19He's just 21
11:22And he's got the ball
11:25He's just 21
11:40Carvon will leave the throw to Chris Powell
11:47Darby's season gathering momentum nicely
11:50Through to the fourth round of the League Cup
11:52They host Newcastle here in a couple of weeks
11:55Saturday they have a tough league encounter at Elland Road against Leeds
11:59First there's a game here to be won
12:02And that always takes some doing against Arsenal
12:11Dixon
12:16Gary Rowett's header clear
12:23Arsenal's unbeaten record under threat
12:27Their last away defeat was at Sunderland back in January
12:31Their last defeat anywhere was back on the 3rd of May against Newcastle
12:37But they trail here to Wanczok's goal
12:40And there's Vieira
12:53Sat up nicely enough for him
12:56But he hit across it and off it went
13:12All the way through to David Seaman
13:14Seaman
13:20Six clean sheets in their 12 previous English Premier League games
13:24For Arsenal but not today
13:28A gangling Costa Rican is seen to that
13:44Go!
13:49Sturridge
13:53Daryl Powell
13:57Dean Sturridge again
14:03Kozluk
14:06Dixon's header
14:09Pieces picked up first by Parler and then Dixon
14:15And Arsenal are not creating that much at the moment
14:17That will worry them
14:19Maybe now with Wright
14:24Winterburn
14:27Inside the lunge of Kozluk
14:29Petit
14:30David Platts
14:38That was a little better
14:44Petit
14:46A blow to the head there in the challenge with Kozluk
14:49And Winterburn's lost it
14:51To Baiano
14:55And here's Wanczok
14:56Again!
14:59Should have been two
15:03And that's the infuriating side of Paolo Wanczok
15:06He scores the difficult chances and misses the easier ones
15:14That's clever play by Baiano, the dig to pass
15:20Larsen
15:22Header falls to Inelka
15:28Baiano
15:31Sturridge
15:35It was Adams who sold himself
15:40Winterburn
15:42Winterburn
15:43Oh, what's he done?
15:46He's presented another goal to Paolo Wanczok
15:54Nigel Winterburn, crestfallen
15:59$30,000 are happy enough
16:02Derby 2
16:04Arsenal 0
16:06And Booth
16:08Scored by this Costa Rican import
16:11Who's threatening to take the English Premier League by storm
16:15Saves his best for the big teams
16:17Manchester United have suffered in the past
16:19And today, it's Arsenal's turn
16:38Arsenal knew they were in for a tough task here today
16:41Given Derby's unbeaten home run
16:44Even so, they've contributed
16:47To their own problems
16:50Ian Wright
16:54Back by Carbon
17:01And Arsenal have 20 minutes remaining in which to rescue themselves
17:08Wanczok
17:11It's a determined tackle by Adams
17:18Platt
17:20Parler
17:26Parler goes alone
17:28And he hits the outside of the net via a deflection
17:37Switched it on to his left
17:39And it came off Gary Rowett
17:46Wright
17:48That's a foul
17:49Referee's reached to his pocket
17:53Yellow card for Rowett
18:08Platt
18:10Petit over the ball
18:17Adams
18:19Platt
18:22Technique was impressive
18:26Save was well within reach for Mark Paul, the Estonian
18:31Well worked by Arsenal
18:33Would have gone in
18:38Carrsley's header
18:42Vieira
18:44Offside against Christopher Wright
18:50George Weare's cousin
18:55Flagged
18:56Correctly
19:00That gun's taken some stick today
19:08Parler
19:13Parler
19:15So that's a man who's particularly used to defeat Arsene Wenger
19:24Baiano
19:27Sturridge
19:28And Dixon
19:30Darrell Powell
19:32Darby just won't go away
19:35Chris Powell
19:38Sturridge
19:47They look like a side eager to add to rather than just retain their two goal advantage
20:00Won't go out
20:07Baiano
20:09Nicely to Sturridge
20:12Pass for T
20:13Dean Sturridge
20:153-0
20:24And a player reportedly admired in particular by Arsenal
20:28Has sealed the Gunners fate
20:30At his best
20:31He's one of the best goal scorers around Sturridge
20:33Maybe not as consistent as his manager would like
20:39But today is one of his days
20:45He did very well to chip the goalkeeper
20:47Just waiting for Seaman to go to ground
20:51Eight minutes left
20:52Darby, three up
20:54Sturridge
20:563-0
21:00Couldn't have hoped for anything better than this
21:02The home side
21:05And Arsenal's unbeaten run is about to come to an end
21:07I think it's safe to say that now
21:10Here though is Parler
21:14Dixon
21:16Ray
21:20Beaumont it
21:21Ian Wright
21:23Ray
21:25And finally
21:26Larsen, or is it finally
21:29It should be now
21:30As Carvon clears
21:34Baiano
21:38Wanchopp has made a loping diagonal run
21:42Is Kozluk in support?
21:45Beaumont made the tackle
21:49Matches left
21:50Kozluk, grounded
21:54Got a piece of the ball
21:55But it was a tackle from behind effectively
21:59Baiano
22:02Baiano jogs away
22:05Carsley or Larsen
22:06That's the choice
22:08It is Carsley
22:12Not yet a master of that particular craft
22:18James Smith
22:19In his playing days was a wing-half with Sheffield United
22:24One of the longest serving managers in the game
22:29Here's Wanchopp
22:33Kozluk
22:37And Trollope
22:48Derby haven't enjoyed a margin over Arsenal as wide as this since 1972
22:54And Ryan Clough's team
22:57Beat them 5-0 at the baseball ground
23:02It's a measure of their achievement today because that was a great derby team
23:06And a very good Arsenal one too
23:23Right
23:27All Arsenal can hope for is some cosmetic improvement in the scoreline
23:31Mental to the result
23:33Wanchopp
23:35Pulled back
23:37By Beaumont
23:41Yellow card
23:46He's enjoying himself
23:47Paulo Wanchopp
23:53Petit
23:59Petit
24:10Vieira
24:14Ray
24:16Dragan on the whistle
24:21Dixon
24:24Slip by Adams
24:27But it is Arsenal who
24:29As a whole have slipped up today
24:31Which is in no way to take anything away
24:35From Derby who performed extremely well
24:38Two goals from Paulo Wanchopp
24:40One later on from Dean Sturridge
24:44Jim Smith loves to call his new striker Lambchop
24:48I don't think there's
24:50Any doubt
24:51That he's a hero here now
24:53Derby County 3
24:55Arsenal 0 is the way it's finished
24:59It proved to be a fantastic debut season at Pride Park for the Rams
25:0312 home wins from 19 helped them claim a respectable 9th place finish in the Premier League
25:08It turned out fine for Arsene Wenger's Arsenal too
25:11The Gunners recovered from this defeat to win the Premiership title for the first time
25:16And they went on to claim the double
25:18With an FA Cup victory over Newcastle as well
25:21This one of the