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nt. and thanks to these xfi pods, the signal reaches down here, too. so sophie, i have an xfi password, and it's "daditude". simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. welcome to championship sunday. i'm rebecca lowe with you for the final day of the premier league season. ten games across the networks of nbc universal all kicking off at 10:00 eastern. liverpool are on nbc. chelsea on nbcsn. only one can climb the final top four place.
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swansea on cnbc will be hoping for a miracle. to find your game, visit nbcsports.com/gamefinder. it's now out to your match of choice. the sun beating down. we just wait for the signal from michael oliver. the loudest roar at the john smith stadium of the season. the first roar when they've known they were safe. kongolo. there's schindler, the player of the year. as of a couple weeks ago, the
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general feeling is he richly deserves that. >> maybe david wagner will play a bit more attacking. ince playing almost in a central midfield pairing just in behind. expect those creative forces to create fup top. >> you're still looking for your 4-4 draw. here's hoping. >> i just hope we get goals. this should be a celebration of what huddersfield have achieves and what arson wenger achieved over 22 years. >> now kolasinac. deflected away for a huddersfield throw. they still can't believe it, these huddersfield fans.
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narrowly into the premier league in that dramatic playoff final. not too many people gave them a chance, but somehow they have done it. when you consider they scored three goals in their last nine games up to this one, to string any kind of results together to get enough points to survive has been an astonishing defensive effort. >> i think defensively, wagner's side have been very solid this season. next season can he be a bit more ambitious, maybe add one or two bits of quality in the summer. i think it's going to be even harder next season to stay in the premier league. >> back with ospina.
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friendly atmosphere. at the moment in the early stages, it has the pace of a friendly game. but that might change. looking to pick out the cross. ospina with the save. >> brilliant from huddersfield. look how many bodies huddersfield have in the box. lovely header from mooy. >> they have started positively. it's pritchard again. touch from mkhitaryan. the problem with being that positive is you leave spaces in
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behind. here's kolasinac. flags stay down. >> well, there you go. they really have pushed the boat out. that's really classy. i'm sure he'll appreciate it.
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pritchard across to take the corner. it's been a positive start at least from huddersfield town. stabbed in and deflected through! big chance for schindler in the end. huddersfield so close to grabbing the lead. >> just watch this. you rarely see this. pritchard stands it up for mooy. a simple cross that arsenal should be able to deal with, but just trust in mooy's ability. he almost scores again. >> forward by lacazette. just ran out of room in the end. alex lacazette. there you go. that says it all.
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the long good-bye has gone on for some time. he'll certainly be happy when it's over and he can move on. >> set the standard for what an arsenal manager needs to be in terms of style of football. class, the way he's conducted himself. i think he still probably doesn't want to go even now. it's going to be a tough act to follow, no question. >> there's hogg. nearly perfect. kolasinac read it well in the end. >> terrific pass from hogg. no pressure on the ball whatsoever. makes a lovely run forward.
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definitely trying to be a bit more expansive. maybe that is in preparation for next season. >> certainly feels as if the shackles are off. nothing to show for it as yet. here's mooy. what's been interesting is to see when someone like mooy's had possession in those areas how many runners he has in front of him. that has been a difference in these opening minutes compared to the rest of much of this season. >> just look how hard the centerbacks are from huddersfield. trying to squeeze in, press the ball. struggling to get out, really.
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>> here's aiwobi. squeezed forward for mkhitaryan. now mounie. mounie up to win the header, and pritchard, who's playing in behind steve mounie, just a clash in the center circle. michael oliver immediately called the medical team on. >> the only person that's won a header that's went up to mounie is mounie. looking for that big switch. catches that left elbow.
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and he's a focal point for huddersfield, no question. >> still down. gets rather shakily to his feet. here's the challenge again. anything in that for you, owen? >> no, nothing whatsoever. his eyes are only on the ball. mounie only wants to win the ball. sometimes when you jump up, you can catch a person who's a bit smaller. he just needs to be a bit stronger, mustafi, albeit more physical. >> now mooy. four premier league goals for aaron mooy this season.
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deciding they certainly treasured when they got him on a permanent basis. he's really paid dividends. there's mkhitaryan. caught there by kongolo. >> just quicker into that, not allowing mkhitaryan time to turn. it's lovely to see from huddersfield. not much on their game. look how quickly they get out. just before everybody pressing the ball. >> xhaka. this a day that will go down in the memory of every single
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huddersfield fan, a day that will maybe linger longest as the win here against manchester united. pritchard to turn it back inside. what a chance for tom ince. wagner appreciates the build-up play, but big, big moment for huddersfield this. >> that's just great football. pritchard, he's quick. watch this for a reverse pass. brilliant. first touch is goodmounie. absolutely perfect weight. just got to keep that down and it's a goal. >> now mkhitaryan. there's mooy. great piece of skill from him, looking for mounie. he's only got pritchard in support here, steve mounie. might want to go on his own.
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in the end he went nowhere, really. >> just struggling to cope with the intensity of huddersfield. really has been a handful. again, look at that press. >> pritchard is finding lit btl bits of space as well. here's ince. exchange of passes. bellerin across. huddersfield first to everything at the moment. here's ince.
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now schindler. mkhitaryan. he came on at halftime to try and saveman che-- save manchest united. pritchard trying to cause more problems. here's ince, who has looked very lively so far. tom ince on his way back from injury but keen to make a point, i think. >> well, again, it's pritchard. lovely pass, picks out ince. probably could have crossed that for mounie, really, but why not try it. lovely left foot, tom ince. just misses the target there. every huddersfield player has been better than the arsenal player so far. just need something to show for
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it, huddersfield. >> lacazette. 14 premier league goals for him. stay maybe a sense he's underachieved a little. he's had injury issues. they will hope those in power and whoever does have the manager's job that he and -- have the power next season. they should. kolasinac with the throw then. arsenal with barely a chance to speak of so far. it has been all about huddersfield.
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mkhitaryan. chased all the way by kongolo. and now mounie. >> you have to say, for huddersfield, it's been absolutely terrific, the energy brought into the game. arsenal at the moment are struggling to cope. >> pritchard. it feels as if there's been an invitation here from the charismatic david wagner. you have done the hard work. now go out and enjoy this day. >> i think the game plan has
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been terrific. zanka is pressing up the middle of the pitch, leaves a bit of space in behind for ramsey. >> here is ramsey. >> obviously the way he's set up, he wants to be a bit more expansive in possession. the center backs are virtually on the middle line squeezing in, allowing the front players to press from the front. it's had a good effect so far. >> there's mkhitaryan. didn't see tom ince come in behind and steal it. now pritchard. lacazette. huddersfield caught a little square. ramsey. and that is what they need to be careful of here. >> that's going to be the only
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issue, that high press. if they can get runners, as they did there, lacazette and ramsey, and there is a bit of space but the quality needs to be better from arsenal. initially the set from lacazette was good, but the ball from ramsey was not up to his normal standard. >> arsenal starting to impose themselves a little more physically now. ramsey, the center forward position there, nearly getting in behind. here's mkhitaryan. now kolasinac. good powerful running from him, and he was caught right on the edge of the area.
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zanka the culprit. >> terrific run. kolasinac, credit michael oliver. he's right on top of it. tries to get in the box. just gets clipped. >> mkhitaryan looks the obvious candidate here. the wall will have to retreat to about three times its current distance. it is mkhitaryan. it was hard and low and not very good. >> poor free kick from mkhitaryan. you dream of this position as a free kick taker to get it up and over the wall. doesn't even get over their
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knees. it was a big wall, i would say. just custom to better quality from mkhitaryan. >> they do have a corner out of it. ramsey's follow-up, not his best. >> why not. ball's there. look, with your weaker left foot, coming that high up the air, it's going to be difficult. almost impossible. not much on the game. >> sort of thing you maybe try on the final day. i think david wagner just on the edge of that technical area, he
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wants to keep that intensity of the opening 15 minutes or so going. >> great to see tom ince working that hard. >> working hard as a group here. michael oliver decides that's a foul on iwobi. i think aaron mooy in particular thinks arsenal are lucky there. >> look at his position, michael oliver is perfect. i think it is a bit sof really. maybe just catches his heels. that presses. he's been relentless for huddersfield. >> here's aubameyang. now bellerin. there's iwobi.
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little bit of space there for lacazette. >> just a bit of frustration from aaron ramsey. made a terrific run in behind. just didn't pick him out. it does feel as if, to coin that old footballing phrase, one of the arsenal players aren't quite at it to this point. >> the thing about xhaka, he's barely had a touch in the game. >> now pritchard. here's moo
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now hadergjonaj. teeing up the cross. >> the energy of huddersfield has been terrific, but i think mounie has caused a lot of problems, just winning a lot of headers. pritchard taking up some terrific positions. showing that lovely bit of quality that he has. you have to credit huddersfield. they're not allowing arsenal to play, really getting after them every time they have possession.
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>> they're all on their feet for arsene wenger. 22nd minute, 22 years. and that is really classy from the huddersfield fans. that's a special piece of choreography, one that i think has caught arson wenger by surprise. >> i think now he's just clocked it, come off the bench a bit late into it.
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such a class from huddersfield. >> wanting a little bit more from his team here. here's iwobi. think about all that fluid movement of arsenal. off the ball, virtually nobody running for the player in possession. >> iwobi with a little bit of space in which to run. across to lacazette. given arsenal's failings away from home over the years, their
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ability to suffer defeats that seemed unlikely, there would be a certain irony if arson wenger's final game in charge ended in defeat. >> i think at halftime he's going to have to find a way to address mounie. he's been an issue holding mustafi, allowing virtually every header. >> so much so far for all those optimistic scoreli line predictions before kick-off. still plenty of time though.
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bellerin here against louver. a little better. more energy there from bellerin. >> really struggling, arsenal, to play out. huddersfield are squeezing in their half, only allowing them to play -- that ball is on over the top. bellerin is so quick. does well, really, to force the issue. gets a corner for arsenal. >> swung in by xhaka. and it's touched wide. kolasinac at the far post. >> terrific whip on the ball. that initial header at that near post. great bit of quality on that
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corner kick. >> here's iwobi. nicked away be mooy. now mounie. hadergjonaj in plenty of space. pritchard, the unlikely header from the long range. >> very unlikely. a terrific outlet on the right-hand side. ball just a bit short.
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fell to pritchard near the edge of the box. maybe that's an issue for wagner next season. it all adds up. if you can find a way to add more goals in that area, that will improve things. >> it's just interesting and intriguing to see this other potential side of huddersfield. must that if mustafi, an awkward height to deal with it. but when you play through it, well, the flag is up against aubameyang. wasn't far off being right. >> ramsey can't believe it. he's looked over at linesman. there's no way he should be offside. probably just a very small
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margin offside. at his pace, there's no need to be offside. he's so quick. but you can see just in glimpse that dortmund influence on david wagner. he doesn't have the same players, but the press has been evident today. here goes pritchard pressing forward. just ran out of room. >> he's been terrific pritchard. today need a player of this quality, a bit of magic. did well, really, crowding him out. >> game needs a spark. arsenal certainly do. mkhitaryan may be to provide it. but shot was deflected behind.
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>> lacazette on this left-hand side. terrific, just leaves it for mkhitaryan. a lot of bodies in front of it. does well, gets a block. >> lacazette is in at the near post. aubameyang at the far. steve mounie has won everything in the air so far today. there's bellerin. flicked away by kongolo.
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now xhaka. the -- now mooy. here's ince. huddersfield's young player of the year, florent hadergjonaj.
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>> far from spending 50 million, 60 million pounds, mounie has been a great addition. seven goals, three assists. i know he cost, what, 8 million or 9 million. still, a very good signing. pritchard adding that bit of quality just in behind has made a difference as well. >> but also, to see the potential in the likes of schindler, hefele, who's out injured at the moment, really showing good judgment and backing that judgment. >> zanka, i mean, at 2million, terrific signing. >> to play every minute to this point, that is some achievement. you'll know that as a player.
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here's aubameyang chasing. fairly convincing challenge from kongolo. >> i love that. another player, terrific signing. how quick is he to get across. this is aubameyang, one of the quickest players anywhere. great timing. >> now bellerin. interesting interview with bellerin this week about his veganism and his interesting fashion sense. entirely admirable, though, given the philosophy behind it. here's kolasinac. intelligence run into space. earns arsenal a corner. >> nice to see him playing
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again. a great start to the season. such an impact. just exactly in that way, getting forward. there's no arsenal player in the box. >> it goes for mkhitaryan. held easily by lossl, who will be joining permanently next season, the dane. add him to the list of impressive players. >> had a really good. subpoena just sho -- season. just shows you don't have to spend 10 and 20 million pounds. give them a philosophy and a style. >> an issue there, for zanka, of all people. this would be cruel to play
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every minute and then for the run to end in the last game. that's the incident. >> just kind of kicks out at zanka, and then he slips almost, kind of falls into him. awkward one, really. >> tentatively, it looks like he might be okay. but watch this face. now pritchard. forward by xhaka. mkhitaryan, who was clipped there.
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>> helped on to aubameyang. not too much inspiration in forward areas from arsenal so far, owen. >> probably not what he imagined. >> also waving good-bye, arson wenger's right-hand man, the kit man. as well as doing that ladies' job for some years. another terrific server at arsenal football club.
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he's also very down to earth. before the game, i overheard someone say to him in a concerned way, you feeling okay? like most kit men, he said, yeah, i'm all right. >> to be fair, kit men are sometimes the heartbeat of the club in the dressing room. so important. sometimes those guys are there for 20, 30 years. players and managers come and go. people behind the scenes, they often stay. this might be one of the first times huddersfield have haven't press the arsenal. just taking a bit of a breather. difficult to keep that type of tempo. >> here's mkhitaryan. mooy's challenged just ricocheted. he gets it back. it's beautifully done.
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it's aubameyang! it's double figures for the season. and it's a sucker punch from arsenal. huddersfield have had all of the play, but it's arsenal who grab the lead. >> the one time huddersfield set up arsenal, they pick them apart. lovely football, as you'd expect. great length of play. ramsey just finds a way to get it to aubameyang. lovely little triangles, such a smart pass. lovely stab with the outside of the right foot from ramsey. lacazette finds him. it's a poacher's goal from aubameyang at the back post. just what arson wenger would have wanted. >> goal number 1,561 for arson
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wenger in the premier league, if you're counting. here's pritchard. all you would say from a huddersfield perspective is thank goodness they don't need a point or a win to stay up. there's mooy with the free kick. mounie wins the header again. just about got away with that defensively, arsenal. >> really well, mounie. big physical presence. getting the ball up quickly, long passes. he's winning those headers and winning the second ball as well.
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>> not so good with his feet, mounie. pritchard down. kolasinac will stroke it out of play. coming together with mustafi just there. >> mustafi just almost jumps into his hip. just have to run that one off,
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pritchard. >> looking to release kolasinac again. here's hadergjonaj. now they're in front, arsenal, and just warming to this task a little.
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david wagner couldn't have got his team playing much better than that in the opening half hour. he paid the price for the switching. can't do that with lacazette and ramsey and aubameyang all waiting to pounce. here's ramsey. now kolasinac. bellerin.
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here's iwobi. mkhitaryan. hundred ri f hungry for goals is aubameyang. tried to tee up ramsey there. now pritchard. chase is on here for mounie. ospina swiftly off his line, as he needed to be. >> he's done that so well,
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pritchard. one of the biggest reverse passes you'll ever see. and he knows where mounie is. just clips it over the top into that space. uncertainty from ospina. >> now mooy. a little touch from ramsey. he had his head in his hands. i think if iwobi had kept running, he might have been in behind there.
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now mustafi. here's mkhitaryan. such a good job breaking things up. a minute to be added on to the end of this first half. here's mustafi. mkhitaryan. it would be cruel for huddersfield if arsenal could strike again.
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>> well, there is the halftime whistle. just 45 minutes remain for arson wenger as arsenal manager. his side dominated the last parts of this first half, but it's aubameyang on the counter, threaded through quite brilliantly by aaron ramsey, who's given arsenal the lead. huddersfield don't deserve it, but arsenal in front. halftime at a sunny john smith stadium, huddersfield town, 0, arsenal, 1. [ music throughout ]
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e welcome to premier league halftime presented by volkswagen. today is championship sunday. we have all ten games for you live across ten different networks of nbc. there are still to many story lines around the country, including arson wenger's final game in charge of arsenal. and once the games are over, we'll wrap up the entire day and season on a special two-hour edition of "goal zone" on nbc and nbcsn. physical lowing th following that on nbcsn, our later "premier league download." here's just a taste of that. >> you looking to play a little differently this season than maybe you did at the start of
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lane season? >> i think you see the team last season and this season, the ndamentals are the same. completely the same. try to high press, mobilize the ball, move the team through the ball, attack inside. it's just completely the same because it's the same manager. i'm not going to change the way we play. >> i think that if you got two attacking full backs, you play them with de bruyne, silva, sterling, sane, jesus, as a sort of template of what pep guardiola is. it would defy premier league logic. can he play that way with those players and win this league. >> despite the public humiliation that was the previous season, guardiola retained his absolute unwavering dedication to his footballing philosophy. though his principles remain the same, that doesn't mean pep was a supporter of the status quo. he spent his summer vacation
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refashioning his squad based on the learnings of the last campaign. >> how important was it that you put your stamp on the team this summer? >> we had one of the oldest teams in the premier league. we decide to put the energy and the new players, we try to make younger squad, depth of squad because we anticipate what we need the last season and we'll try to do our best. >> done with business early. are you impressed? >> really impressed. they spent incredible amounts of money. >> they went big. they went early. they identified their targets and got them with no nonsense. they go down for me as one of the favorites if not the favorite. >> you've got to learn at times to grind through games. >> every manager has his own things, but i think he's really obsessed with the way that he wants to play. he wants to bring that over to the team. he wants to convince everybody that this is the right way for us as a team to play, and obviously we changed a lot and changed the whole mentality of
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so arsenal leading by 1-0. alex lacazette will get us back under way. 45 minutes remain for arson wenger and arsenal. the cord will finally be cut come the end of this half of football. it is worth reflecting as well on the remarkable ovation that arson wenger received from the huddersfield fans on 22 minutes on their feet, clapping and roaring enthusiastically. as you pointed out, almost more enthusiastically than the arsenal fans here. >> i'm sure the arsenal fans are going to miss him. the reception he's received at old trafford and here, especially from the huddersfield faithful, was exceptional. real quality, real class.
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just shows not what he's only brought to arsenal but to the premier league. everybody appreciates it. >> here's lacazette. job still to do. of course, a big job for many of these players over the summer as well, but in terms of the premier league, just 45 minutes more. lacazette. there's iwobi.
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we had a pretty slow start to the first half. it's been a little similar here in the second. reminder that arsenal cannot improve or lose their league position. huddersfield can to the tune of one, should they win this. there's pritchard. now mooy. floated in by mooy but calmly
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left by kolasinac. mounie always the target. >> mooy with a lovely ball in. . >> interesting figure. interesting mistake he's made. mounie can try and charge in behind him. now mooy. here's schindler. now kongolo. chance again to run at the arsenal back line. here's mooy.
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the cross, falls for mounie. that's a lazy ball from lacazette. huddersfield full of hope suddenly. now zanka.
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that's a tall giveaway. this is aaron ramsey. aubameyang. lacazette in the middle. aubameyang tries to return the compliment. >> hogg apologizes, just makes a mess of this. ramsey is on to it quickly. arsenal not able to make anything of it. >> could it finally be an away point for arsenal in 2018? at the moment, it'll be an away win. it'll be three of them.
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but their fans will know to take nothing for granted. there's hogg. now mooy. interesting at halftime, dean hoyle, the huddersfield chairman came out to be interviewed on the pitch. he was asked about potential new players for next season, and he said, no, no, no, we're not talking about that. let's focus on the players who have done it for us this season. and here's hadergjonaj, who's been one of the outstanding ones, to float in the cross. ambitious from mounie, and he didn't connect. now arsenal can counter.
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here's lacazette. good sharp turn. aubameyang. >> i think that surprised everyone. lovely bit of football from arsenal. mounie tries the spectacular. terrific header of the ball. a high percentage. why not on the last day of the season. >> he missed by quite a way.
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it was an air shot that took a lot of air. but as you say, why not. here's mooy. iwobi to try and bring it clear. ince to chase back. now hadergjonaj. huddersfield having a real go now. headed behind for a corner. mounie will be the inevitable target. falls to hadergjonaj, who hits it really well and scuffed his
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follow-up effort. now potentially a problem for david ospina. these will be nervous moments for matt macy. no petr cech on the bench. matt macy, who is yet to make a senior arsenal appearance, will wonder if this is his chance. >> just got a knock there. ambitious one. he's not moving very well,
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ospina. >> well, that might just be a wait and see. he's put his thumb up to the referee, michael oliver. he'll continue for now. there is matt macey. his heart will be in his mouth right now. that mixture of fear and excitement, won't it, about the senior debut. we'll see. work, first of all, for ospina to do. in again from aaron mooy. ince in there challenging.
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aubameyang with only a half clearance. the shot well over in the end from pritchard. >> he's had a game, pritchard. just a bit of a coming together there from aubameyang and mooy. quality from pritchard as he's definitely capable. just doesn't catch that one properly. a bit of an issue there for aaron mooy. >> just caught by aubameyang when the ball was in the air. >> i think it's a bloody nose. now xhaka.
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iwobi. and here's kolasinac. worth pointing at in this second half that arsenal are attacking their own fans. they want to give arson wenger that special send-off with a goal at close quarters. here's mustafi. forward by iwobi now for ramsey.
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kolasinac on the charge here. he did keep it in play, but he couldn't get the pullback quite right. >> just took a bit of a heavy touch, maybe. just before because schindler does well, really. just waits. kolasinac has been terrific. just that one there a bit heavy. schindler was there to cover it. >> here's kolasinac. now iwobi. huddersfield are preparing a change.
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don't think laurent depoitre is too far away from coming on. there's pritchard. lovely bit of skill from him. especially motivated today, maybe, as a former tottenham youth player. now iwobi. there comes that press from tom ince and steve mounie this time. now lacazette. look at the space here for lacazette. here's mkhitaryan. >> beautiful football all the way from the back from arsenal. shame from mkhitaryan. he's better than that. needs a bit more quality.
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xhaka did so well. lacazette. >> mooy looking to switch the play. this is clever football now from huddersfield. it's ince, and it's a good save by ospina. sprawling away and flicking it behind. >> good thing that ince takes on the top. lovely bit of football. again, that reverse pass from pritchard on his favored left food. that was going in. good save from ospina, getting down. >> and that will be tom ince's final contribution of the season for huddersfield town . much promise for next season. he'll be replaced by laurent depoitre, who scored six premier league goals but none more important than the one at chelsea the other night.
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towards that near post and touched on. appeals for a hand. the follow-up from hogg cleared away. great pressure now from huddersfield. >> that's a great ball in, that initial flick. such a good one. so many bodies in there. >> in it goes again. this time ospina can grab it. aubameyang. mkhitaryan didn't hold his run, which is why ah bam young didn't try and pick him out. no foul by mooy. ramsey furious with michael oliver. here's mounie. now mooy.
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well kept in. lovely touch from hadergjonaj. nearly found a way through to mounie, who now has company of course with depoitre. playing the two big men up front together. operating, of course, with very different resources. one big man for the other. this is depoitre.
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now hogg. an excellent run. off the top of the cross bar. >> mounie and depoitre haven't played together long in this game, but they've had an impact already. just a poor ball in. >> well, there is the man who's masterminded so much of this for huddersfield, dean hoyle. deserves immense credit. the unlikely dream keeps going for another season. and they will be absolutely determined that it doesn't end
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there. there's hogg. now mooy. depoitre available . >> arson wenger preparing a double change. going to see nacho monreal and danny welbeck.
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here's aubameyang. pulls nicely here for ramsey. lovely turn from mounie who was caught, was he, but keeps going. michael oliver waved play on. depoitre battling for it as well. the home fans are furious with that. hadergjonaj with a deflected cross behind for a corner. >> he's had a terrific impact on the game, mounie. plays the advantage here. xhaka does well, gets back in. that press allows them to win a second ball again. had every opportunity. >> corner floated in toward that
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near post. quality from set pieces. excellent from huddersfield. now there's space for hogg. how they deserve a goal here. still they can't find a way. ospina caught again. >> ospina gets there. actually, schindler doesn't do much as all. he tries to pull out and get out the way once he realizes it's not going to get there. >> well, he was preparing a double change, arson wenger. but matt macey is on stand by again.
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he's going to make a double change. see mounie just pulled back there again. aubameyang is going to make way here. so, too, is kolasinac. but still, ospina is down. maybe he's holding on to monreal for a moment. no, kolasinac is making his way across. still has one in hand should he need it for david ospina.
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>> i think he was just winded, ospina. wasn't hit with much force. tries to get out the way. if it's a concussion, completely different story. >> so much for a nice end of season stroll in the sunshine for ospina. two heavy blows. so we can resume with danny welbeck having taken up position at the left-hand side of that front three. lacazette has moved into the central position that aubameyang had been in. he'll enjoy that. just a straight switch at left back. that showed monreal has had this remark l go remarkable goal scoring season. in towards depoitre.
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depoitre the center forward for huddersfield who scored just one more premier league goal this season than arsenal's left back. here's pritchard. now mooy. hadergjonaj. again, a really nice idea. >> it's perfect. again, hadergjonaj has been a terrific outlet down this right-hand side. hits it first time. just nobody there. probably just a bit overhit from depoitre. >> hadergjonaj was relegated from the league last season. it's a smiling day of survival for him and huddersfield.
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here's iwobi. now bellerin. danny welbeck. nearly, lacazette looked to play the one-two. significant shirt tug there from bellerin right in front of the referee. they've won another corner. arsenal are under real pressure here now. >> mounie has been such a handful for arsenal the whole game. bellerin there. just waiting for a bit of
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support. hadergjonaj up the other side gets another corner. >> huddersfield's sixth corner to be taken by pritchard. up towards schindler. pritchard with another chance to cross. just too strong, too far away from mounie. another change here. arson wenger's final change. alex iwobi will make way for ainsley maitland-niles. iwobi has work to do. maitland-niles at times looks
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like a rolls royce. in patches this season but so much potential. >> still so young but plays with great maturity. will be a quiz question one day. who's the last player arson wenger brought on? it's a good one. >> by tomorrow i'll have forgotten the answer, but i'll rely on you. coming together there as mounie chased and monreal. danny welbeck's moving a little awkwardly as well. he's made all three changes. his goalkeeper's had a couple knocks too. this could be an interesting final 20 minutes or so. >> he goes to ground because he wants to try and win the ball.
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his head goes into mounie. nothing in it whatsoever. >> depoitre hadn't scored in 16 games before that key goal at chelsea. there watching on is frank worthing, a legend of this club. what a player he was. full of skill and excitement and verve and mischief would be an accurate word, on and off the field.
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if you do have a spare minute, it might be worth using a search engine of your kmochoice to loop frank worthington and look up one or two of the bits of skill. certainly worth your while. whether he would ever have been fit enough to play the modern game, well, that would be another argument. there is maitland-niles, who's playing in the center of midfield, which he has done, as well as at right back. now lacazette. bellerin.
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now xhaka tlehreads it through r ramsey, who was being held. showed good honesty and good strength there. >> zanka has done so well in this game. timely interventions. >> looks as if zanka is going to see out the season in terms of playing every single minute. philip billing is preparing his
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entrance. and aaron mooy will get the kind of ovation that he certainly deserve deserves from these huddersfield fans. there's hadergjonaj. mounie wants to come off. he's just motioned to the bench. here's welbeck. running in behind zanka. can he take the pass? he can't. it might lead to a rethink from david wagner. mooy was going to come off. mounie now wants to.
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here's welbeck. an ominous amount of space there for lacazette. >> i think welbeck meant that for lacazette, just underhit it, went to ramsey. >> there will be billing to come on for mounie. aaron mooy's season will just last that little bit longer. good advantage there from michael oliver. mkhitaryan was clearly fouled. but then it breaks down. now pritchard, depoitre available. cross was deflected. bellerin with a risky header. then clearance completed. >> well again, they've been so effective, huddersfield, down
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these sides, pritchard. lovely ball in. not sure what bellerin is doing heading that back into the middle of the goal. maitland-niles is fortunate he's there to tidy up for him. poor clearance from bellerin. >> outswinger this time. well, it's a chance. mounie arriving, run himself into the ground, and that will be the end of steve mounie's season. ends on seven goals but also ends with a really wholehearted display here. >> really impressed with mounie physically. obviously a big physical presence. terrific in the air. runs the channel. put in a terrific shift for his
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team. so billing on for mounie. here's welbeck. mkhitaryan again with lacazette running. lacazette is through. brilliantly read by lossl. >> great goalkeeping.
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definitely gambled and stayed up. strange finish, really, from lacazette. such a good finish, picks a corner so well. >> here he is again. still lacazette. appeals for a penalty, but michael oliver saw it as a coming together. >> spot on, michael oliver. free kick from xhaka. bit of space there. mkhitaryan finds lacazette. able to just stand his ground. nice weighted pass from mkhitaryan. billing was the intended target.
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now pritchard. won back. picked up now by welbeck. and welbeck with lacazette to his side, but he wants to go on his own, and it's danny welbeck. and lossl with another excellent block. here's xhaka. touch from monreal for mkhitaryan.
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bellerin. now ramsey. floated for mkhitaryan. out only as far as xhaka. hit that so sweetly. >> this is a chance for welbeck. really good link-up. into this position so effortlessly. that final pass, that final finish just let him down there. good skill, just gets away too quick. >> pritchard at the other end met by holding. well, will it be aubameyang to
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have scored the final goal in the ar soson wenger regime at arsenal, or is there still one to come? he'll have been dreading this moment since the announcement. i'm sure the reality of it all will don on arson wenger in the next couple weeks. there's mkhitaryan. lacazette's offside. the huddersfield fans are getting very excited now because they're going to see dean whitehead for the final time. announced his retirement this week. great servant of this league. and he's going to come on in a couple minutes' time.
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mooy. there's pritchard. billing. lost his footing completely there. now mkhitaryan. hadergjonaj. now ramsey.
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lacazette was closing in. schindler was closing down. >> terrific again this afternoon. >> here's billing.
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there's kongolo. now mooy. good touch there. good take from depoitre. he'll chase the charge down as well. and now they will get to their feet. not just for jonathan hogg, who has done a fine job in this second half of the season, but for dean whitehead, 36 years of age. he'll move on to the coaching team. a fine servant for huddersfield and to the premier league, and
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he'll captain the team wholeheartedly for the final five minutes. his 14th appearance against arsenal. he'd lost 8 of the previous 13. looks like that's going to become nine. b david wagner a softy at heart, to allow dean whitehead one final moment in the sunshine. but no chance for mertesacker to say good-bye. here's mooy. hooked back in. now hadergjonaj. and mooy!
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so close to an equalizer for aaron mooy. and they would have deserved it. >> they don't deserve to lose, huddersfield. hadergjonaj has been terrific all game. the wing back bombing forward. that switch of play, a bit unorthodox, but how about that for a set from hadergjonaj. so unfortunate for mooy. >> these huddersfield fans are waiting to take the roof off. it has been such an infectious atmosphere. here's ramsey.
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pritchard still full of running.
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>> final minute then. can huddersfield grab an equalizer. arsenal are at least going to grab that first away point of the calendar year. put an end to their run of seven consecutive away defeats. for arson wenger, a chance to finish on a winning note. albeit a low-key winning note. i'm not sure the huddersfield fans mind too much. they were here for relief, for a sense of celebration, for a good day out. they've had all of that. and it might still fall for billing, who shins it behind. and we move towards added on
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time. billing with the header. the arsenal fans away in the corner to our left are all on their feet now. singing arson wenger home. i suppose you could put it that way. maitland-niles. that was a strong challenge by billing in the final minutes of the season.
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final word from you, owen, on what's been a fun day, hasn't it? >> great game, really good game of football. a celebration, really, for arson wenger. huddersfield, their season, that deserves to be celebrated as well. probably the result isn't a fair reflection of the game. i think it's been an honor to be here for arson wenger's last game. great atmosphere at this stadium. fans have been exceptional. >> you know, you're right. it has had that sense of being a really special place to be. and huddersfield had a final free kick, and i love this. jonas lossl is going to come up for it, the goalkeeper. crowd are on their feet. he's holding his run as well.
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and it goes for mooy. saved by ospina! it was so close. and he dropped in and grabbed it at the second attempt. the arsenal players didn't like the challenge on ospina there. free kick to arsenal is the final call. zanka immediately says sorry. >> he's been a class act all game, zanka. the ball is there to be won. they win it initially. it's there. all the fans urging the players forward. you can understand zanka going for it. when you don't catch it cleanly, just hoping ospina got there the second time around. it ends up being a terrific save. ospina from depoitre.
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and that will surely be the final moment. arson wenger does finish with a victory. aubameyang with the goal late in the first half. the fans in a celebratory mood, invading the pitch here. but huddersfield safety the story. arson wenger's 476tpremier league win rounds off his contribution at arsenal as it finishes in west yorkshire. huddersfield town, 0, arsenal, 1.
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so arsenal with the victory courtesy of pierre emrick aubameyang, teed up by look. then that lovely pass from ramsey. a tap-in for aubameyang. plenty of tears in south wales. swansea city relegated from the
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premier league. you're seeing leon britton, a brayer who's come through all the divisions with this club, but he'll be retiring at the end of the season. and with his retirement, swansea are going down. swansea fired paul clement in december. they brought in carvalhal. some early fortunes, but they
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couldn't make it last. >> if you're joining us from our other networks of nbc universal, plenty of tears for swansea. they join stoke city and west
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brom. burnley going into europe, so they won't mind too much. crystal palace have beaten west brom by 2-0. arsenal give arson wenger the perfect send-off. they beat huddersfield 1-0. liverpool have hammered brighton with the champions league final their next game coming up in a couple weeks' time. manchester united have beaten watford to round out of their season in second spot. newcastle, that's the scoreline of the day. they've beaten chelsea by 3-0. chelsea were going for a champions league spot. manchester city, the champions, have now reached the 100-point mark. they've beaten southampton by 1-0. swansea city have lost at home to relegated stoke. nine goals at wembley. it went this way, went that. it ended with tottenham beating leicester by 5-4. and west ham united have ended their season at london stadium. not always a good season either, but they've done it by beating
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everton 3-1. after 38 games have played, there you see the top half of the table. 100 points, the first team to ever do it. manchester city have won the league by 19 points. the biggest ever margin in the history of the premier league. united in second. tottenham have clinched third. liverpool have clinched that all-important final champions league space. five points back we find chelsea. last season's champions, of course. arsenal in sixth as they say good-bye to arson wenger. burnley going into europe for the first time since the '60s. they finish in seventh, their best ever premier league season. everton under big sam, will he stay, will he go, in eighth. crystal palace lost their first season. they finish in 11th. level on points with bournemouth. west ham in 13th. watford in 14th. brighton and hove albion stay up
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in the premier league. huddersfield a miracle, 16th position for huddersfield town. david wagner, what a job he's done. they finish four points clear. and southampton, after they changed their manager and brought in mark hughes, what a job he did to keep southampton up. swansea couldn't do it. they go down. stoke go down. as do west bromwich albion. coming up is a two-hour edition of "goal zone" followed by "pep's pursuit of perfection." for those of you on usa, syfy, cnbc, oxygen, msnbc, or the olympic channel, join us on nbc or nbcsn right now.
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