theo walcott and shkodran mustafi scored for the gunners.champions league places. the match between swansea and middlesbrough was goaless. thousands of spectators lined the thames today for the boat races. oxford's men were victorious, and that made up for their women's crew who handed cambridge victory from the very start of their race. let's speak to our reporter kate grey on the course, kate, some dramatic racing and also a fairly dramatic start to the day. yes, iam yes, i am sure the race organisers had a sleepless night and the emergency services were overnight to remove a world war ii unexploded bomb which had washed up along the shore is a little bit behind me. but it was removed and the race was given the go—ahead and it was the women's race up first and the race was over before it began as one of the oxford crew got there or is stuck in the water, the boat lost its rhythm and was not able to catch up its rhythm and was not able to catch up with the cambridge boat which capitalised and crossed the finish line victorious in a new cour

shkodran mustafi scored the only goal of the second half but there was controversy late on when nachodle the ball in the penalty area which wasn't given so pep guardiola's side remain fourth in the table. today, we didn't play in the first half. after the goal, we didn't play football. we missed a little bit. mr little bit about that. we were able to make threlfall passes in a row, and when that happens in your team is altogether, and then you can play. so you have two use concentrated actions sometimes. the first half happened and that is why we suffered a lot. it was a game where we were not completely doing our best in fluency and technique, because of the huge pressure. but we showed strong mental resources and a refusal to lie down. at the end of the day, we got a point, which will help us. evenif got a point, which will help us. even if mathematically a think it is not the best solution for both teams, 0 it was important for us. —— but it was important for us. the early kick off was the relegation battle between swansea and middlesbrough which ended in a 0—0 draw. boro desperate

shkodran mustafi got the arsenal equaliser just after half—time.aves arsene wenger‘s side seven points outside the top four. it was a game where we were not completely at our best on the fluency and the technical front because we were under pressure, but we showed strong mental resources and we refused to lie down against a team who is always dangerous going forward. at the end of the day we got a point that will help us, even if mathematically it is not the best solution for both teams. but for us it was important today as well. it ended goalless between swansea and middlesbrough. swansea had the best of the chances at the liberty stadium but couldn't find a way through. rudy gestede perhaps should have won it for boro in stoppage time but his header went wide of the post. swansea remain 17th and middlesbrough stay second bottom. oxford have won the 173rd boat race beating cambridge byjust over oxford have won the 163rd boat race beating cambridge byjust over a length on the thames this evening. after defeat last yea r, oxford pulled away in the o

their lead was short lived as well though with shkodran mustafi bringing arsenal level once again early it is still 2—2. in the lunchtime kick off a goalless draw wasn't much good for either swansea or middlesbrough down at the bottom. swansea had the best of the chances at the liberty stadium but couldn't find a way through. tom carroll had this first half effort miss the target but inches. rudy gestede perhaps should have won it for boro in stoppage time but his header also wentjust wide of the post. the point leaves swansea 17th, a point clear of the reelagtion zone. middlesbrough stay second bottom, five points from safety. coventry city have beaten oxford united 2—1 to win the football trophy final at wembley. this is the competition for leagues one and two and this season 16 b teams from the premier league and the championship also took part. coventry went 1—0 up after 11 minutes when gael bigirimana capitalised on this rebound to poke the sky blues ahead. early into the second half, george thomas fired in a fine strike from the edge of the box to double coventry‘s lead. oxford di