PRESTON 1
SUNDAYSU MIRROR
3 ............. Shots on Target .......... 9 3 ............. Shots off Target .......... 3 2 ............... Blocked Shots ............ 6 2 ..................... Corners .................. 6 10...................... Fouls..................... 6 2 .................... Offsides .................. 2 3 ................ Yellow Cards .............. 1 0 ................... Red Cards ................ 0 73.4 ....... Passing Success .....89.7 23 ................... Tackles................. 18 69.6 ........ Tackles Won % ..... 83.3 31.9............. Possession .......... 68.1 46.3 ... Territorial Advantage..53.7 319 ............ Total Passes ......... 696 19 .............. Total Crosses ............ 21 36.3 .......... 1st Half Poss. ........63.7 27.3 .......... 2nd Half Poss. ....... 72.7 OLIVIER GIROUD provided the sting in the tail yet again – but this time he was not slammed for any scorpion-type celebrations.
Like they did at Bournemouth, the Gunners dug themselves out of a big hole, with Giroud the late hero, thanks to a scrambled finish.
But boss Arsene Wenger felt the after- shock of Arsenal’s torturous midweek trip to the Dorset coast in another spine chiller at Deepdale.
This was the evening when the original Invincibles came back to scare the life out of the modern Invincibles.
And they came agonisingly close to ending Wenger’s proud record of never being defeated in the FA Cup third round.
Championship Preston’s first-half