Tagged with Champions League
Nov 2010
4th
Shakhtar Donestk 2 -1 Arsenal, Lessons still not learnt.
Complacency marks a missed opportunity to qualify fro the Champions league group, as not for the first time Arsenal goes down 2-1 in Ukraine.
Nov 2010
3rd
Shakhtar preview, player wages.
Arsenal visit Shakhtar who can call their home a fortress. Since Oct 2008 Shakhtar has not lost a single home game in any competition.
Aug 2010
27th
Champions league draw – Arsenal Braga Shaktar and Partizan.
Arsenal have never won in Ukraine, Portugal and Serbia. How’s that for an easy draw.
Mar 2010
10th
Arsenal written off one day, world beaters the next.
After a mesmerising performance in the Champions league against Porto, we ask the question is this a flash in the pan? Or the beginning of World domination for Arsenal.
Feb 2010
18th
Porto 2 – 1 Arsenal, not a bad result.
The first goal was down to comedic goalkeeping you won’t even see in the Sunday leagues, the second was a series of comedic moments by an ensemble cast.
Sep 2009
30th
Arsenal 2 – 0 Olympiacos — Patience pays off for Arsenal
Perhaps determined not to have a repeat of Standard Liege, Arsenal came out with all guns blazing. Unfortunately the gun-sights were not correctly calibrated.
Sep 2009
17th
Isn’t that a sign of a good team.
So we were a shadow of our usual standards and letting in two goals so early on looks bad, but the truth is most of us were confident of a comeback. Teams like Standard Liege are just not good enough.
Aug 2009
28th
The hypocrisy laid bare for all to see.
The British media was afforded an opportunity to show that they are not just out to get Arsenal when England and Aston Villa star Ashley young earned himself not 1 but 2 penalties in the space of ten minutes in a vain attempt to influence the outcome of the tie.