Tagged with UCL
Sep 2011
29th
Arsenal 2-1 Olympiacos.
We’ve done pretty well at home against the Greek champions in the past, but an away defeat year taught us that playing a second string side in the champions league not without risk.
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.
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.
Aug 2009
19th
Celtic 0 – 2 Arsenal. A solid start to the campaign.
It would be wrong to say that the players might have suddenly discovered a magic formula over the off-season break, but Arsenal has so far showed an edge to their game that they didn’t have at the same time last year.
Oct 2008
21st
Depleted Arsenal face test at Sukru Saracoglu
Unlike some of our domestic ties, I believe we are more capable of controlling European ties, their style suits us. I strongly believe the only thing between us and champions league glory is another English side.
Aug 2008
28th
Arsenal 4 – 0 Fc Twente – 5 observations
After the debacle of Craven Cottage, last night’s game was just what the doctor ordered. Arsenal had a 2 goal advantage going in the game so getting to the group stages was not an issue, the question was what kind of performance would we get from the Arsenal?