Tagged with UCL

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?

Dec 2007

21st

To be the best you have to beat the best.

Surprise surprise, if it wasn’t Barcelona then it had to be AC Milan. Arsenal will meet the defending champions in the first knockout round of the UCL. This a competition that Wenger longs to win and defeating the current champions is the ultimate challenge in this phase of the competition. If we want to be [...]