These Arsenal kids keep getting younger.
Today’s matches will round out the group of 16, but with some of the clubs having already wrapped up their spot we will also get to see some run out for the youngsters.
Your matches:
Liverpool v. Fiorentina
Internazionale v. Rubin Kazan
Lyon v. Debrecen
Sevilla v. Rangers
Standard Liege v. AZ Alkmaar
Stuttgart v. Unirea Urziceni
Dynamo v. Barcelona
Olympiacos v. Arsenal
Basically, Liverpool are dead while Arsenal are through. Lyon and Fiorentina are playing to distinguish 1st from 2nd in their group, while all 4 of Inter, Rubin Kazan, Dynamo and Barcelona are in play for Group F.
Torres on for Holland’s Wayne Rooney.
oh, good – I see I was beaten to the Jorge Campos joke.
Song was hard done by on that challenge it was shoulder to shoulder. Nice through ball by Ramsey and then nice header on the resultant corner. Thwarted by Adam Clayton in goal.
Gerrard has been on target witch each of his free kicks tonight, encouraging.
The Spanish commentator is struggling to be excited about Shevchenko.
And Howard Webb has to explain to Zlatan that this is not Taekwondo.
Get f**ked, Vela.
Good GOD this team is so much better with Torres.
Score you stupid f**king Gunners.
PACHECO COMING ON!
The future starts … NOW
Aquilani off after 75 minutes. Composed, nice passing, all I expected.
Holy f**k @ the pace on Pacheco’s shot there. Almost scores ten seconds in to his debut.
F**k you, Walcott. Put the GD ball on frame.
Damn, Georger… that was a sweet-ass intro to the LFC first XI. I can only imagine he’ll be misused from hereon out.
What? We brought on John Sununu?
Wow @ nando’s backheel to Pacheco. The Spanish Connection!
Christ Arsenal Juniors, score already!!
“Christ Arsenal Juniors, score already!!”
^^^ There’s a joke in there.
FACT: Arsenal are the worst freekick takers in the history of the sport.
Merida waited too long to pull the trigger.
Without that Dutch guy? Possibly. Can’t believe we’re not taking short corners with the elfish brigade we’ve been fielding lately.
F**king brilliant, Ramsey. Instead firing an open shot from 25, you decide to dribble into the box and your shot is predictably deflected wide for a corner.
Calm down, Gunners. It’s a meaningless game. You can win every meaningless game, you know.
@Hock
Was it Merida? My stream is s**t so everyone looks the same.
Meanwhile, Leo Messi scores on a sick freekick.
lots of unnecessary Dirk Kuyt bashing on the Guardian liveblog. They’re all jealous, dammit!
Good… didn’t want Barca slipping to the number 2 line so the Arse could draw them.
@JT
I don’t care that we’re losing; I care that the team looks like the typical all beauty, no result to which we’re so accustomed. I’d hoped that the next generation would be more offensively speculative instead of trying to pass the ball through a wall of 10 defenders.
@HL: But that’s the system Wenger teaches, isn’t it? Why would they spontaneously decide to s**tcan everything AW tells them in their few opportunities to play?
hahahahahahahaha we f**king suck
Enjoy getting knocked out by Lyon, somebody, because Fiorentina just won the group.
HL: Except Ramsey… that kid will pull the trigger.
the shot chart must be ridiculous.
wide, over the top, side netting, wide, over, wide, strait to keeper, over, wide, etc etc
Fulltime… Arsenal and Olympiakos are through.
And now Leo Messi is limping off in stoppage time after rolling around on the ground in severe pain.
@Anonsters
I know that’s the system and Arsene’s word is final but is it really killing the system if someone takes an uncontested shot from 25 yards every once in a while, especially when it’s obvious throughout the match that they won’t be able to pass the ball into the net?
@Georger: You want to see pace on a shot, take a look at Zlatan’s freekick at like 3:20-3:30 in stoppage time. Wow.
Congrats to Rangers… you’re only slightly better than Debrecen. And to think of all the damage Celtic would have done if only the Crozillian didn’t unleash the Dark Lord’s wrath upon the earth with his dive.
So how about those Leo Messi to Spurs rumors?
:)