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Arsenal must avoid complacency and get the ball to Nasri
Arséne Wenger recently said that Arsenal had to ‘respect’ Newcastle United. We lost that game 1-0 at the Emirates. The team followed the result with a scrappy last minute 1-0 win over West Ham, and then by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukrainian champions were a team who only a fortnight before had left North London with a 5-1 loss to reflect on. Similarly, Braga beat a complacent Arsenal side in Portugal two weeks ago, having themselves succumbed to a 6-0 loss at the Emirates...
One glaring aspect of the up and down season so far has been away form in the Champions League . Even in Serbia, against a Partizan side they face at home on Wednesday night, they struggled to put away chances and win the game. In the end, a 3-1 win was just about deserved and a reflection of Arsenal’s dominance on the night, but it took a red card and a brilliant penalty save from Lukasz Fabianski to earn all three points.
Never a dull moment then and the match against Partizan promises to be no different. Arsenal now need to match, or better, SC Braga’s result in Ukraine against Shakhtar Donetsk in order to qualify. Of course it’s a setback and Swiss defender Johan Djourou has said that it would be a “disaster” if Arsenal were to fail to progress from the group...
Wenger is urging his team to avoid complacency and respect Partizan. Most importantly though, he wants his players to give the ball to Samir Nasri, and rightly so, the Frenchman has been quite frankly, outstanding so far this season, notching 11 goals from only 16 starts and god knows how many assists...
Nasri’s tricks, combined with the returning Robin Van Persie and an improving, but controversial Russian in Andrey Arshavin should prove to be too superior a front three for a Partizan defence who have shipped 10 goals in Europe so far this season. Another 5 or 6-0 victory seems unlikely but no doubt fans will be relieved just to qualify and hope to avoid Barca, Madrid and company in the next round.
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Arsenal must avoid complacency and get the ball to Nasri
Arséne Wenger recently said that Arsenal had to ‘respect’ Newcastle United. We lost that game 1-0 at the Emirates. The team followed the result with a scrappy last minute 1-0 win over West Ham, and then by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukrainian champions were a team who only a fortnight before had left North London with a 5-1 loss to reflect on. Similarly, Braga beat a complacent Arsenal side in Portugal two weeks ago, having themselves succumbed to a 6-0 loss at the Emirates...
One glaring aspect of the up and down season so far has been away form in the Champions League . Even in Serbia, against a Partizan side they face at home on Wednesday night, they struggled to put away chances and win the game. In the end, a 3-1 win was just about deserved and a reflection of Arsenal’s dominance on the night, but it took a red card and a brilliant penalty save from Lukasz Fabianski to earn all three points.
Never a dull moment then and the match against Partizan promises to be no different. Arsenal now need to match, or better, SC Braga’s result in Ukraine against Shakhtar Donetsk in order to qualify. Of course it’s a setback and Swiss defender Johan Djourou has said that it would be a “disaster” if Arsenal were to fail to progress from the group...
Wenger is urging his team to avoid complacency and respect Partizan. Most importantly though, he wants his players to give the ball to Samir Nasri, and rightly so, the Frenchman has been quite frankly, outstanding so far this season, notching 11 goals from only 16 starts and god knows how many assists...
Nasri’s tricks, combined with the returning Robin Van Persie and an improving, but controversial Russian in Andrey Arshavin should prove to be too superior a front three for a Partizan defence who have shipped 10 goals in Europe so far this season. Another 5 or 6-0 victory seems unlikely but no doubt fans will be relieved just to qualify and hope to avoid Barca, Madrid and company in the next round.
STV are always on the lookout for supporters who want to have their say. If you'd like to make your point, over and above commenting on this article, get in touch by writing to [email protected]
