“Hector Bellerin, I took him off because he had a groin problem just before so I had to take them off meaning I could not take Alexis off. We now have five days to recover”.
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The ball found Nacho Monreal who passed to Alexis Sanchez who calmly passed the ball into the back of the net.
A flowing team move involving Cazorla and Mathieu Flamini set up Giroud for a chance at the near post, but the forward could not sort his feet out to turn a shot on target.
“Even having a bad group phase – because to lose at home to Olympiacos and to lose in Zagreb and to lose six points they should win is bad – they can qualify”. It is a must-win for us and the task is very clear.
Barcelona and Bayern Munich are through to the last 16 and both produced convincing victories in their pursuit to be crowned champions of Europe.
However, former Manchester United captain Keane, who won seven Premier League titles during his Old Trafford career, explained why Flamini won’t shine in Arsenal’s biggest games.
“They played much better than in the first match against us”.
Sometimes when we played at Olympiacos we had already qualified, this time we go to Olympiacos heading to qualify.
“I have an opportunity to be back in the team and I will try to prove every game that I can be in the team”. With such competitions and so many games, you need everyone ready.
A two-goal triumph over the Greek champions – thrashed 6-0 by Bayern Munich in midweek – will send Arsenal through and Cech has backed his side to pull it off in their final pool match. The Athens derby this past weekend between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos was cancelled after supporters invaded the pitch and, although Olympiakos did not have any away fans at that game, Wenger knows that it will be an intense occasion on Dec 9.
While the win assures Arsenal of a place in the Europa League at least, that is not interesting Wenger at present.
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“I’m not sure that 11 is capable of going there and getting the result they need”, Gerrard told BT Sport. “They are a higher quality team than Olympiacos and my opinion is that they will go through”.
