Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Arsenal's winless run continued...


Arsenal went winless, falling to 2-1 defeat Olympiakos
 miss planting knockout stages of the Champions League.


Qualitative already assured before the final Group B tie, Arsene Wenger had decided to go to a number of first team regulars after 20-year-old defender made his debut Jernade Meade Europe.

Although the Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky shot England side on 38 minutes, the Greeks fought a little controversial effort Giannis Maniatis and well-taken strike substitute Kostas Mitroglou left Wenger facing more questions about the direction of his team - which now has not won in their last four games and fell to the Barclays Premier League table.

Olympiakos

Giannis Maniatis 65
Kostas Mitroglou 73
2
1

Arsenal

Tomas Rosicky 38
FT (HT: 0-1)


It was a bright start from the visitors who want to silence the partisan crowd Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

Rosicky, back in form after a long injury lay-off, fed, fast pass Marouane Chamakh area, but the ball got caught under the feet of Morocco before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain drilled a small effort through the face of goal.

Olympiakos threatened down the left through Djamel Abdoun and Rafik Djebbour reduction jammed near post by Thomas Vermaelen Arsenal captain.

In the 17th minute, Arsenal Table fled Oxlade-Chamberlain in the right channel, and his deep cross led Chamakh.

The ball deflected off the defender of the path of Aaron Ramsey, but the Wales midfielder mistimed his kick goal there for the taking.

At the other end, Olympiakos captain Vassilis Torossidis saw his powerful shot down the line cutting.

Abdoun forced to save Wojciech Szczesny good hosts pressed again, boosted by the home crowd singing.

However, it was Arsenal who took the lead in the 38 minute.

The ball was worked Gervinho on the right, and for once, the Ivory Coast striker had a good control of knitting penalty area before cutting back to pass the penalty spot - if Rosicky arrived at the right time to sweep his first goal since March 2012.

Rosicky was replaced by the beginning of the second half of Andrei Arshavin, even though it would have been a tactical, rather than applying through another injury scare.

Russia ran down the left 54 ​​minutes Chamakh was published by almost half, but the ball floating in the Moroccan area was too high and went Arshavin title.

Olympiacos equalizer is pressed over time, and Ljubomir Fejsa stabbing his effort bent side of the network.

At the other end, Gervinho and Chamakh Arshavin worked the ball down to the right is an overlap and a snapshot of Russia's lost out of Roy Carroll for his near post.

Szczesny was fuming after the Spanish referee Alberto Mallenco found that the painted Paulo Machado header after a corner, the ball seemed to recover all of the bottom of the timber.

Arsenal goalkeeper was incandescent with rage moments later when the ball was half-cleared and Abdoun lofted back into the penalty area, in which Giannis Maniatis included his shot a lot of smoothing in post 64 minute.

The Polish international protest against the referee and saw the yellow card he bent his ear Wenger fourth official in the band.

It should have been 2-1 the Greeks, soon after, but somehow guided his header wide after Djebbour Machado was hitting the ball over the six-yard box, the right-wing.

Olympiakos went in 73 minute when substitute Mitroglou come to the edge of the penalty area before curling effort past Szczesny very bottom.

Arsenal installed in the return of the final 10 minutes with Oxlade Chamberlain driving-in and cut out a ball over the surface of the target.

Meade was replaced by a 18-year-old Swiss defender Martin Angha the final round, but the Gunners could not conjure up a late goal and, therefore, go to the lottery 16, without security, top seed.

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