Arsenal are just a few days away from their biggest game of the season after drawing Celtic for a place in the Champions League group stage.
The Gunners will have been hoping for an easier play-off tie after being seeded for the draw but now face a ‘battle of Britain’ clash, just to make it past the qualifying stage.
As the dust settles on a disappointing exit for Arsenal from the Champions League, Arsenal are now again out of contention for any trophies for a fifth season running, and if you were to believe many Arsenal blogs and fans the sky is falling.
Well, I am here to tell you that there is no disgrace in the way Arsenal have performed with an injury depleted squad this season, and certainly reaching 2 semi-finals and securing Champions League football for next season is nothing to be ashamed of.
Arsenal yesterday triumphed 3-0 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate against Villarreal in the Champions League Quarter Finals.
Van Persie scored his penalty well
An inspired Arsenal performance saw the Gunners breeze past their Spanish opposition to book their place in an all English Semi Final against Manchester UTD.
The Wenger Dance
Arsenal won 1 – 0 against Roma at the Emirates last night, in an interesting first leg game in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Van Persie celebrates his goal
The draw has been made for the last 16 of the Champions League and Arsenal will face Roma in the first knock-out phase.
Arsenal came away from a tense away game in Kiev with a 1-1 draw last night.
It was a game that Arsenal had many chances to win, but in the end were almost lucky to grab the point in the closing minutes.
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