UEFA Champions League Match Summary: Arsenal vs Marseille
Arsenal played host to Marseille, after already having beaten the team in their last outing. The match played in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 saw Arsenal pick up a very late in the game and this saw the Gunners take a very favourable position in their group.
The match played at the Emirates kicked off with Marseille creating nearly all of the chances early on in the game. The French side seemed to have a purpose to their game this time around and were looking to go all out on the Gunners.
However, as the match progressed, Arsenal finally got back into the game and started to create a number of chances for themselves.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aaron-Ramsey-c3065 and Park Chu Young had the best chances in the first half of the game, but they failed to really seize their opportunities, as the first half ended with the score being level at nil all.
The second half kicked off in the same fashion that the first half ended with. Arsenal were on top of things, with Marseille creating the occasional chance or two.
However, Arsene Wenger opted to bring on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380, since the North London club just couldn’t seem to find the back of the net.
In the 78th minute, Van Persie had the best chance of the game, as Rosicky played the forward on with a brilliant through ball. The striker rushed towards the goal, but instead of going for power, opted to lob the keeper. However, his attempt
was easily gathered by the keeper.
Soon after the match came to an end, with both the sides managing to cancel each other out. As a result, both the teams shared the points on the night and they both had to wait until the next game to ensure a spot in the knock out stages of the tournament.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755, Park
Subs: Fabianski, Koscielny, Rosicky, van Persie, Djourou, Arshavin, Benayoun
Marseille: Mandanda, Fanni, Diarra, N'Koulou, Morel, Diawara, Andre Ayew, Valbuena, Cheyrou, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-Ayew-c19098, Remy
Subs: Bracigliano, Azpilicueta, Gonzalez, Gignac, Kabore, Traore, Amalfitano
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