Arsenal v Olympiacos | Matches

Fulham V
Arsenal
26TH SEP 2009

Tuesday 29th September
Kick off: 19:45
Emirates Stadium

Arsenal
2 – 0
Olympiacos

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Blackburn Rovers
4TH OCT 2009

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Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos (Sep 29,2009)

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Full Time FULL TIME: ARSENAL 2-0 OLYMPIACOS It looked for a while as though Arsenal would be frustrated but goals from Van Persie and Arshavin secured the three points after a dominant performance from the Gunners
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Yellow Card YELLOW CARD For Raul Bravo
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Yellow Card YELLOW CARD for Cesc Fabregas for a miss-timed tackle
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OLYMPIACOS have a corner after a good defensive header from Gallas but it's a poor delivery
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GOAL! - Andrey Arshavin 2 : 0 GOAL! ARSENAL 2-0 OLYMPIACOS Arsenal seal the points! Arshavin plays the ball to Fabregas and the Arsenal captain returns it for the Russian to flick the ball across the line. 2-0
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Substitution ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Goalscorer Robin Van Persie makes way for Aaron Ramsey
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Substitution OLYMPIACOS SUBSTITUTION: Leonardo goes off, Oscar Gonzalez comes on
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Arsenal really do deserve that goal, they've attacked and attacked again and finally they got the breakthrough. Olympiacos will be disappointed to have held out for so long, but the game still has 10 minutes left...
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Yellow Card YELLOW CARD for Vassilis Torosidis for decent
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GOAL! - Robin van Persie 1 : 0 GOAL! Finally it comes! Van Persie is the man! It's a tap in at the end of a fine move. Fabregas plays in Eduardo who crosses from the bye-line to Van Persie and the Dutchman pokes home his first goal of the season. He couldn't have missed
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Substitution ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION: Carlos Vela comes on, Diaby goes off
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SUCCESSION OF CORNERS: But Arsenal still can't find a way through. Is there enough time?
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STILL NO LUCK: Arshavin with a great turn to play in Van Persie, his shot is saved and the follow up comes to Gallas... but the Frenchman is offside and misses anyway
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NO WAY THROUGH: Song finds Clichy on the right, he delivers the cross and it's cleared back to Song. Arsenal re-work an opening but Eboue's low cross is cut out. Olympiacos just won't let Arsenal through
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Can Arsenal find the goal they deserve? Olympiacos have offered very little in attacking play tonight. It really has been one-way traffic
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BLOCKED SHOT Song comes forward and plays a short pass to Fabregas but his shot is blocked
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Substitution ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Rosicky comes off, and on comes Eduardo
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Yellow Card BOOKING FOR DUDU
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Arsenal battling to find a way through. No luck yet as Eduardo gets ready to come on
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... but the ball is cleared by Olympiacos
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ARSENAL HAVE ANOTHER CORNER Gallas and Vermaelen are trudging forward...
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ARSENAL FREE-KICK: Comes to Vermaelen at the back post, but his header is straight into the ground and bounces out for a goal kick
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Gallas comes forward and plays a one-two with Arshavin but Raul Bravo dispossesses the centre-half
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Arshavin down the right runs into trouble. Arsenal haven't started this half quite as dominant as they ended the last, but they're still on top
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Yellow Card Zewlakow is also booked for his reaction to the challenge
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Yellow Card Van Persie with a good strike, straight at Nikopolidis and Van Persie follows the shot up by sliding through Michal Zewlakow to try and reach the ball. That will be a booking
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... and Mannone makes a good save! He dives acrobatically to get a hand to the ball at the back post. Is that a warning sign for the Gunners?
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OLYMPIACOS FREE-KICK Delivered from deep by Leonardo and Arsenal have to concede the corner...
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Substitution Ieroklis Stoltidis comes on for the second-half in place of Jaouad Zaïri
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The second half is underway. Will Arsenal get the breakthrough they deserve?
Half Time HALF TIME and it's still 0-0, but how? It's been all Arsenal. Nikopolidis has kept his side in the game and the Gunners will be wondering how they aren't ahead at the break
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Rosicky shoots straight at the keeper
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... and Diaby heads it wide
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ARSENAL FREE-KICK comes in from the left and Nikopolidis comes for it. I think he's a little fortunate to get fingertips to that, he'd already committed. Still, another corner for Arsenal...
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... caught by Nikopolidis
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ARSENAL WIN ANOTHER CORNER on the right, Van Persie to take...
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ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE Fabregas plays a great ball over the top to Van Persie and the Dutchman shoots from a tight angle. Too tight perhaps as it's a comfortable save for Nikopolidis
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GOOD STRIKE! Fabregas finds Van Persie in a bit of space... he takes the shot... it's venomous but goes just over the bar
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...VERMAELEN GOES CLOSE! perhaps he was an inch from making enough contact to turn that low corner home! so close!
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ANOTHER CORNER Rosicky turns and shoots but his shot is blocked...yet another Arsenal corner...
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Olympiacos have only conceded two goals in 10 games this season... will that change tonight? If the Gunners keep playing like this, then perhaps so
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... and that corner brings a free-kick for Olympiacos for pushing
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NIKOPOLIDIS DENIES ARSENAL AGAIN another shot for Fabregas, he's central about 12 yards out, and another save! It brings another corner though...
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... and the corner is headed clear
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Arshavin comes down the left, plays in Clichy who crosses to Fabregas...shot deflected, it's another Arsenal corner
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ARSENAL CORNER: Van Persie takes it on Arsenal's right and Nikopolidis punches this one clear
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Fabregas strikes... HITS THE WALL
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ARSENAL FREE-KICK 20 yards out, just left of centre...
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ARSHAVIN CRAFTS A SHOT He gets the ball off Diaby on the right side of the area, dribbles around a couple of defenders and fires his shot low at the near post, but Nikopolidis saves again!
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GREAT SHOT! Cesc Fabregas fires a shot at goal... it's absolutely superb and hits the bar! The ball comes out to Van Persie, he passes it to Rosicky but the Czech's shot is blocked
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ARSENAL CORNER, and Nikopolidis flaps it away. Yet again it doesn't look convincing
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GREAT GUNNERS MOVE! Fabregas plays a superb cross-field ball to Clichy, he dribbles into the area, cuts it back to Arshavin and Nikopolidis is outstretched as he makes his save
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ARSHAVIN GETS A DANGEROUS BALL IN! Nikopolidis has to tip it away from Rosicky. It wasn't the most convincing save, but it did the job the Greek keeper wanted it to.
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BRIGHT START FOR ARSENAL The Gunners are building pressure, but haven't been able to break the Greek visitors down just yet. Good start though
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VAN PERSIE TRIES TO CRAFT A CHANCE but his threaded ball is just a little too heavy for Arshavin to get on the end of
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OLYMPIACOS GET A CROSS IN, it's aimed towards Leonardo but goes over everybody
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Olympiacos haven't won a single one of their eight European matches away to English clubs, and they've only scored one goal in those games!
Kick Off We're underway at Arsenal Stadium!
The teams are lining up as the Champions League anthem is played around the Stadium, almost time for kick-off!
Good evening! We're just 10 minutes from kick-off at Arsenal Stadium as the Gunners take on Olympiacos in Champions League Group H. I'm Nick Teale and I'll be here all evening with minute-by-minute updates as the action unfolds. The Matchday Show is already underway on Arsenal TV Online, so why not tune in now? Match commentary will be from Dan Roebuck and Martin Hayes
ARSENAL TEAM: Vito Mannone, Emmanuel Eboue, William Gallas, Thomas Vermaelen, Gael Clichy, Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas (c), Tomas Rosicky, Abou Diaby, Andrey Arshavin, Robin van Persie SUBS: Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Philippe Senderos, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Eduardo, Carlos Vela
OLYMPIACOS TEAM: Antonis Nikopolidis (c), Olof Mellberg, Michal Zewlakow, Raul Bravo, Avraam Papadopoulos, Leonardo, Vassilis Torosidis, Jaouad Zairi, Dudu, Diogo, Cristian Ledesma SUBS:Urko Pardo, Didier Domi, Giorgos Galitsios, Ieroklis Stoltidis, Oscar Gonzalez, Giannis Papadopoulos, Kostas Mitroglou
Dan Roebuck and former Gunner Martin Hayes will be in the commentary box to bring you live audio commentary from 7.45pm (UK time). And remember to stay online after the final whistle and join the debate in our post-match show. E-mail Dan and Martin via the website at www.arsenal.com/studio before, during and after the game.
Welcome to Arsenal TV Online for live coverage of our Champions League clash with Olympiacos. Our MatchDay Show starts at 7.15pm (UK time) and includes highlights from our win at Fulham, the key moments from Arsene Wenger's pre-match press conference and an insight into tonight's opponents