I decided to come home instead of going out to dinner with friends after university. Why? because my one love in life was playing in the UEFA Champion’s League. It was the 2nd leg of our last 16 round match against Porto. We went into the game with an away goal but we were 2-1 down and without are talisman Cesc Fabregas. To be honest, I expected us to lose and that would be pretty much be the end of our season. I’m so pessimistic when it comes to Arsenal these days but oh was I wrong. More on the flipside.
follow me on twitter, add me on facebook
The game started off with Porto attacking us straight from kick-off and even that had me a little worried as the ‘Hulk’ was running at Clichy who has had a below-par season so far. We managed to overcome their attack and pretty much destroy them in the first 45 minutes. 70% Possession and 2 goals. Great play from my favourite Russian, Andrei Arshavin.
Watch the video above for full highlights from the game. They didn’t really test us again till the start of the 2nd half when we seemed a little shaky in posession but that didn’t last long. Samir Nasri scored an absolute beauty of a goal – picking up the ball just outside the area on the right hand side of the box and making his way through the box by some neat intricate dribbling past 3 defenders, then beating the keeper but a powerful shot towards the far post. Beautiful, words can’t describe it to be honest so watch this next clip:
We then scored again straight away from a counter-attack which involved Arshavin running at the defenders to setup everyone’s favourite player, Emmanuel Eboué. The counter-attacking goals remind me of the Arsenal of 2001-2005 that is the Arsenal which we all know and love. From there it was an easy game with Bendtner getting the a hat-trick, clinical striker? haha he had all the goals handed to him on a plate. I totally didn’t regret not going to eat with friends. It was most definitely worth it.
I’ll leave you with some dope photos from last night taken by Ryu Voelkel – check out Ryu’s Flickr. I’ve bookmarked it.
Videos courtesy of Arsenalist.
About Yin