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Arsenal face AC Milan tonight in the second leg of their last 16 Champions League clashes.

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After their disastrous 4-0 defeat away khổng lồ Milan three weeks ago, the tie would seem to lớn be a foregone conclusion. It has been described as mission impossible, và that"s probably the most accurate assessment.

AC Milan are the current champions of Italy, và they are on vị trí cao nhất of their national-league table yet again. They qualified in second place in their group behind Barcelona, who are rightly considered to lớn be the best team in the world.

Teams of Milan"s calibre simply bởi not give up four-goal leads, and all Arsenal can realistically hope for is to rescue some pride and dignity after the first-leg shambles.


Since that defeat, Arsenal have also exited the FA Cup khổng lồ Sunderland, and their season looked likely to lớn fall apart and end in turmoil. The players have somehow found it within themselves to bounce back from those disappointments, & they have taken six points from their last two Premier League games. The manner of those victories was really impressive when you consider who the opposition were and how the games panned out.

Just over a week ago, Arsenal were down 2-0 at trang chủ to local-rivals Spurs with only five minutes of the first half remaining, và lady luck had really deserted them. Spurs had got their goals through a lucky deflection & a dive for a penalty from Gareth Bale.

It would have been all too easy for the Arsenal players to lớn decide that this was going to be their day before rolling over & playing dead.


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Instead, the Arsenal players persevered and played some brilliant football to lớn blow the Spurs away. They emerged with a fantastic 5-2 victory to put themselves right back in the hunt for a top-four finish and maybe even a chance lớn catch the third-place Spurs.

It was a performance lớn warm the hearts of Arsenal fans and to bring back some belief lớn them as well as the players.

Their next challenge was a trip to lớn Anfield to lớn take on a Liverpool team who were unbeaten at trang chủ and had won the Carling Cup the previous weekend.

Arsenal were under the cosh for the entire first half, & Liverpool were clearly the better team on the day. However, Arsenal emerged with a 2-1 victory thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, & the deadly finishing of Robin van Persie.

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The team finally seems lớn have the belief and determination that they were so often searching for in the past. There is little or no chance of them progressing against Milan tonight, but I"m sure they will give their all in an attempt lớn rescue the tie. The biggest problem for Arsenal on the night could be their ever-increasing injury danh mục yet again.

The latest team news would suggest that Mikael Arteta, Yossi Benayoun và Abu Diaby will all be unavailable; Kieran Gibbs và Tomas Rosicky are also major doubts for the game. This will mean that Arsene Wenger has very few options available to him in midfield & that he will have to lớn seriously consider his midfield options. He might just have lớn play Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in front of Alex tuy vậy and Rosicky if Rosicky is fit to lớn play.

Hopefully Gibbs can play, & the defence will be the same as it was on Saturday, but that is the same defence which crumbled away khổng lồ Milan. If Gibbs is injured, it would probably see the inclusion of Ignasi Miquel at either left-back or in a central role.

Arsenal would have a tough job with a full-strength team, but their injury problems only make things harder for them.

At least there are no worries over the attacking players.

Wenger says Robin van Persie will play from the start. I would imagine that he will be flanked by Theo Walcott và Gervinho, and Arsenal should hopefully have a genuine goal threat. Their chances of scoring a minimum of four goals are very limited though.


It"s a double-edged sword for Arsenal because they could be very exposed if they throw everything at Milan. If they don"t go for it from the start, their chances of progressing are even less, but I honestly can"t see them overturning a four-goal deficit. I think a win on the night for Arsenal would at least be a morale booster, và hopefully their patched-together team can achieve that.

I"m predicting a 2-1 win for Arsenal with just a little bit of pride restored for the players and fans alike.

The most important thing, in my opinion, is for Arsenal to get through the trò chơi without any more injuries. Their next Premier League game is in six days" time at trang chủ to Newcastle United.

By the time Arsenal play that game, the teams around them will all have played, & they will know exactly what they have to do. As long as they keep winning games in the Premier League, third place is a real possibility, & it has to be their goal rather than an almost-impossible task against Milan.

If Arsenal were khổng lồ get a couple of early goals tonight, anything is possible, but I won"t be holding my breath waiting for a miracle. 

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