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Posted:  18 Sep 2008 02:28

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Arsenal managed to salvage a point after a late equaliser from captain William Gallas to make it 1-1 from their opening Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev.

Adebayor, Robin van Persie, twice, and Cesc Fabregas all had good first-half chances for the Gunners.
Kiev scored when Bacary Sagna was adjudged to have pushed over Ognjen Vukojevic and Ismael Bangoura scored a 64th-minute penalty - only for Gallas to net two minutes from time at close range.
Posted:  19 Sep 2008 14:51

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That was a close one, Arsenal needs to get their act together.  There's too much skill there to be scratching out draws with the likes of Dynamo Kiev.
Posted:  20 Sep 2008 06:43

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Not a very start by Arsenal.They have to play some good quality football if they want to make a mark in the CL.If they continue this way they are in trouble.
Posted:  22 Sep 2008 03:36

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Arsenal have always underachieved in Europe. Its hard to imagine that a club of their stature has never won the Champion's League ! With the likes of players such as Fabregas , Van Persie and Adebayor they really should be more potent in churning out results..
Posted:  22 Sep 2008 13:22

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They've never won the CL?  Wow, I need to brush up on my history.  I think that last year was probably their best chance, if it wasn't for Man U being so good last year.
Posted:  22 Sep 2008 16:47

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Nope they've never won it. In fact they've only been in the final once in the 05-06 season where they were beaten by Barcelona 2-1. Very strange considering the history of the club.
ManU and Liverpool have taken most of the glory in Europe having won  3 and 5 times respectively..
Posted:  24 Sep 2008 12:36

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They were so bad in that final against Barca it almost wasn't true. They won't win it this season either - they're just not cut out for club competitions.
Posted:  24 Sep 2008 13:04

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It's interesting how different Cups and Leagues are in terms of which teams do well.  There's totally different strategies and such, it's pretty interesting I think.