Definition of a nail-biter
So we played poorly, and probably didn't deserve to go through to the Champions League Final in Paris on May 17th, but who cares!!
We did the job at home winning 1-0 then resolutely defended that lead and held on for a 0-0 draw in the away leg. Villareal were a shadow of the side that turned up at Highbury, they controlled practically every minute of the game, with Arsenal showing very few signs of sparking into life on the break. 'Real created half chance after half chance and you felt really that it was just a matter of time before they took one of them, but no, Lehman only had a close range Guillermo Franco header to actually save (yards offside but not spotted by the Lino) and so to the closing moments, Arsenal were defending deeper and deeper, denying the Villareal players any space in behind.
A sliced clearance and Clichy (who replaced the injured Flamini early in the game) (looking upwards at the ball) and Josi Mari looking at Clichy collided (which they wouldn't have done if Josi Mari hadn't just stepped into the way of Clichy, who if you remember was looking up at the ball not the player) and, living up to the Villareal nickname of the Yellow Submariners, Josi Mari set the dive planes to maximum and fell theatrically, PENALTY, with just one and a half minutes left on the clock, a nightmare, suddenly it was looking like exra time.
Juan Roman Riquelme, who had been so fervent in his belief that his side would trounce the Arsenal in El Madrigal, hovered at the end of his run up, Jens Lehman, attempting to extend his record of clean sheets to 10, paced the line.
The Whistle, Riquelme, Lehman saves, brilliantly down to his left hand side, the races to collect the loose ball.
Absolutely superb, not neccesarily deserved but as I said earlier, who cares.
Up the Arsenal on May 17th!!1
We did the job at home winning 1-0 then resolutely defended that lead and held on for a 0-0 draw in the away leg. Villareal were a shadow of the side that turned up at Highbury, they controlled practically every minute of the game, with Arsenal showing very few signs of sparking into life on the break. 'Real created half chance after half chance and you felt really that it was just a matter of time before they took one of them, but no, Lehman only had a close range Guillermo Franco header to actually save (yards offside but not spotted by the Lino) and so to the closing moments, Arsenal were defending deeper and deeper, denying the Villareal players any space in behind.
A sliced clearance and Clichy (who replaced the injured Flamini early in the game) (looking upwards at the ball) and Josi Mari looking at Clichy collided (which they wouldn't have done if Josi Mari hadn't just stepped into the way of Clichy, who if you remember was looking up at the ball not the player) and, living up to the Villareal nickname of the Yellow Submariners, Josi Mari set the dive planes to maximum and fell theatrically, PENALTY, with just one and a half minutes left on the clock, a nightmare, suddenly it was looking like exra time.
Juan Roman Riquelme, who had been so fervent in his belief that his side would trounce the Arsenal in El Madrigal, hovered at the end of his run up, Jens Lehman, attempting to extend his record of clean sheets to 10, paced the line.
The Whistle, Riquelme, Lehman saves, brilliantly down to his left hand side, the races to collect the loose ball.
Absolutely superb, not neccesarily deserved but as I said earlier, who cares.
Up the Arsenal on May 17th!!1
posted by Matt at 11:20 AM
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