Arsene Wenger has made a few changes to the Arsenal starting line-up that blew West Ham away at the weekend but none of them is much of a surprise. What is a surprise is our under fire German centre back Per Mertesacker keeping his place despite the Brazilian Gabriel having come back early from injury and travelling with the squad to Monaco. Bellerin comes in for Chambers at right back.
The other two changes are Santi Cazorla coming in for Aaron Ramsey, a move clearly designed to give the Gunners as much attacking potential as possible, and Danny Welbeck replaces Theo Walcott on one side of Olivier Giroud with Alexis on the other.
It is a strong Arsenal side but we will have to be at our best to overcome a two goal deficit against a side that does not seem to concede goals. They have the likes of Moputinho, Toulalan and Kondogbia in from the start, with Berbatov up front and so it truly would be a miracle if Arsenal managed to make it into the next round.
Ospina
Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal
Coquelin, Cazorla
Welbeck, Ozil, Sanchez
Giroud
Subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Chambers, Ramsey, Flamini, Walcott
COYG give it a good go and you never know!
The 11 players tasked with restoring Arsenal, and England’s, pride.
I’ve got fever already. Need a doctor by my side till this game ends.
These lads need to learn how to shoot from outside, surprise their keeper with some shots!!!
I don’t mean to disrespect him, but I wish Giroud had pace and could dribble.
Stupid Ref, that was no dive.
Come on giroud, score one more.we need you to score another. One more goal and we will see Monaco loosing focus completely. They will lose everything bif we score one more.a goal before the 65th minute and we are right in it.
Still got a lot to do… Hope to see more energy in the second half.. Theres still nothing to lose!
Nothing to loss.
but with everything to gain
COME ON YOU GUNNERS!!! ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL!!
surprised no Apkom on the bench, it looks a bit defensive if the game is there for the taking with 15 to go….
Again shame welbeck is in for walcott…walcott offers so much more in an attacking sense proved by his goals compared to welbecks… we need to score 3!
Noticed too. Only one attacking option on the bench. Guess we’ve played all our cards early. Hope it pays off. COYG!!!
Every year there will be Champions League winner. The current European Champions. But they will tickle down and filter through timeless history and only the club and fans of that club that wins it will remember the glorious night.
But tonight we, Arsenal Football Club have a chance of immortalizing ourselves in the fabrics of European nights and will be the reference for clubs that face similar situation to ours. No club has turned over a 3-1 loss at home since the UEFA Champions Leagues inception in 1992. No one is saying it will be easy. All odds are stacked against us. Home form, goals conceded, away ground. But tonight we either immortalize ourselves or go down in the gutters. If this is not motivation enough I don’t know what will be. Only Ajax has turned over a 3-1 deficit in European Cup. That team had Johan Cruyff. Is there a Cruyff out there on the pitch tonight? I am very pumped as should the players be. Go get those fcukers. Come on you Arsenal.
No team has turned over a 3-1 loss at home since the UCL inception in 1992. This is true!
There is a team however turning a 3-0 loss at home in 2003. Yes. I am sure of it.
I stand corrected. That was not a double leg game. Nevertheless, a statement.
Moutinho, best #10 in the world 😉
Well, let us see what this night has to bring! Hope the lads turn up positively.
Mmmmm pacy Per and clinical Wellbeck
Please, please prove me wrong!
COYG!!!!!
First for ARSENAL, right after for England last but not least to humiliate MAUREEN and his whinning Vincibles………………COYG
Thumbs down???? are there any Chelski’s Maureen lovers infiltrated in this site….FcUK Maureen
Why on Earth is Welbeck picked again? Him playing on the wing is the main reason we’re in this situation in the first place! Welbeck cannot play on the wing or the whole balance of the team is disrupted.
Walcott is the obvious choice. He’s a player that can accelerate and make space in tight situations, where teams sit back – just look at the game at the weekend, he made several chances through it. He didn’t score, but Walcott is the type of player that will make 6 or 7 chances, but only score 1 or 2 of them. Most players are more clinical, but only make 1 or 2 chances.. As for Welbeck… A very hard worker, but not a clinical finisher.
Welbeck is playing well and linking well with Ollie
I think choosing Ospina and Bellerin shows we are going all out. I know people talk about Walcott not being defensive as to why he is being left out. I’m not sure there isn’t more to it.
We will beat Monaco but not sure whether it will be enough. Common Alexis score and create.
Mertesacker?.. Oh dear!
Where’s the gamble ?
I would have went for a 3-5-2 formation.
Plus Walcott and Ramsey starting instead of
Welbeck and Giroud.
Walcott and Sanchez upfront
Ozil, Cazorla, Bellerin (RW),
Coquelin (DM) Ramsey (B2B)
Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel
Ospina
laugh all you like… it’s works on fifa manager mode 😉
GOD HELP US TONIGHT!
WERE GONNA NEED IT
COYG
Terrible start so far.
Why are these Monaco fans so damn loud
Because they care to support their club and not like us who were more busy in boiing ex spurs and MU player aka Berba
You’d have thought they’d have learnt. We need more width….
I know we should be patient, but some kinda urgency would be nice…
Every minutes pass, my heart and head getting lower.
We need speed on the wings but we also need to keep hold of the ball to begin with
Believe me…this squad is good…maybe we need a new manager who won’t make the same mistake for 9yrs and expect th same result
Just look at where Welbeck is playing, right in the centre of the pitch. Get out wide for God’s sake!
Good from Bellerin
After what they did with their fast counter attacks I don’t understand why mert is in the line up. And have i missed something why is Ramsey not playing?
Poor touch Welbeck
SC19 hasn’t arrived yet….
2nd half if we losing
Theo for Welbeck
Ramsey for Coq
Rosiky for Mert
352
Just do something out of ordinary and at least we tried
Some1 wif a consistent poor 1st touch who wanna top strike for arsenal….I tot they learn that back in academy
Why da hell are they moving the ball so slowly!! there is no surprise on the attack!!! C’mon you gunners!!!!
Watch Kos get our first goal
That tall bald Monaco bloke is cutting out a lot in the box
why are our players esp.. sanchez slipping soo much? in the man u game sanchez also had some slipperyslips wth
Common
All I’m looking for tonight is a good performance to maintain our PL confidence and hopefully a win.
Do I expect us to score 3? no.
Kondogbia still looks great…….
Come on squad, let’s get a goal
So far it looks like we won’t go through.
Come on lads! Let’s score at least 1 goal befoer half
i wanted ramsey to play, he could break the deadlock.
Once Danny improves his confidence and touch he’ll be WC
We need 3 goals but we don’t even test the keeper till now.
We need Cazorla and Ozil to get more involved and break their defense down
@juhislihis. Highly unlikely we wont, did anyone think we really would?
Monaco are strong physically and superb defensively.
In the 2nd half well push on and they hit us on the counter again, 1-0 or 1-1 I feel it will end.
Hope I’m wrong, COYG!!!!
Mertesacker alone probably has 20% possession this game
Did we really want to win by 3?
Game is as good as done, we have no urgency
1 down 2 to go
Giroidddďd
LETS MOTHER F*CKIN GO
Come on!!!!!!! Need to use the right wing more….
get the fook in, great finish!!!
LAMP POST STRIKES AGAIN
Holy crap, Danny
Well turn it on now but need to keep in mind the counter. Game on!!
Why Welback always like to shot on body.
Another before half-time would be nice
only the 2nd home goal conceded in 13 matches, wow impressive.
Why not shoot Welbeck, why
Sanchez has got to stop cutting inside every time he gets the ball… Everyone knows what he is going to do..
That’s not a dive
really ref? reallly????
wow
Crap *** piece of **** ***** **** ref *****
How is it even a yellow, these European refs really don’t do justice to English sides
Blasted ref has started playing for them
What a miss og
ball came in very fast-hard to control.
he took his goal brilliantly
muff? is that you? complimenting our players in particular giroud?
I don’t think it was a “miss”. Ball came with such pace no one couldn’t react.
two chances
need one to go in!!!
F*CKKKKKKKK
We probably shoulda had a 2-0 lead at the half, but at least we got 1.
Could of had 3 goals already
story of our season
what a ball from welbeck, Giroud hit almost too well!
Great finish to the first half, apart from getting the second.
We really need the lady luck. Come on we can do it.
I give us a 1/3 chance of going through
Honestly, does Welbeck know the basics of ball control? Its almost like he’s trying to catch-up with his own long balls.
wenger looks pissed
GOOD!!
arsene the subs u make an the tactics u show in second half could define ur season-
GET EM LE PROF!!
Our guys got to believe now after how the half ended
Will Ozil be playing without a shirt or does he have a spare?
We need to start the second half like we ended to first. We can do this.
The first fifteen minutes Monaco toyed with us. But since the goal there is a glimmer of hope. Flood gates are but yet to open.
Welbeck playing well so is giroud keep the same team untill last 10 mins then bring theo on for le coq
I beleive in this team and so do they
COYG
Up 1-0 at half time, could EASILY be 3 or 4-0. Koscielny’s flick, Sanchez’s “dive”, Welbeck’s shot, Giroud with another chance at the end. We’re creating plenty of chances, just need 2 more to go in. On the other side, we’ve played solidly defensively. Only given up a few half chances. I’ve got a lot of optimism going into the second half. I can’t see Monaco keeping us from a 2nd goal. The only questions left are whether or not we score a third, and whether or not Monaco pull 1 back.
PLEASE WENGER –
TAKE OZIL OFFFFFF-
A A R O N R A M S E Y
He will…in 75th minute!
I would take Coq off for Ramsey if score remains the same for 10 minutes.
If welbecks shot went in it was game on hopefully a goal early second half Monaco will be panicking !!!!!
The players start to believe so we should too.
wow really impressed with OG, this could be his the best game, cmon ARSENAL, we are better by miles!!!
We haven popped that cherry, now we need to go for the threesome
Just play the same game in the second half and we have can do this. Making plenty of chances. I can see Giroud get another if not a hat-trick!
In these kind of games you need to finish even the half chances but we need 10 chances to score one goal as we have missing machine aka giroud and a MU reject Welbeck spearheading our attack.
Missing machine Giroud? Really? Do you actually understand football?
Do you know how many chances strikers miss? Do you know Giroud has excellent stats for shooting?
I suggest some go back to FIFA and don’t let the truth get in the way of their subjective ‘analysis’..
Did we go through? I know football than you could ever imagine and that is why I am realistic and not like you who thinks giroud is some kind of top class forward. Tell me one simple thing which other top club will take the service of Giroud? Answer, NONE.
Anyways let us all live under the cloud once again and bash people who wants arsenal to seen like a real big club and not some B level club. We are arsenal and I have full right to question our clubs ambition which fans like you will never question
We need to score right away! Doesn’t even matter if we concede one, even extra time would be enough!
C’mon lads lets do this !!!!!
Who’s playing worse Cazorla or Ozil?
In your guys opinion
The reason I ask is, I think this is a game Rosiky will relish and take it to Monaco
What I see he not on bench, why
neither
Ref is a joke
How many away fans do we have there? For once I cant hear them.
nice FK by MO
In the end it’s all up to who wants it more and i know we do. COYG!
Ospinaaaaaaaa
Don’t give away a stupid goal on a counter attack
wtf was that nonsense
Sorry but Sanchez has got improve lots. His passing and link up is so poor.. He breaks our attacks down.. He gets in good position. So frustrating.
its over lets concentrate on the 4th trophy
pleas Hafiz your negativity is the last thing any gooner needs today. For once can people on this site be positive together?
These stupid fouls are exactly what Monaco want, it’s time wasting
Rosicky for Ozil please
Rosciky ???
Is he in France at all ???
May not be. One more change needed.
Our players have lost their concentration.
Wouldn’t take Coquelin off… But I suppose we have to take risks.