Arsenal-Partizan Pic Spam!
Chamakh & Rosicky show the love!
A power failure meant that the Gunners reportedly had no light in their dressing room, and had to change using the light of their mobile phones.
They were also treated to the sight of a giant banner of Big Ben emblazoned with the message: "You have been run over by a Steamroller." It could have been less friendly though: Partizan are known as either 'The Steamroller' or 'The Gravediggers'.
FT Stats
Partizan v Arsenal
Shots 11-17
Shots on target 5-13
Possession 29%-71%
Passing accuracy 71%-87%
Fouls 15-14
Duels won% 54%-46%
Arsene walks to the bench before the match starts
Le Boss watches
Arshavin scores the first goal
Arshavin and Wilshere
Sagna makes like a face-punching, ball-heading ballet dancer - good multi-tasking!
Jack does his thing
Gibbs gives a push
Denilson reacts to handball penalty being given
Djourou
Sagna and Seb
Arshavin takes the penalty and misses
More Jack
Chamakh attack!
Rosicky is really really happy that Chamakh scored!
More Chamakh
Gibbsey
Poor Jack got beat up
Seb scores his first goal for the Gunners!
Fabianski makes a save!
Arsene Post-Match:
On the difficulty of the game…
Partizan gave us the game we expected - [they were] full of commitment, full of power on every break. We had a lot of the ball and created a lot of chances. However, we could not kill the game off and then we were always under threat. They came back with the penalty - afterwards we needed to keep the pace high and when we got the second goal I thought we looked comfortable.
On Lukasz Fabianski’s performance…
Fabianski had a good game, we have seen the player tonight who we see in training. He had a faultless game. I know it is in him. He got it out in the game tonight and hopefully that will give him the needed belief and confidence. I am confident he will come out as a great keeper, I have always said that. We have to keep confidence in him and he needs to gain experience from games like this. At the moment Almunia is injured, we will have to see how his injury goes but at the moment it is too early to say.
On the atmosphere in Belgrade…
The atmosphere is special here, but overall it was supportive and not aggressive - that is what we want in football. I respect that kind of support, it is fantastic for the home team.
On the decision to substitute Jack Wilshere…
He got a few knocks and I decided to be cautious with him. Especially in the first half Jack, Arshavin and Chamakh were a constant threat. I like what he did on the goal because it is quick, instant reaction.
On bouncing back after Saturday’s defeat…
For us it was important to win straight away after a big disappointment against West Brom. It puts us in a good position confidence wise. Sunday is a big, big game for us. I believe we will go there with a desire to do extremely well.
On the power cut before the game…
I thought it would be terrible to go home and not play. I encouraged UEFA when they asked if I wanted to play with one corner off, I said yes.
Please add more pics - I was hoping to find more of Squillaci but only found the one. Also missing Samir and Carlos.