arsenal vs dortmund, emirates stadium, 19:45 bst or 12:30am (nepal &india)

SOLD OUT tickets should tell you enough about how exciting this fixture is. i've been looking forward to this game ever since we drew them. like norwich another club who plays football instead of resorting to kicking jack & co. though one with greater quality.

in terms of line up, if flamini is able to play (physioroom.com says no return date). i would line him up as this is a more attacking opposition, if not then the same line up as norwich with ramsey in. i expect cazrola to start.

from goal.com
"The hosts come into the game in fine form domestically and are currently top of the Premier League, having taken 19 points from their seven matches since an opening day defeat at home to Aston Villa.
Klopp's side have been in similarly impressive early season form in the Bundesliga, having won seven and drawn one of their opening nine Bundesliga games, with just a 2-0 loss at Borussia Monchengladbach blighting their record"

dortmund is also in a fine form, if not similar. i expect a cracking match with some sexy football. 2-1 to arsenal

Some tough match! It will be a narrow scoreline and if Flamini is fit, then he must play. We should stay focused, disciplined, and hit them whenever we can. Needless to say that we need to be as clinical as possible.

This is going to be an absolute cracker of match, probably the most exciting game in the champions league group stage this year. Two teams who love to have a go with both in great form. Can't wait!

Very excited for this one. It's scary that things are going well now, but 2 bad results against Dortmund (and 2 wins for Napoli) could make qualification for the next round quite tough.

Concussion normally means 1 week out. Because, another hit to the head after the concussion can be deadly. It would have been great to have the same line up as Napoli that worked so well. So here is my predicted line up:

-------------- SZCZ -------------
Sagna --- Per -- Kos -- Gibbs
--------- Arteta -- Ramsey ---------
Rosicky ------ Ozil ------ Cazorla
-------------- Giroud -------------

Wilshire to come on.

It's a bit of a love in with both clubs and both managers having great respect for each other...

love it when rosicky is playing he puts a faster tempo to the game. so i usually prefer when he comes in the second half when the opposition have tired legs. so lets see what gameplan the manager will decide. very badly missing our flanking players esp walcott and oxlade. their speed would have been perfect for this game.

Wilshere needs to play this match. He is a guys for the big games, and his mentality suits this kina of games. Ramsey also has to play this one, and rest him against Crystal Palace.

-----------SZCZ----------
--Sagna-Per-Kos-gibbs--
------Arteta---Jack------
-Ramsey--Özil--Cazorla-
----mr. handsome-------

back just in time for tonights match!!

looking forward to this...being on tv a nice bonus also!!!!

in no way shape or form am i going to try a prediction for this match....both have goals in them...both play good football

not a good start!!

We're struggling on the ball. They're pressing us high and we can't cope with it, they've run 5km more than us this game thus far!

The amount of times we get caught on the ball is ridiculous, and we're not learning from it!

Getting a bit of control back now

Giroux you beautiful man!

1-1 right before half time...nice

Giroux you beautiful man!

Our goal came directly as a result of getting a bit more control over the game. Ramsey did well before sagna's cross, props to him for making up for his mistake earlier

we are making too much silly mistake and a lot of loose ball. as expected any stupid mistake is punished as shown by the two goals. we need to settle and get better control of the game in second half

a sucky b'day gift for wenger. but with our luck that was what wenger was going to get. i thought we had a better game in the second half but we didn't show the urgency or hunger we should have have. with napoli and dortmund at 6points the away games has become really crucial.
but the good thing was we weren't bossed, nothing to panic but overall a lot of loose ball from us.
looking forward to dortmund away n fingers crossed flamini and speed runners will be with us

Credit to Dortmund. They work so hard. The pressure the ball, defend and attack in numbers.

We did give the ball away a lot. They would pressure with 2-3 players at a time.

That said, we had the better of the game from 30 minutes onwards. Their winner was against the run of play to an extent. I suspect that's why we started so slowly, as to not give them the chance to catch us on the counter attack.

It could have been different, with Rosicky's chance cleared off the line, Ramsey scoring but disallowed for a supposed push by Koscielny with Per heading, and Cazorla's shot onto the bar.

Where did everyone go?

busy reading manga

Far out. We lose one game, and everyone leaves!

lol so it would seam!!!


well to be honest to lose against one of the best team in europe is no big deal...rather that than villa....oh wait...lol

makes you wish for the wenger bashing days back when everyone has something to bitch about. as for me im pretty confident we will win in the away game.

deep.gurung wrote:makes you wish for the wenger bashing days back when everyone has something to bitch about. as for me im pretty confident we will win in the away game.

+5 kp