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A PIECE OF 85th-minute magic, finished off by a glorious hooked volley from Olivier Giroud, gave Arsenal a 1 – 0 victory over Crvena Zvezda in their Europa League Group H meeting in Belgrade this evening.
After sparkling inter-play between Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott, Giroud executed an unorthodox finish into the top corner five minutes from time to lift returning pressure from Arsene Wenger.
The weekend’s defeat to Watford, after which the Hornets captain Troy Deeney claimed the Gunners lacked “cojones”, reopened some Arsenal fans’ frustrations with Wenger and the players – and this performance did little to help.
Wenger reverted to the patchwork approach he has taken to European team selections this season, Mathieu Debuchy playing for the first time in nearly a year, while Mohamed Elneny featured alongside the Frenchman in a back three and Reiss Nelson, scorer of six goals in five Under-23 games this season, was deployed at wing-back.
The result was a stunted performance in attack, until Red Star defender Rodic was dismissed in the 80th minute and the Premier League side’s three most senior players linked up to brilliant effect at Rajko Mitic Stadium. Progression from Group H now looks a certainty, with the Gunners sat five points clear in first place after three wins from as many matches.
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what an awesome player Nacewa is. one of our best ever signings.
The Greatest Rugby Team of All-time.
Wanted urgently…..one decent referee…
Was at the game, and have to say, surprised at how undignified the Leinster fans were in defeat.
The booing was out of order. A fantastic game of rugby didn’t need that at the end.
Oh Leslie be quiet, you dont even know the reason for the boos- keep your ill informed opinions to yourself.
I was at the game. disgrace. Even Ulster stayed in their seats to clap the winners. I’m from Dublin, and know for sure that wouldn’t have happened in Munster #d4brigade #bringmorepeoplefromKildare.PS Molly Malone is a shit anthem, and repeating Leinster over and over gain, sounds really moronic
I am pretty shocked by the ref.poor decisions.Leinster are no slouches though.Come on Ospreys !!!
Nice to see the D4 Private School Elites won’t have such a smirk on their faces driving around in their BMW’s and Merc’s tomorrow.
Your mam must be so proud…
She actually is David. At least I didn’t grow up to be a wannabe wearing a Lunster jersey and supporting the goys, all just so I can fit in with my boss. There is more to aspire to in life than that.
what a narrow minded inbred little redneck you sound.
Neither did I or plenty of other fans who you’re happy to insult. I played club rugby in blanch and am glad to have a ticket to go and support players who come more and more from club teams. Snobbery is ignorant, but inverted snobbery is worse.
New Leinster sex position. On top for 76 min and still come second.
Ah for crying out loud, this blog is filled with idiots, great game of rugby disappointed they didn’t win but am delighted that all the begrudgers are happy! Including Donal lenihan! What a guy.
Fair enough we lost but this will keep us on our toes for next season when we win 3 in a row !! Well done ospreys !
Great game. Great win from Ospreys!
Great game but referee was terrible ! ISA was iconic ! O Driscoll was just about average !
I played club rugby in Blanch’s sister…
I see you gave yourself a thumbs up there john fair play cos it made no sense to anyone else.
Healy and o Brien were truly missed on the pitch today !
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