Chapter 342: European Champions Cup Quarterfinals

Although it defeated Manchester United, it drew with the Reds Liverpool, which made Arsenal feel a little aggrieved. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

So in the next game, the whole Arsenal team wants to correct their mistakes and fight hard for a real game.

So, the opportunity came again.

At 4 p.m. on February 16, 2014, the 2013/14 English FA Cup 1/8 final was contested at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal hosting Liverpool.

Arsenal drew 1-1 with Liverpool just a week ago.

However, Arsenal have only lost one of their last 18 home games against Liverpool, and have won 10 and drawn seven of their remaining 17 games. The two sides have met 16 times in the FA Cup, with Arsenal holding the upper hand with 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats, and the last time Liverpool beat Arsenal away in the FA Cup was in 1964. This is the 216th meeting between the two sides in their history, after Liverpool had the upper hand with 83 wins, 56 draws and 76 defeats. Liverpool rotated three, with Jones, Ager and Joe Allen starting. Arsenal rotated seven players, with Mesut Ozil, Mikel Arteta, Koscielny and Mertesacker continuing to play.

Before the game, both sides observed a moment of silence for Sir Tom Finley, a famous player in English football who passed away the day before yesterday.

After the start of the game, Liverpool felt that the previous game had the advantage of the game, so in such a game, it also appeared to be more active, and the attacking intensity was very large.

Just two minutes into the game, Steven Gerrard's through ball was blocked by Fabiangis from 10 yards on the right side of the penalty area.

In the 5th minute of the game, Coutinho picked up a pass, Sturridge took the ball and shook Fabianski and shot at the side netting from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area. Monreal is booked for a foul on Joe Allen. In the 14th minute, Mikel Arteta headed in a corner and Mertesacker nodded over the crossbar by Jones.

Flanagan is booked for tackling Monreal. Arsenal took the lead in the 16th minute when Mesut Ozil's cross from the right was met by Sanogo's volley from 12 yards blocked by Steven Gerrard and Theo Walcott's powerful shot from 11 yards.

1 to 0! Arsenal lead 1-0!

In the 20th minute of the game, Coutinho was also booked for a tactical foul on Walcott. Flamini is booked for a foul on Steven Gerrard. In the 37th minute, Mesut Ozil burst into the left side of the box and fired a shot that was blocked, and Podolski shot high again. In the 42nd minute, Gerrard was booked for a foul on Walcott.

In the 47th minute, Flanagan passed the ball and Suarez's shot after getting rid of Koscielny was blocked by Fabianski with his legs.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 48th minute, Zhang Xu made a direct pass, Walcott crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Giroud pushed the goal from 12 yards from the goal, 2-0!

He scored four goals in four appearances in the FA Cup.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Gerrard passed the ball and Suarez's volley went high. In the 55th minute, Mesut Ozil's powerful shot from the left side of the box was saved by Jones. Two minutes later, Sturridge's left-footed curling shot from 20 yards was denied by Fabianski.

Liverpool pulled one back in the 59th minute when Suarez was brought down by Podolski on the right edge of the box and Steven Gerrard converted from the spot-wide. It was his eighth goal of the season. Henderson then replaced Sissoko.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Coutinho made a direct pass, and Sturridge broke through on the left side of the penalty area and was saved by Fabianski from his feet. In the 65th minute, Suarez's free kick from 20 yards was blocked by the wall, Suarez burst into the left side of the box with the ball and fell under the defense of Oxlade-Chamberlain, and the referee Webb refused to award a penalty.

Mesut Ozil then went down in the Liverpool penalty area, with Webber also ignoring it. In the 68th minute, Suarez's powerful shot from the top of the penalty area was confiscated by Fabianski. Cazorla replaces Podolski.

In the 73rd minute, Skrtel cleared the ball and Cazorla's volley from the edge of the box went wildly high. Steven Gerrard escaped a second yellow card for a foul on Oxlade-Chamberlain. Gibbs replaces Walcott.

In the 78th minute of the game, Gerrard crossed diagonally, and Coutinho's cross from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by Fabianski. Liverpool came close to equalising in the 86th minute when Steven Gerrard's free-kick into the box was met by Fabianski and Ager's header from eight yards went wide. Olivier Giroud then replaces Sanogo.

In the end, in this FA Cup fifth round match, Arsenal smoothly entered the next round with a score of 2-1.

At 7:45 p.m. on February 19, 2014, the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals began at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal hosting Zenit St. Petersburg.

Arsenal and Zenit St. Petersburg met for the first time in the last 16 of the Champions League, having been eliminated last season and in 2004-05 and reaching the quarter-finals for the past three years. The Gunners have lost three straight home games against Russian Premier League sides (Schalke and Bayern Munich last season; Borussia Dortmund have lost just three of their last 18 Champions League knockout games at home this season. Interestingly, Arsenal have met Russian Premier League teams in the last 6 times, with 5 coming away wins.

Mikel Arteta is suspended, while Wilshere, Cazorla, Sagna, Gibbs and Szczesny, who have been rested in the FA Cup, have returned to the starting line-up, while Sanogo, who started for the first time last weekend, has continued to play as the arrowhead and Olivier Giroud as a substitute.

The 21-year-old also became Arsenal's second-youngest Frenchman to start a Champions League knockout game after Clichy (18), having played just 127 minutes of competitive play this season.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal launched a fierce attack under the leadership of Zhang Xu. Zenit St. Petersburg, on the other hand, did not admit defeat and quickly fought against Arsenal.

In the opening 130 seconds of the game, the opposing striker's left-footed volley from 25 meters from goal on the left side was lifted by Szczesny flying one-handed over the far post, his corner kick from the right was broken out of the penalty area, and the Zenit St. Petersburg striker was blocked with his left foot from 20 meters in front of the goal.

In the 6th minute of the game, Zhang Xu returned a pass from the left, and Cazorla's left-footed volley from 18 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Martinez. Then Wilshere passed, Sanogo pushed the ball 12 meters in front of the goal, and Neuer fell to the ground bravely! Then Sagna's header from the right was crossed, Cazorla burst into the right side of the box for offside, and the low shot from 12 yards was met by Neuer.

In the 8th minute of the game, Wilshere passed directly to the left side of the penalty area, Ozil fell to the ground after deducting Boateng with a realistic feint, and Italian referee Rizzoli blew a penalty, and Boateng received a yellow card. Judging from the slow mirror, Ozil is suspected of offside, and he personally manipulated the half-high ball in the middle of his left foot and was blocked by Neuer with one hand! Mesut Ozil has missed three consecutive penalties for club since 2009 (Arsenal two, Bremen one) and four penalties for his country in the same period. Including the penalty missed in the group stage against Marseille, Ozil became the first German player in Champions League history to concede two points.

It was also the fastest penalty miss in the Champions League since Cristiano Ronaldo on 23 April 2008 (Manchester United v Barcelona 3rd minute). Arsenal equalled Real Madrid's record for conceding points in the Champions League (nine). Manuel Neuer became the third Bayern goalkeeper to save a penalty in the Champions League after Kahn (1) and Bout (2).

In the 11th minute, the opponent's striker hit the wall with a left-footed free kick 27 meters from the goal on the right side, and a left-footed volley from the edge of the penalty area flew away. In the 18th minute, it was the opponent's striker again, and a half-volley from 20 meters from the goal on the left side was tackled by Flamini. In the 21st minute, Flamini fired a left-footed shot high.

In the 23rd minute, Sanogo cleverly got rid of the overhead ball in the middle circle, the opposing defender intercepted the mistake, Chamberlain used his speed to break through the penalty area to form a single knife, and the opponent's goalkeeper attacked in time to destroy the sideline!

Gibbs appeared to have a left leg strain, with Monreal coming off the bench.

Szczesny then fouled the opposition striker to win a penalty.

Arsenal has 2 red cards in the Champions League this season, which is equivalent to the total number of red cards in the previous four seasons, and the 14 red cards in the Champions League are second only to Juventus (20), Inter Milan (17), Galatasaray (15), and the two goalkeepers (Szczesny, Lehmann) are tied with PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League. It was also Arsene Wenger's 100th red card for a 50-player in a competitive game since taking charge of Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger had to replace Cazorla with Fabiangis, and the opponent's penalty kick hit the outside of the left post with a left-footed push!

Fabianski is the first substitute goalkeeper in Champions League history to miss a penalty kick. For the first time in the Champions League, two penalties were missed in a single knockout game. In first-half stoppage time, the opposition defender was booked.

In the 48th minute of the game, the opponent took a corner kick, but Zhang Xu grabbed the first point to clear the siege. In the 51st minute, Ozil took a free kick and passed it over the top, and Koscielny's small-angle sweep from 9 meters from the goal on the right side of the penalty area was obtained by the opposing goalkeeper.

Arsenal break the deadlock in the 54th minute!

After Zhang Xu got the ball in the middle, he suddenly made a direct pass, but after Walcoat got the ball, he suddenly shot with his feet!

The opponent's goalkeeper couldn't make a save, and the football went into the net!

1 to 0! Arsenal take a 1-0 lead!

Rosicky replaces Oxlade-Chamberlain.

In the sixty-eighth minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again, and his long pass went directly to the middle of the opponent's penalty area!

Here Giroud got the ball and then fired a shot that was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, but the first point was picked up by Zhang Xu Wilshere.

Wilshere shoots straight at goal!

Football hits the net!

Two to zero! Arsenal seal the win!

Arsenal won the first leg! (To be continued.) )