Arsenal vs Standard Liege: Team line-ups, half-time thoughts and match chat
The Game
A win, to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League. Arsene Wenger believes this game should be given the importance it deserves and only after we can think of Chelsea.
If you want, please do join the discussion in our comments section which will also be active when the game kicks-off. For those who don’t know where to watch the game, maybe we can help, follow this link for streaming options.
The Line-Ups
Arsenal
Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Fabregas, Song Billong, Denilson, Nasri, Arshavin, Vela
Subs: Mannone, Sagna, Rosicky, Eduardo, Walcott, Silvestre, Traore
Standard Liege
Bolat, Camozzato, Sarr, Felipe, Mulemo, Goreux, Witsel, Mangala, Carcela-Gonzalez, Dalmat, Mbokani
Subs: Van Hout, Victor Ramos, Rocha, Traore, Gershon, Nicaise, Gohi-Bi
Half-Time Thoughts and Analysis
As I’m abroad, there will be no half-time thoughts at the end of the first 45 minutes.
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The regular comments section is closed as chat is available below. This means there is no need to push F5 every 2-3 seconds.
Comment section back open.
Thanks for keeping the chat active guys, I understand it drops messages sometimes, we have two others in the pipeline to test.
I will be back on Friday.
Cheers.
I just want to say thank you all for putting up stream links etc. Is really helpful. Good working people! Gives alot of us that doesnt normally have the chance to watch this games to actually be able to see them. Thank you all and keep up the good work
It’s a pleasure mate, our standard set of posts for when the Arsenal plays has been going strong for months and will not change.
No ratings today though, only watched the last 20 minutes
Great result. Now that we have the champions league out of the way, we can concentrate on the Prem. I felt Vela played fairly well today. He provided great movement which opened up the field for other people and he also had one or two chances to score hitting the post on one of them. Our attack looked a lot more dangerous today with Vela and Arshavin constantly interchanging positions. Still, he did disappear on occasion
i know what you mean. I would go as far as to say there is lack of trust between vela and his teammates as he passes the ball more than they do to him and he is a striker.
So you noticed too. I’m puzzled though, why wouldn’t they trust Carlos =/.
At least Wenger seems pleased with his performance
http://www.tribalfootball.com/arsenal-boss-wenger-pleased-vela-performance-467231
I hope he gets to play on Sunday
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And like blue, I also want to thank you Chris and everyone who runs this great site. You guys are the best.
My personal thanks to you as well mate
Cheers.
thank heavens this place isn’t like Le ” the moaning” grove..those guys were whining about this result too
good game this one…gives the lads the right confidence for em chavs…i have a feeling drogba will “miraculously” recover on sunday…….but the lads would surely be pumped up for this one..can’t wait..a 3-0 thrashing to humble em rich b****ds would suit me just fine!!
No negative comments on other blogs mate, please. Le Grove may not be happy with what he saw, maybe he’s right, let’s not forget only four days ago we lost to Sunderland.
But anyway, I didn’t watch the game, I can’t judge. I just hope we confirm the win against Chelsea as we’ve been there in the past, beating easy opponents only to stumble when the going gets tough.
Time to get yourself some DVR or TIVO and watch it and give us some ratings! haha
I saw about half the game when i got home from work! looked good or at least decent the first half.. heard the second half was not so Hot! haven’t seen it quiet yet to make my own assumption
dude wat happened to he player ratings and match analysis
I was abroad, could only see the last 20 minutes, not enough to judge.