Monaco bang – won away against Arsenal – Aftonbladet

Monaco scored four goals in six matches in the group stage of the Champions League.

In the evening, the three when they very surprisingly won 3-1 away against Arsenal.

London club are now tough to go ahead and have to make at least three goals in the return of advancing.

– It was a horrible night, says Wenger to SKY.

After several years of nightmare opponent like Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the eighth finals as Arsenal would finally get his big chance when the lot fell on Monaco.

But reality it was not, Monaco instead took a really heavy scalp when the evening won 3-1 away at the Emirates Stadium in the first eighth finals.

Arsenal players booed after the final whistle out of his own supporters and chances to quarterfinals are now extremely small for the London club.

– We missed chances we had and were not at the level we are defensively. We were lucky that came back to 1-2, but then we gave away a goal, says Arsene Wenger.

Berbatov hero

Arsenal opened briskly during the first ten minutes but it all since came away team into the game.

In the 38th minute they were also so the goal they wanted to have when Geoffrey Kondogbia cut with a hard shot that through Per Mertesacker asked David Ospina in the Arsenal goal.

Arsenal looked shocked out and eight minutes into the second half would be the nightmare continued for the London team.

Dimitar Berbatov, now playing in Monaco and has a background in Tottenham and Manchester United, was booed every time he touched the ball.

But instead it was he who got the last word when he came free on a counterattack and showed that he can than when he distinctly sent 2-0.

– No thought well this, but we deserved to win today. We scored our chances and played better than them. Monaco showed that they are still a dangerous team. Arsenal are a good team, but today we wanted to win more than them, says Berbatov Viasat after the game.

Eventful closing

But the chances would come for Arsenal but it did not work real.

Olivier Giroud had a disappointing evening and missed an open

goal on a rebound after a shot from Alexis Sanchez after 57 minutes.

In other words, not the Frenchman’s day and he was replaced three minutes later after kick against Theo Walcott.

Arsenal had then difficult to create chances against Monaco’s strong defense.

But in the 90th minute lit a jump when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain placed In 1-2 which would be an important goal, one would think.

But instead got Monaco last word Yannick Ferreira Carrasco counterattack, 3-1 in the match very last second.

London club who had only lost two games this season at home must now make at least three goals in the return in three weeks away from home.

– We have a small chance but no matter how big the chance is so we go it. We are preparing for our next game now, says Wenger.