Arsenal and Marseille meet in the UEFA Champions League. Between them, they have four wins in eighteen domestic matches, but they’re both performing relatively well in Europe. What will be the outcome at the State Velodrome?
Marseille Vs. Arsenal, 2011 UEFA Champions League: Late Aaron Ramsey Goal Gives Gunners Win
The win, of course, leaves Arsenal with seven points from three matches and marks them as heavy favourites to qualify - they’re now in first place in Group F and four clear of Olympiakos in third. If they hadn’t gotten that goal, things would have looked a little different. Turns out winning is good for everyone’s collective mood.
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Marseille Vs. Arsenal, 2011 UEFA Champions League: The Short Fuse Expects To Rest Some Starters
Arsenal is playing an A-/B+ squad away to Marseille because their match against Stoke City is more important. Good God.
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Read Article >Marseille Vs. Arsenal, 2011 UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 Preview: Why Are L’OM So Bad?!?
Getty Images‘It was the okayest of times, it was the worst of times’ is how the beginning of Charles Dickens’ a Tale of Two Cities would have gone if it were talking about Marseille and Arsenal this season and he were illiterate. Alright, that’s not the greatest of opening lines, which is probably why I write about football rather than penning much-beloved novels.
Anyway, despite scuffling in the league, Marseille find themselves top of Group F with six points from six, first beating Olympiakos in Greece before inexplicably handing Borussia Dortmund a 3-0 thumping at home despite being outplayed for 95% of that match. Arsenal have four points, so could overhaul their opponents with a win at the Stade Velodrome. Is that likely?
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