Arsenal Lucky to win against Standard Liege

Standard Liege took an early lead of 2-0 as early as 85mins to go.
Arsenal was miserable in passing and was not able to find the rhythm until Bendtner's first goal just before the half time break. The first goal was a give away by Eduardo by trying a tricky pass while clearing a corner from Standard Liege. The second goal for the Belgian giants was a penalty induced by Gallas.

Goal one for Arsenal came from brilliant dribbling and move from Diaby which was netted by Bendtner between the goalkeeper's legs. It was a fantastic goal which kept the match alive for Arsenal. Later Vermaelen scored a goal which was seen as a hand ball from Song while collecting a freekick inside the box. Third goal which won the match for them was by Eduardo himself who had cheaply given away the first goal for Standard Liege.

Rosicky was the only player who had done well in the first half for Arsenal. He was winning balls and moving things. Whereas all others where struggling to get going. Mannone was the goalkeeper for Arsenal today and don't know whether Wenger should reconsider this option before the next match. Arsenal started off resting Van Persie, Walcott, Denilson, Arshavin and Almunia. The decision was seen as not effective during the first half of the game. Second half showed the immaturity of the Belgian side which gave away the goals and helped Arsenal to win. This was a close escape for Arsenal. Gunners played better in the second half still no good to be a threat to any team with this sort of sloppy game. The passing was going haywire and lack of threat upfront remains the problem of the season.

Fabregas is too engaged with his offensive duties that he is not coming back to his own half the way he used to play earlier. This is affecting Arsenal balance leaving Song only in the back to support defenders. The player Arsenal missed most today was Arshavin. The kind of goal threat he brings with him is highly respectable. Arsenal needs to improve the goal conversion rate. They had been creating chances all these years but very less becoming the real goal. Eboue was terrible with his passing, crossing and defending. He was later substituted with Sagna. Ramsey came off the bench to replace Rosicky and he made an immediate impact on the game. Ramsey played well for his 30mins on the match. He also had few shots on the goal. Wilshere also came on to play at 85th min for Eduardo.