UEFA Champions League/Europa League 26/27/28 November *** Spoilers ***

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Champions League Matchday 5 - 19:45 (except ## at 17:00)

Tuesday 26​

Arsenal v Marseille, GpF, ITV and Radio 5 live
Basle v Chelsea, GpE, Sky Sports 2
Celtic v AC Milan, GpH, Sky Sports 4

All fixtures on Sky Red Button:

Zenit St Petersburg v Atletico Madrid, Sky Sports 2, ##
FC Porto v FK Austria Vienna
Ajax v Barcelona, GpH
Steaua Bucuresti v Schalke 04, GpE
Borussia Dortmund v Napoli, GpF

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Wednesday 27​

Man City v Plzen, GpD, Sky Sports 4
Bayer Leverkusen v Man Utd, GpA, Sky Sports 2 and Radio 5 live

All fixtures on Sky Red Button:

CSKA Moscow v Bayern Munich, GpD, Sky Sports 4, ##
Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Sociedad, GpA
Real Madrid v Galatasaray
Juventus v FC Copenhagen
Anderlecht v Benfica
PSG v Olympiacos

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Europa League Matchday 5

Thursday 28​

Tromso v Spurs, GpK, 18:00, ITV 4
Swansea v Valencia, GpA, 20:05, ITV 4
Wigan v Zulte-Waregem, GpD, 20:05, BT Sport 1​

The Rest

Shakhtyor Karagandy v PAOK Salonika, 15:00
Kuban Krasnodar v St Gallen, GpA, 17:00
Rubin Kazan v Maribor, GpD, 17:00
Anzhi Makhachkala v FC Sheriff, GpK, 17:00
Genk v Dynamo Kiev, 18:00
Rapid Vienna v FC Thun, 18:00
Liberec v SC Freiburg, 18:00
Sevilla v Estoril, 18:00
Lyon v Real Betis, 18:00, BT Sport 1
Rijeka v Guimaraes, 18:00
Trabzonspor v Apollon Limassol, 18:00
Legia Warsaw v Lazio, 18:00
AZ v Maccabi Haifa, 18:00
Chornomorets v Dinamo Zagreb, 20:05
Ludogorets v PSV, 20:05
IF Elfsborg v SV Red Bull Salzburg, 20:05
Esbjerg v Standard Liege, 20:05
Pacos Ferreira v Fiorentina, 20:05
Dnipro v Pandurii Targu-Jiu, 20:05
Bordeaux v Eintracht Frankfurt, 20:05
Apoel Nicosia v Maccabi Tel-Aviv, 20:05

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Gahhh not ITV :(, should be an easy win for us in all honesty..playing at home. Need to win this and our last game or draw at least to get into the next round. Hopefully Dortmund and Napoli ends up as a draw as that would be a great result for us.
 
A point will secure qualification for us but a win will almost certainly give us the group winners spot. Torres returns to the squad but David Luiz is out with a knee injury.
 
I'd like to remind you that Marseille gave Napoli a run for their money at Napoli. This game is not a full gone conclusion. We'll still have to be at our best to win. We cannot afford to be complacent thinking if we just turn up we will win. Drop points tomorrow and it will be brown trousers time
 
Gooner Leroy said:
I'd like to remind you that Marseille gave Napoli a run for their money at Napoli. This game is not a full gone conclusion. We'll still have to be at our best to win. We cannot afford to be complacent thinking if we just turn up we will win. Drop points tomorrow and it will be brown trousers time
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Regardless of one off performances it should be a forgone conclusion to be honest, they have virtually nobody of note playing for them apart from Valbuena (who I'm not sure is actually any good) and we have been in very good form for a long while now, I know Napoli have some decent players but when was the last time they won anything? They're not even top of their own incredibly poor domestic league, a league cup a few seasons ago and a runners up spot in the league seems to be their only recent success.
 
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K1LLSW1TCH said:
I know Napoli have some decent players but when was the last time they won anything?
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I'm not sure what that has anything to do with anything tbh. By that same thinking when was the last time Arsenal have won anything with this group of players and yet you assume we can easily steamroll over Marseille.

Maybe I'm just far more realistic pessimistic than most Arsenal fans on here but I never assume we can turn up and just win. That thinking stopped shortly after the 03/04 season.
 
Gooner Leroy said:
I'm not sure what that has anything to do with anything tbh. By that same thinking when was the last time Arsenal have won anything with this group of players and yet you assume we can easily steamroll over Marseille.

Maybe I'm just far more realistic pessimistic than most Arsenal fans on here but I never assume we can turn up and just win. That thinking stopped shortly after the 03/04 season.
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The difference is that Serie A is nowhere near as competitive as the Premier League, okay, the same few teams have been at the top historically, but across the whole of the league it isn't one of those that I would say is particularly strong. Considering the types of players that Napoli have in their squad they should have done better over the past few seasons. I think people put them on a pedestal just because they had a good game against Man City.

Also, I'm not one of those fans that just thinks because we're in a bit of good form we will automatically win, but honestly it's Marseille at the Emirates. We'd have to play incredibly poorly for them to get anything from this on paper.
 
Rumours of Marseille fielding a reserve team due to 8 game in 22 days or something like that. Regardless, we still need to play well and make sure of the result before resting on our laurels.
 
Chelsea team:

Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Oscar, Willian; Eto'o

Subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Torres


Nice bench :D
 
YES AT LAST!

Wenger playing Ozil in the CAM role. That's his position for me. Not sure about Wilshere on the right though. Theo better bet for me. Maybe he will bring him on second half to wreak a bit of havoc against tired legs.
 
robfosters said:
YES AT LAST!

Wenger playing Ozil in the CAM role. That's his position for me. Not sure about Wilshere on the right though. Theo better bet for me. Maybe he will bring him on second half to wreak a bit of havoc against tired legs.
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:D

So many early goals recently.
 
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