Olympiacos vs. Arsenal

0-1, Champions League, Karaiskakis Stadium, 9/12 -09

Disappointing for the youngsters as they played really well and actually had a pretty collected defence with Bartley and Silvestre in the centre, Tom Cruise started for the first time as a full back on the left side (he was really great actually!) and Gilbert took the right side.
The midfield were filled with Wilshere, Ramsey, Merida and Song, and Walcott were back to handle the attack with Vela!!
After we conceded we had some great chances to score, but so far this young side haven't been able to tuck the final ball home, but hopefully they will take the positives from this game instead of the fact that we conceded one goal.

But we do have the top spot in the group, and next Friday (18th December) the draw for the knockout stages will be made, and here's a list of the teams we could be up against;
-Bayern Munich
-CSKA Moscow
-AC Milan
-Inter Milan
-Porto
-Lyon
-Stuttgart
Personally I'd like to avoid Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Lyon.. So the chances are slim that the draw will be made to my liking..

Injury Update;
-Gallas, Traore, Fabregas and Arshavin have all picked upp knocks and bruises from the game against Stoke, but they are all likely to feature against Liverpool on Sunday.
-Rosicky will be out for a couple of weeks after the injury he picked up against Stoke.
-Bendtner will not be back until 2010, really disappointing since we don't have so many forwards (especially not tall ones) at the moment.
-Eduardo and Diaby might be back for Liverpool, but Eboue has been ruled out.