Arsenal v AS Monaco was a match which took place at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday 25 February 2015. Looking to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Arsenal began brightly, Danny Welbeck turning Elderson in only the second minute but, stretching, shooting too high. Arsène Wenger had clearly instructed his charges to be positive from the outset against the team he coached from 1987 to 1994; Santi Cazorla narrowly failed to supply Welbeck moments later.
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| - Arsenal v AS Monaco was a match which took place at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday 25 February 2015. Looking to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Arsenal began brightly, Danny Welbeck turning Elderson in only the second minute but, stretching, shooting too high. Arsène Wenger had clearly instructed his charges to be positive from the outset against the team he coached from 1987 to 1994; Santi Cazorla narrowly failed to supply Welbeck moments later.
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| - Arsenal v AS Monaco was a match which took place at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday 25 February 2015. Looking to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, Arsenal began brightly, Danny Welbeck turning Elderson in only the second minute but, stretching, shooting too high. Arsène Wenger had clearly instructed his charges to be positive from the outset against the team he coached from 1987 to 1994; Santi Cazorla narrowly failed to supply Welbeck moments later. Monaco, however, had conceded just three goals in their previous 17 matches in all competitions and soon showed exactly why, closing down space in a disciplined central block that Arsenal found it increasingly difficult to penetrate. Olivier Giroud did head wide from a corner but in the main Monaco held their hosts at bay. And then, seven minutes before half-time, came the sucker punch. Welbeck was dispossessed just inside the Arsenal half and João Moutinho squared for Kondogbia. The midfielder's drive was speculative, but a decisive deflection off Per Mertesacker sent the ball flying past the wrong-footed David Ospina. Arsenal began the second half as positively as they had the first, Giroud heading Cazorla's free-kick over when well placed – but once more they were undone on the break. Monaco countered at pace, Anthony Martial drawing the defenders before squaring for Berbatov and the former Tottenham Hotspur striker made no mistake. The home side should have been back in the contest almost immediately as Danijel Subašić only parried Alexis Sánchez's shot; with the goal at his mercy, Giroud sliced the rebound into the crowd. For all Arsenal's possession, Monaco were posing the greater threat and clever combination work from Nabil Dirar and Moutinho set Martial in on goal; this time, Ospina was quickly off his line to block. Wenger introduced the pace of Theo Walcott as his side sought a way through the Monaco defence, and Sánchez's incisive pass nearly provided one. Subašić blocked from the substitute, who then inadvertently kept out Welbeck's follow-up. Arsenal's persistence finally paid off a minute into added time when Oxlade-Chamberlain fired in from the edge of the penalty area. Just as they had a foothold in the tie, however, they let it slip it again; the goalscorer lost possession on the halfway line and Ferreira-Carrasco strode clear to drill past Ospina and confirm a famous win.
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