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So, Arsenal batter Liverpool and only manage draw! Sets it up nicely for the clash at Anfield. Couldn't believe Bendtner's hilarious clearance off the Liverpool line!

Anybody watch the Chelsea game? Sounds like they totally threw it away! That weirdo Avram Grant said a 2-1 defeat was a good result too. What planet is he living on?!

Annoying as I now have to cash out £150 from my VCbet account into my betfair account because of Chelsea.

I didn't watch either game. I was busy playing football.

I almost weed myself in the pub when that happened. Great defensive save. Kinda the opposite to an own goal.

He was just trying to get out the way, and in no way was he trying to poach the goal ;)

An Away goal. Playing in Fenerbahce is hard at the best of times.

not when you are one nil up missing chances and in cruise control sippo . They through it away last night

the penalty incident was laughable - apparently the ref came from the same village as Kuyt

Did paul Trollop tell you that

Its true.  The ref grew up 5 mins from Kuyt indeed.

Bendter's clearance off the line reminded me of dear Jan back in 93 against Villa!!!

As DRS said, when you are cruising at 1-0 up and should have the game wrapped up by half-time, I'd say a 2-1 defeat is a pretty poor result. I still think Chelsea will go through, but they have to feel gutted about losing last night.

Why would they be gutted ginge? As previously stated you melt an away goal at Fenerbahce is a hugely impressive result. I'd love to see you play in a stadium like that and walk away pissed with a important away goal. Naievety.

I like to walk away from grounds with an important away goal when pissed.  We got two at Tranmere back in '93.

Chelsea 1-0 up already. They'd go through on away goals if no one scores for the next 85 minutes.

that was a fucking great header from hyypia. not often you see one scored from 15 yards.

Pinpoint

That wasn't a bad goal.

good hit. 29 this season. not bad.

:D  Hopefully Arsenal are going out

I'm not really bothered either way, just want to see a good finish.

Would be lovely to see Arsenal win nothing this season, especially having been dumped out of the League Cup by Tottenham

why?

What a run!!!!!!

Fuck sake  :x

unbelievable - arsenal can now win on away goals - 2-2.

Walcott  8)

penalty!

Walcott, come on Wenger this is the future of England, play the lad more....



PENALTY PENALTY

liverpool pen

Because I' never liked Arsenal

PENALTY! YES! Please score.

8)

3-2.

Was that a pen?

no different to Hleb in 1st leg

I thought it was sarcasm base don the fact 4 of us shouted PENALTY!

Bloody hell this is a good game, even on the radio

it is good, not often I enjoy a clash between two prem teams.

dubious for the pen though.

I missed that, i was asking for an opinion. Was abit harsh imo. If that had happened in the other box it woudln't of been given.

No

Quality game, this is what cups should be about

Quite right too the horrible bastards  8)

I hope we see close ups of Arsenal fans crying :mrgreen:

just call fatters a cunt - it's easier.

Wenger will be in full on moaning mode if this stays the same - oh fuck that the scousers have scored again

Babel

Poor arsenal  :(

:D  Look at the Arsenal players hahaha excellent

What a game, just look at the positioning of the Arse goalkeeper, that is shocking.

almunia could have come out earlier / a bit more, unlikely to be lobbed when babels touch took the ball so far in front of him.

Crushing victory for Liverpool and fully deserved. Good game.  Wenger's record in Europe really is absymal.

He could have, but when a player is going that quick you'd have less than a split second to decide.

Thought it was a penalty too, he could have gone down sooner if he was looking to win an easy penalty.

the better team lost.and were robbed of a stone wall pen in the first leg

not a lot sooner, it would have been a free kick. not saying it wasn't a pen, but it wasn't a clear cut choice for the ref.

WTF?!

Liverpool were by far the better team over the 90 minutes.

C'mon the Scousers  8)

I didn't see the first leg. Tonight though liverpool were the better team by far

were they fuck!

I thought Liverpool were good value for the win.
How many shots did Reiner have to save tonight?
Only in the first 15 minutes did the Arse look a better team, after that Liverpool well on top.

Erm... yes.

I saw the first leg in the pub and it was last week so I can't remember a lot about it. Entertainment wise tonight wins by 4000000%.

liverpool did ok for sure but i think the arse were the better team tonight and last week and on saturday.all about taking chances though and they didn't do that enough to win.

It was fairly even but Liverpool in the second half controlled the game at their pace and got both teams playing the type of football they wanted (i.e. stopped Arsenal's game).

Though Liverpool deserved the win in this leg, I didn't see the first leg.

I thought Liverpool were better tonight, esp second half. Fair result tonight I think.

Arriba, have you been down the pub tonight, the first leg was pretty even, on Saturday the best side without a doubt was Liverpool and tonight if you look at the stats any minute on the TV you will see Liverpool had more shots off targets, more on target, more corners, more possession and won 4-2!!!

They're playing chelsea again?!

Fix

Arriba also supports Arsenal in case anyone is wondering

I did think that to myself. Sour grapes?

As the man says - I too feel for Theo, to come on, engineer a goal to win the game and then have it thrown away must be gutting.

the first leg was pretty even but i thought arsenal edged it and were denied a stonewall penalty.i thought they also edged it on saturday and didn't really deserve to lose tonight.
it's debatabe because neither side was "by far the better team".
over the two legs arsenal can feel hard done by

That penalty decision was an utter fucking joke-and I dont like either side.I bet Adebayor feels a right knobber for missing that chance

two appalling penalty decisons ...

Arsenal robbed ... not for the first time this season ... the only side the refs seem to hate more than Swindon ..

:fishing:

You got home quick fatbury

At least that twat of a commentator was happy with the result

i dont blame the ref for tonights pen as there was contact and a bit of pulling, infact its a 50/50 decision.
but the one last week was a fucking disgrace as the ref had a perfect view of it.

i'm not an arsenal fan either

Personally,didn't see any pulling-just saw two players colliding

fabregas looked to have a bit of a pull on the shirt.but the foul was awarded against toure(who i thought was awesome tonight)so it was a bit of a strange call

Arriba - I have no interest in either team so this is totally unbiased... if you think Arsenal had the better of it you're mad mate, it was entirely Liverpool from 12 minutes onwards. Definite pen too, Toure looks good for spells but has mental moments.

That said, the Walcott run deserved to win the tie all on it's own, when that boy comes good he'll be wonderful for England. Superb entertainment tonight, shame the pub was full of wannbe-scousers.

Senderos is a bit of a donkey yes?

Walcott is not that good either. Let's have it right.

the missed chance by adebayor,the fuck up by eboe when he should have pulled the ball back,a debateable pen,the total dominace leading to the first goal and for a fair period after would all point to it not being a cut and dried arguement.
liverpool did alright and thats not in question but arsenal can feel hard done by and i thought over the two games were the better team.

Was a great game tonight. I'll admit I wanted Liverpool to win, but I honestly think they had the better of the game tonight after a shocking first 20 minutes or so. I'd say it was a penalty. Toure was behind the guy and made contact with him. Over the two legs it is a bit harsh on Arsenal to go out, but they had chances last week and tonight and wasted them.

The semi-final can only be a massive anti-climax after that game!

It's proper funny how Arsenal have totally fucked their season up in a few days  8)

The fuck up by Eboue is all just part of his natural game.  How Wenger is blind to that mans ineptitude is beyond me, especially given the talent some of the alternatives have.

Thought it was fairly even but Arsenal seemed much less potent than they did in the early part of the season.  Seem to be losing steam at the wrong time for them really.

They haven't been the same since they got tonked 5-1 by, who was it, Spurs?

fair points.long seasons taking its toll imo.
lets not forget nobody expected arsenal to do what they have this year.losing rosicky and van persie were major blows.

and to lebowski. milan away!

Penalty was about as clear as they get. Not that it would make any difference anyway, it's not like they won on away goals they won by two clear goals. Liverpool are a better team than Arsenal and deserve to be in the semi finals again. It was an amazing run by Walcott but you don't concede four goals playing well.

Fabregas looked exhausted last night . Arsenals season is over so wenger should rest him now .

I read at the weekend he has played nearly 200 games already at his age  :shock:

Penalty was extremely harsh I think. Fabregas does have a tug of the arm earlier on and Babel is trying desperately to get into the box and fall over. Toure only touches him with his stomach and even then it's more like Babel trying to hit him than any actual challenge.

Overall, for all the pretty football that Arsenal played and all the chances they had, they really should have buried Liverpool and why Toure was shifted to right back and Senderos brought in is beyond me. Should have started Walcott, with Eboue at RB and Toure at CB to keep pace with Torres.

Adebayor isn't good enough for Arsenal to win things. Maybe he'll be better with Van Persie alongside him all the time, but maybe he's just not that good at scoring.

Arsenal need a striker, a winger and a commanding centre back. Liverpool have been extremely lucky over the past few years with decisions going for them but they're a team of grafters with Gerrard and Torres. Not sure they'll ever mount a serious title challenge but cup ties suit them.

THought the ref last night was pretty poor overall. In fact European refs seem to be just as turd as our own.

Babel was already in the box when he was being tugged. I thought the cumulative effect of the tugging and beign run into was enough to knock him down.

Why should a player get away with pulling someone's shirt if it's against the rules?

Why do so many town fans also 'support' Arsenal? You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

 8)

And let me tell you, if this donkey had been playing for Liverpool, Walcott would've ended up on his arse.  I always make a point of fouling the quick young players (mainly because I'm jealous, of course).

Across the two legs the only difference that I could see was that Liverpool had the luck and Arsenal didn't... oh yeah, and Arsenal were seriously hindered by picking Senderos  :soapy tit wank: .

Liverpool look like a team who can win against anyone in Europe and personally i think they could do it again this year... but it'll disguise what has been a very poor season for them.

Brilliant game last night. First 25 mins Arsenal ripped liverpool to shreds. Then when Hyppia scored u can see the relief in the players. Torres goal was pure class. Babel was due to raw pace and it was a penalty. Dirk Kuyt ran his socks off. Walcott run for Adebayor goal was Brilliant. Well Adebayor should of scored about 10 mins before. Also both Rooney and Ronaldo are on the bench for tonight's game.

Was it really that good?  Senderos stood off him so much that I'd have been disappointed if he hadn't hit the back of the net...

Torres goal was a great finish, as for a great goal no, the defending was pure divvie 4 stuff.  Reina got an assist for that for fucks sake!!

This has confused me.

Just because it was a decent finish doesn't make it a great goal.  Arsenal's none existent defending makes sure of that.

It's not that difficult to0 understand dude.

On that basis though if a team pass it around 25 times and it comes of some matey boys ass is that a good goal .

no that would be a great build up, but not a great goal.

I'm with Jan on this.  Build up wasn't anything special, just a very good finish.

Seconded. Or is that thirded now?  :D