Kanu: Arsenal Will Qualify For Champions League Round Of 16

Arsenal capitalized on a disappointing home performance by Olympiakos to win 3-0 in Piraeus on Wednesday night and clinch the second spot in the pool’s group behind Bayern Munich, advancing to the last 16 of the Champions League.

In the 49th minute of the match in Athens, Campbell brought down a long pass in the box, danced around a pair of defenders and then threaded a gorgeous pass between the Olympiakos defense to lead Olivier Giroud to his second of three goals in the 3-0 win.

“We needed to be right on the mental side and right on the tactical side as well. We had a complete team performance, we had a flawless game”, he said.

Injuries to three key players could derail Arsenal’s attempt to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League when it plays Olympiakos on Wednesday.

The Arsenal manager was adamant, however, that his team will need to be patient and rein in any desire for all-out attack as they hunt for the goals they need to make it through.

Arsene might even want the team to take it easy in this game as saving the squad for the Premier League seems a better idea. This team is really a team, and they showed it again tonight.

Zenit St Petersburg had already topped Group H and they were joined in the next stage by tournament debutants Gent, who beat the Russians 2-1.

Giroud saw the Gunners through with a clinical hat-trick comprising of a header, a low shot and a penalty.

Campbell provided an assist for Giroud’s second goal, and had BT Sport host Gary Lineker stunned.

After that comes goal difference in matches between two teams, then the highest number of goals in matches between the teams in question, followed by away goals in games contested by those sides.

“Overall the game we played in Monaco was very positive, maybe we rushed a little bit in the last 10 minutes and that is what we can learn from the game”.

“If you want to jump a hurdle, you do not think what happens if you miss it. We have a history of positive results, we have won everywhere in Europe and we know we can do it”, said Wenger at yesterday’s press conference. I always defended Olivier on the character side because he has always had something special on that front. “We play against a side that will be motivated but we face that every week”.

To find out how to watch the Olympiakos vs. Arsenal UEFA Champions League final Group F match live online, see the streaming link in the final paragraph of this article. “They can lose what they have and that can create a fear factor for them, we will hope to use that to our advantage”. “We know that we have to go for it from the start”.