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00:00Those are the dangers that Olympiakos can pause Arsenal in the blink of an eye when it's all been Arsenal's way.
00:05Raya, really, you give all the defence credit, but that individual moment from him has really saved him in that half.
00:11Yeah, I mean, he's one of the best. The boys mentioned it in the commentary there,
00:15but they've got a couple of players at the top of the ditch, Pudence and Alcabi that are a threat,
00:18but Arsenal expect more goals in the second half. They were terrific in that first half.
00:22Yeah, all right then, guys. Second half, he is about to kick off. Let's get you back up to Ali and Darren.
00:27Thanks, Laura. So, the Arsenal team out for the second half.
00:32Olympiakos have been out there slightly longer, and neither coach, Mikel Arteta or Jose Luis,
00:38men, Gili Bar has made a change at half-time.
00:40And history very much with Arsenal from this point, Ali.
00:44In 40 previous Champions League matches when they've led at half-time,
00:48they've never lost 36 wins and four draws.
00:52And they did play some really nice stuff in the first half,
00:55but they want that second goal just to give them that little bit of distance.
00:57Of course they do.
00:58No, I was so, so impressed with Arsenal opening.
01:0245 minutes now, and I think they've played genuinely.
01:05They deserve to be more than one ahead, but isn't football funny?
01:08The goalkeeper makes a wonderful save to prevent them getting in on level terms at half-time,
01:14but some more of the same would be nice because we didn't half enjoy it, didn't we?
01:18Yeah.
01:19David Ryan made that brilliant save that Owen and Laura were just talking about
01:23to deny Daniel Podence.
01:25That was the clearest opportunity in the first half for the Greek Champions.
01:29Martinelli scoring for Arsenal after the Jocheresse shot came back off the post.
01:33And we've been waxing lyrical about this Arsenal bench.
01:36It's worth just mentioning, there's no Havertz or Hincaffier on the bench tonight.
01:40Two players with a significant value, both in terms of monetary value and the value to the team
01:46who are unavailable tonight through injury.
01:48So it will be even stronger at certain stages of the season.
01:55So the second half underway, Arsenal unbeaten in five since losing at Liverpool.
01:59Olympiakos unbeaten this season.
02:01Five wins and two draws for them, which has them top of the league in Greece.
02:06And back to March, they've only lost one of their last 16 Olympiakos in all competitions.
02:11So they might not just lay down and go here against Arsenal.
02:15There might just be a sting in the tail at some point.
02:21Flag up here against Olympiakos.
02:25That's the only challenge really, Coisty, isn't it?
02:27Second half for Arsenal, just to turn that really good football and the nice passing into more goals.
02:32Yeah, I think so. Obviously, he keeps switching at the back.
02:34As we said, because they have good quality in forward areas, Olympiakos.
02:40We've noticed that, we've mentioned it, obviously, in the first half on numerous occasions.
02:44But it looks to me very much that one of these games, if Arsenal got second, it could be three or four.
02:49Yeah.
02:50Kelson-Martin's on this side.
02:52It's not the handbrake tonight, either.
02:53Justifiable criticism at certain stages.
02:55They've been open and expansive tonight.
02:58Arsenal, there's a shot charge down.
03:00And then they cleared away via the deflection by Martin Zubimendi, so that's an after-throwing.
03:09Oh, Skelly can't find anybody thrown to.
03:11He's gradually inching up the touchline as well.
03:13He must have pinched a good ten yards.
03:15Now he's going to have to try and do it.
03:45Again, from just about the same spot.
03:48It's an interesting time for him, because he got into the England team, Lewis Skelly, last season.
03:52Played a lot of games for them when Calafiore was injured, but now he's second choice at left-back in a World Cup year.
03:59Ezzer's going to be concerned as well.
04:01Thomas Tuchel to pick that squad if he can't get past Martin Odegaard.
04:04So, there's a lot of little subplots to this Arsenal group as well.
04:10Yeah, there certainly is.
04:13Ben White doesn't seem to be interested in playing for England anymore.
04:16Here's Jokeres with the cross that's charged down.
04:21He's one of the players who Thomas Tuchel hopes might reconsider, you know.
04:23Well, you weren't the strongest available, don't you?
04:30Goes the right seam.
04:32William Salidas hit it.
04:38So, Martins for Olympiakos.
04:41That's drilled in nicely towards Chikineo.
04:43He was just off-balance, wasn't he?
04:45He was just off-balance.
04:46Daniel Podens, Gelson Martins, and that's a good challenge in there by Ben White.
04:51But they'll get the corner here in Olympiakos,
04:53and they'll take it from right in front of their section of supporters
04:57inside the Emirates Stadium here in North London tonight.
05:01Yeah, Chikineo will take it, and he fired in a lovely ball there to Daniel Podens.
05:05He was just slightly off-balance.
05:10But there'll still be a threat, don't worry about that.
05:12So, Retsos, the captain, made the near-post run.
05:17That's headed away by Jokeres for Arsenal.
05:22And then Martin Erdegaard can help.
05:24It's on over goes Martinelli after a tangle of feet.
05:27And that's an Arsenal free kick.
05:33Max Dalman's out for a warm-up.
05:38Vakai Osaka, Uri in timber.
05:42Ezra's gone out as well.
05:45He's down there somewhere.
05:48There he is.
05:50About to be joined by Veklin, right?
05:51There's a few quits left down there, Korsley.
05:56Not wrong.
05:57You could solve a lot of problems if you'd like if you sold that lot.
05:59Not wrong.
06:05Luis Skelly picks out Mikel Moreno.
06:09Now Leandro Trossard.
06:12Offending on there by Costinia at the outset.
06:17Martin's popping up all over the place to try and inspire his team,
06:20but he's continued to throw in there.
06:23Which is taken quickly here to Moreno and hooked in now towards Jokeres,
06:26who got there and held it, did well.
06:29Trossard with the cross.
06:30Just needed a better ball, but didn't Jokeres play that central striker role superbly there?
06:35He held up well initially, and it's the pass on the outside of the right foot.
06:41Did do it just this year, should have saw it before then,
06:44but that's not a great pass to the back post from Trossard.
06:46But the ball for me, to instigate it, was excellent.
06:50Big centre forward holds it off and just takes a lovely little touch with the outside of his right foot.
06:54Superb play again with his back to the situation.
07:09Jokeres is punished to be threaded through as well towards White.
07:13Red sauce, the Olympiacos captain, was over there.
07:15Now Daniel Politz, the Portuguese international, on the move.
07:21Just that last bit that Arsenal have found difficult to do tonight.
07:25Everything else has been fantastic, fantastic.
07:28Just in front of Cristina there.
07:33Here we're going to see it, watch this, holds up.
07:35Just a little flick coming here.
07:37There it is, that's the one.
07:40He's probably in Trossard's feet a little bit, if I'm going to cut him any slack at all,
07:44but the ball should have been better.
07:48He's very much a traditional central striker, isn't he, to Jokeres?
07:51Yeah.
07:5797 goals in 102 games for Sporting Lisbon,
08:01which, I know the argument is it's not the strongest of leagues,
08:05but when you score goals at that regularity, there must be something in there.
08:08Plus the fact you and I saw him doing the Champions League against the best.
08:14I thought they'd just kept it in there, but the assistant disagreed.
08:27Throw into Arsenal in front of Mikel Arteta, pretty much.
08:30They're so composed, aren't they, from back to front here, Arsenal.
08:54I think to have a drab, maybe the sixth,
08:59best passer of the ball in the pitch tonight, behind Odegaard.
09:04Lofty drive.
09:11There you go.
09:12Just to emphasise your point.
09:14I need to tell you, I was sitting well with a cross,
09:16they didn't make a mess of that there.
09:19Off it goes now to Martinelli.
09:20Ben White just took the defender away.
09:26Now Martin Odegaard, Ben White.
09:29On it goes now to Miguel Marino.
09:31Leandro Chosan!
09:33Well, it was begging to be hit into that corner of the goal.
09:36It was.
09:37But I think if Marino had a right foot,
09:39he'd have done the thing himself.
09:40Could he hit that?
09:41See, I'm hitting that on my right foot all day.
09:43He opens his body up.
09:47You can see what he's trying to do.
09:48He just completely miscues it.
09:49He's trying to open up into that goalkeeper's top left.
09:52But I think that was the finish that Marino could have
09:54attempted a split second earlier.
09:57He's trying to open up into that goalkeeper's top left.
10:27Declan Rice is getting himself ready down below us.
10:33In the meantime, here's Odegaard for Arsenal.
10:35A little reverse ball into Martinelli.
10:40The deflection there just took it away from Miguel Marino.
10:43If there is a criticism of the Arsenal team,
10:45they're a bit low to shoot from distance still, aren't they?
10:47Yeah.
10:48It's as if we're actually looking for things to criticise them with.
10:52But no, I take your point.
10:54You know, they certainly created opportunities to have
10:58attempts at goals they haven't taken.
11:00And you're right, when you don't get a second goal,
11:07it can still come back and bite you.
11:10So Declan Rice is ready.
11:12Final instructions, I presume, are set-piece instructions.
11:17The two managers down there, they're both Basques,
11:19but from either side of the divide in that particular part of Spain,
11:23Mikel Arteta has his roots with Real Sociedad,
11:26while it's Athletic Club for Jose Luis.
11:30Then Dilibar.
11:30So two rivalries tonight.
11:32Arsenal, Olympiacos, in the back of the Basque Country as well.
11:35I like it.
11:35Martin sits it straight at Luis Skelly.
11:50That's good from Daniel Todentz to skip away from Ben White.
12:13Shaqibrat there was Martinelli, he did really good defensively.
12:16That's not a bad cross either.
12:17I thought he'd have gone out there.
12:18So did I.
12:20In fact, it has, yeah.
12:21It has.
12:23Great acceleration there from Daniel Todentz.
12:25And due to the fact that it has gone out,
12:27going to be slightly critically,
12:28he probably should have crossed it there.
12:31He takes the extra touch in it.
12:33Oh, does it go out?
12:34No.
12:34Yeah, I know.
12:35I don't think it does.
12:36It just embraces the flag though, doesn't it?
12:39I don't think it went out, Dom.
12:44So Timber's ready, Declan Rice is ready.
12:46If they take off Martin Odegaard,
12:47are we entitled to stand up and do the decision?
12:49Yeah.
12:50Without doubt.
12:55I'll certainly be registering some form of complaint.
12:58Yeah.
13:00This is the team that Nudo's got to prepare for at the weekend.
13:02Arsenal, West Ham and the London Derby.
13:06Won the last two here, the Hammers.
13:08Valenti Arcos won the last three,
13:12but it's not necessarily helping them to watch the night either.
13:17A little scary corner by Costinia.
13:27So Mikel Moreno is being replaced by Declan Rice,
13:31so we can free the side of the lead for the night.
13:33Look at the lights, look at the lights.
13:33Yeah.
13:40Ben White is going to be replaced by Yuri and Timber.
13:46Look out to be the lead for number 51, Debra Rice.
13:49Debra Rice.
13:49Debra Rice.
13:50Step it up to be the lead for number 12, Yuri and Timber.
13:57Debra Rice.
13:58So the yellow corner presumed for Gabriel for delaying the restart.
14:24He has been a little bit pernickety, the referee, I think, this evening.
14:35He's clearly just moving out, letting the goalkeeper take the free kick.
14:45Just trying to work that one out, so he's booked.
14:47Gabriel there for time-wasting, we're at 32.
14:50Of course, I did not time to go on.
14:51Gone are the days where referees just wanted to blend into the background, Ali.
15:00Oh-ho-ho-ho!
15:02Yeah.
15:03The alarm gone.
15:06On by Daniel Todent.
15:08William Saliba across there for Arsenal.
15:10We're about to see Medi Terreni who's just been called back to the Olympiacos bench.
15:22Very, very experienced.
15:24Yeah, this is a striker, Iranian international.
15:27Good record in European football, so he's a good man to bring on.
15:29I saw Arsenal last season, didn't he, in the Champions League, because he was an Inter Milan player then.
15:42One, two, three, four, four, four, four, five, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, seven, seven, eight, seven, eight.
15:47It's clumsy one there.
15:50Painful on for Lewis Skelly, but I still want to get on with it.
15:53Timber involved for the first time since he's gone off the bench.
16:02It's Declan Rice.
16:03and now Leandro Trossard
16:07moving towards the final half an hour
16:09Lewis Skelly found the gap
16:14it's good defending there by Costinha
16:16to get back the other side
16:17he's stuck to his task hasn't he Costinha
16:20it's been a difficult hour for him
16:23but he's been committed
16:25he's stuck to it
16:26it's interesting here
16:30because I think what we're hearing from the benches
16:32is they're going to take off Gelson Martin
16:34so they're going to go two up from here
16:35El Carbi and Medi to Ramey
16:38so it's a change of look for Olympiacos
16:41change of tactics for Mendelebar
16:43two players with a real physical presence
16:46are going to be up there for them
16:47this is just a make go a little bit longer
16:49a little bit quicker
16:50so Myles Lewis Skelly
16:58the long throw-in for Arsenal
17:00really puts his back into it
17:01headed away
17:02Saliba then can't get there
17:03here's Daniel Podence
17:04and now they're on the move
17:05with Gelson Martins down this side
17:08Zubimendi's pulling in
17:10he's going to get a yellow card for that
17:11Zubimendi
17:12do you know something Fletch
17:13very fortunate in Arsenal
17:15that Martins couldn't take that
17:18in his chest first time
17:19because if he took it in his chest
17:21first time he might have
17:21but it's a lovely look reverse ball
17:23there he wanted to take it in his chest
17:25and take it goal side of Zubimendi
17:28clear free kick hold in there
17:37pretty straightforward one for the referee
17:39so the final act for Gelson Martins
17:45was to draw the yellow card from Zubimendi
17:47and now Mediterranean coming on to replace him
17:49so
17:54ready to lay me on having scored four goals in five matches so far this season and looking to make his presence felt early
18:05having come off the bench that's the first involvement for him
18:22came off the bench on his Olympiacos debut and scored twice in the 88th and the 94th minute
18:27so that's how you announce your arrival I suppose at a club
18:31certainly going for that high press again Olympiacos
18:55they've got the ball back Daniel Podence who's got two big men to aim at now
19:03it's good defended there by Timber
19:04there can't be many better all-rounders at right back of him in Europe at the moment
19:10equally good defending and attacking
19:14so Urdegaard starting from a deeper position picking out Declan Rice
19:34there's Martinelli
19:45it hasn't been quite as easy for Arsenal to play through Olympiacos in the second half
19:49Zubimendi
19:57now Rice
19:58Odegaard
19:59Timber
20:01Lewis Skelly
20:06Lewis Skelly
20:08Zubimendi
20:23moving Mendy into Martinelli
20:25he can't skip it to Arsenal
20:30wants a little bit more doesn't he Mikel Arteta from his team at the moment
20:37to be fair to the Greek side
20:42certainly
20:42the substitutions
20:44the up to intensity
20:45you can see it there
20:46there you are again
20:47just forcing Arsenal to play quicker than they'd like to
20:50there's good pressure from Olympiacos
20:53the pass to Martin Odegaard who spins away brilliantly
20:58Arsenal in business
21:00options either side
21:01Odegaard
21:02Odegaard
21:03Leandro Trossard still going
21:05and it's blocked in there by Tirola
21:10you've got to ask you Ali
21:11in your opinion
21:12did he need the extra touch?
21:14when he comes inside I think he tries to lift it
21:16which is the right thing to do
21:17the pass through to Odegaard
21:19I think it was
21:21in the middle of the pitch from Declan Rice who's magnificent
21:25and then all the movement is in front of him
21:27you see it takes it in the turn there
21:29Jokic is trying to come back inside
21:31I thought he was going to play it there
21:33into him
21:34if I was going to be critical I think he's got to
21:37he doesn't need to come back in
21:39I think he takes the touch and hits it with his left foot
21:41that's what I think he should do and then he tries to lift it
21:43he goes back into bodies
21:45rather than where the space was in the left-hand side
21:53it's an Arsenal team that hasn't had a shot on target
21:55since they scored the goal
22:05the applause you can hear in the background is that
22:07Ezra's just been sent out by Mikel Arteta
22:10it's tied there by Dani Garcia
22:12jumping for Arsenal William Saliba
22:13breaks now for Mediterranean
22:18Daniel Tolens who whips the cross in
22:23it's closed on, it's another great save and it's jumped in
22:27the cross in it's glanced on it's another great save and it's tucked in but the offside flag is up
22:36well it was a quite brilliant reflex save from david writer who could do nothing about the
22:40follow-up because he was down let's have a look ali it's a really clever header from danny
22:46gus here initially here's the ball coming in yeah he's offside
22:50yeah i think he's definitely offside rea makes a good save but i think el cabbie just goes slightly
23:00too early it's above the substitute obviously tarayme gokey makes a good save and it's followed
23:08in but getting back to the earlier head the beautiful little header from danny garcia
23:13which started the move opened arsenal up a little bit we mentioned before we've seen enough i mean
23:20that was speaking about arsenal we're praising arsenal for staff and so we should but we've
23:25seen enough in little flashes these boys in forward areas can play down lay down
23:32you can see the body language of the respective teams now and there were times in the first half
23:39where they were being overrun by arsenal's passing and movement and it they looked distinctly second
23:43best olympiarkos confirmation from soren stalks that the goal should be disallowed so it does remain
23:491-0 but every little moment like that just increases the confidence in the olympiarkos ranks when you
23:54get back to the chance 25 seconds earlier when the ball goes to draw us left hand side and you should
24:01get the shot away you don't take those chances all of a sudden again it could be one each
24:05of course there by red sauce
24:13it's good control down here from chicchino
24:15so the assistant put the flag one way the referee told him to move it he was closer than anybody
24:32there's declan rice you can't control it
24:37i thought he was trying to land the plane this system the flags were going everywhere
24:43suvi mendian to leandro trosser
24:45that was inside to lewis skelly the defending done in there by the veteran danny garcia
24:58fast touch there of martin suvi mendi
25:00i'll tell you what there's nothing look at that that looked a lot a lot different to that didn't
25:12it in real time it did that really did it didn't it it looks significantly off to the point i'm questioning
25:24climbing five margins yeah the top of the game
25:30uh
25:49william saliva
25:51suvi mendi out there to timber
26:00so
26:02forward by lewis skelly but retzos was quickly onto the scene now it's chicchino
26:11i think olympiakos right now are as good as they've been all night yeah of course they are
26:17costinia working hard to get there and with that crossing david raya took it well despite the fact that
26:23gabriel was there too okay the catch was good enough but the way he held it and he landed on gabriel was very
26:29impressive
26:33gets it over now to martin urdegaard but everything's on his inside
26:37timber's gone storming forward from right back it goes instead to declan rice
26:41now out to yuri and timber
26:43now out to yuri and timber
26:44martinelli
26:56in the way by red sauce
27:00and your poland's beaten over there by timber now zuby bendy
27:07gabriel
27:08you're not so i won't get there it's it's the right ball and it's a very clever run just too much on it
27:16and it's not the riot in the right place at the right time
27:25rock arrest will chase but there's time there for solakis to get a hold of the ball
27:30manchester city still leading in the principality against monaco
27:40still barcelona one paris saint-germain a good win earlier in the day for newcastle to get their
27:45champions league campaign up and running and now eberechi eza is preparing himself here for
27:50arsenal along with for kai osaka so heavy artillery coming on for the gunners
28:09it's good play by costini to dispossess
28:12leandro trossard and he's going to hit it because nobody closed him down it was blocked in the end
28:16by gabriel but it backs off there arsenal
28:28seems like a popular decision for michael arteta and why wouldn't it be
28:38so martinelli is the player coming off for eza
28:42he's done his job tonight he's scored the arsenal goal
28:49and martin erdogan is replaced by the kai osaka
29:08so the substitutions mate don't forget that we've got eight british and irish teams in action on
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29:45let's have a look at this injury for gabriel ali
29:49the goalkeeper does well comes down and chopper doesn't he he's actually pulled up though ali
29:53before that if you look at it before i'm not sure whether he hears a shout i don't know whether
29:58he just hears rye's call that's what stops him i think he definitely hears a shout yeah
30:01he knows the goalkeeper's coming for it yeah i would expect him to be okay
30:07but they've got uh mosquera ready down there who's when he's had to deputize this season
30:11he's done really well absolutely fine yeah in fact better than absolutely fine
30:15it must be nice to be in a position when you make a lot of attention you don't have to take a chance
30:24on the play you can just put somebody else on it's equal to what you're taking off pretty much
30:37so christian mosquera who made his european debut on match day one
30:48is on on match day two with 60 minutes to go and they're going to send on lorenzo schiponi for danny garcia
31:07second first touch off the bench on miles lewis skelly
31:22nicely done to declan rice four england internationals on the pitch at the moment
31:27for arsenal first defending there for mosquera
31:30rye's kicks an interesting one because jokeres has gambled and he's off and running here
31:38and he's big and strong but there were just too many of them in the end but great instincts there
31:43and a gamble from mr jokeres ali there's nothing really clever about it it's just a long ball from
31:47the goalkeeper and he uses his strength well but when they ganged up and on there didn't they
32:00it's an arsenal free kick schiponi's first involvement is to give away the free kick
32:14of course one of the issues of the substitution if they've not got gabriel for this situation where
32:30he's always the main man for a set piece for arsenal there he is on the arsenal bench
32:36so who becomes gabriel find out soon enough
32:46freaking taken by rice with lots of pace so that's a good header in there by el calvi
32:50watch up all that is just because she's put around it and works in with such pace
32:58it's excellent defending from the center forward it really is
33:05so arsenal with the corner
33:17actually said they've taken urdegaard off it was leandro trossard wasn't it you didn't correct me ali
33:23so urdegaard to take the corner
33:26touched away by the key to there's a lot of curve on that
33:35there's a decent ball inside rice was working hard to try and keep it
33:44his opponents on the other side lifting it through here
33:48for olympiak must have ready to rainy that's going to be an arsenal free kick
33:55and that's a yellow here for declan rice and he did just acknowledge the challenge didn't he when he made it
33:59he did it he certainly did
34:04yeah he's high there declan rice
34:19so
34:27that's what happens ali when you read the promos out while they're making a substitution
34:36well i need to be honest i was just a lesson to be learned i was just in a state of shock when you
34:40said it
34:42that michelle of death would make a serious blunder like that and it wins the evening
34:48it's an easy mistake to make you know to confuse 19 with eight on the digital ball
34:53i'm just thinking particularly when trossard's face come up on the bench tripping them you know
35:10so 11 and a half minutes to go and still just this one nil lead for arsenal
35:15who's two attempts on target were early in the match
35:28and there's the captain of the greek international retsos who spotted a bit of a gap and ran into it now many to ramey
35:42or tiger
35:50do you know something it's probably quite easy to sit back here and be slightly critical of arsenal
35:54i would go the other way you know i'd be far more complimentary about the greek side
36:00they've been impressive second half
36:01it's drawn across here to the right back costinia he's got a chance time to get the cross in
36:09they just went through the legs of to ramey oh i think shondi just got a touch
36:18here's chiquinho with an interesting ball and el carby was attacking it but
36:22couldn't quite get the distance but he has the direction rather but he has got the corner
36:28he makes good very excited now the olympiacos fans inside this makes good runs i'll carry
36:32watch him come across mascara here makes a run late comes across defender does well but they've looked
36:39bright haven't they i mean they've certainly grown into the game a genuine belief in there now
36:44that they can get something from tonight over there one of their last three visits here to this stadium
36:52the arsenal crowd looking to respond themselves he goes
36:55the corner victor joca rest with the header
36:59he could defend it for a second time here
37:06that's ortega
37:09no foul i'll still have it with rice and now eza
37:13he was quickly challenged though by costinia so terremi's on the ball now for olympiacos
37:18he's only really got victor joca rest ahead of him
37:28i can feel the nerves in here now yeah it's getting a little bit touchy isn't it yeah
37:36here's it with a switch after second what a switch that is isn't it super pass
37:46sucker to take on ortega gets all the way around
37:48it won't go in what about the save what about the stuff outstanding
37:59roughly about the same position that david ramadis has saved in the first half
38:04soccer does brilliant because it's the extra touch that does for ortega
38:08brilliant he goes there he's got a wee opportunity there to cross it he doesn't that's a touch
38:14that's brilliant goalkeeping and equally very good defender i've got to see from red sauce
38:19yeah backed up by his captain yeah the goalkeeper what a save sharp as a tactic yeah the captain as
38:25well does really really well
38:30so eight minutes to go arsenal with the corner and he goes towards the near post where el carby
38:35heads it away that's a bit of a miscue by zuby mendy
38:49the three substitutions sent on here late on by olympiakos
38:58we're going to see julian biancon who was a forest player gabriel strefetzer
39:06and also christos
39:11musakitis so three coming on in the meantime arsenal having with saka
39:16looking for this second goal
39:21now martin erdegaard
39:23and for once the radar not quite working just wondering if they hit that earlier as well
39:29it's four against four here
39:31so they've got a defender a midfielder and the winger who's going to be coming on
40:01so
40:05not able to control it so this is santiago he's a
40:09not able to control it
40:20it's a good one
40:22but it goes back to roller to uh
40:27To Hissett, now Retsos.
40:34What a beautiful switch again there, Dan.
40:56Sanchez head to Costinha, there's a growing threat down this side for Olympiakos, he's
41:00getting forward a lot more.
41:03It goes again to Costinha, Daniel Todent, Cicchino, David Ryan get a touch, he did, it's a corner.
41:20It's well worked, it's well worked, really clever back on his left foot, Cicchino.
41:26I'll tell you what, it's a far better say than I think we initially gave it credit for.
41:32He's sure it's going in if there's enough curl on it, but he doesn't know that.
41:35So the changes are being made now, and it's Gabriel Strefetzer, the Brazilian who decided
41:41from Como in the summer, he's on to replace Cicchino.
41:45We're going to see Christos Moutsikitis come on for Heza, and Julian Biancon, who's at Nottingham Forest,
41:54didn't make too many first-team appearances for them, he's on to replace the captain Retsos.
41:58And they've got a corner here right in front of that travelling army of supporters,
42:03some of which haven't had to travel very far according to Steve Bunce.
42:07But there's genuine belief in that part of the Emirates Stadium now.
42:11Four and a half minutes to go, in goes the corner, good header by Victor Jokeres.
42:15Not for the first two.
42:16But they're having to work hard now, Arsenal.
42:30First touch for the substitute, Biancon, now it's with Daniel Podens.
42:34Switch to the right side for now.
42:44Moussikitis, now Skierpoli.
42:54Ortega.
42:57Strefetzer involved on that side, first time we've seen him since he came off the bench.
43:04Bielcon with a nice ball forward.
43:11Couldn't quite steer it by a...
43:13It was a good ball, wasn't it? Deserved a better touch.
43:15Yeah, just trying to get it towards Elkaby.
43:17There's the header from Medi to Ramey.
43:21Away by William Saliba.
43:24Hooked on them by Saka.
43:25Now Jokeres, the willing runner, sets off after it.
43:30And that's handball.
43:34It's having a go at the Leisman, but the Leisman never gave it, I don't think.
43:39I think it was a referee.
43:40Tell you what, they've got some difficult nights coming up Olympiacos.
43:43They've still got to play both Barcelona and Real Madrid in the league phase,
43:46as well as Bayer Leverkusen and Ajax.
43:48Sometimes it's not your draw.
43:52Here's Costinia.
43:53Interesting ball, but it wasn't attacked by either of the two centre forwards in there,
43:57but they'll keep the pressure on here with Daniel Podence.
43:59That's not bad either, and Elkaby was in the middle of two.
44:03And the header, luckily, and Marinakis, the owner,
44:06thought that might have been different.
44:08It was straight at David Raya.
44:10Yeah, that's the reason it was a good challenge.
44:13They just did enough to put them off.
44:15They've just combined onto the two of them.
44:34I think it just comes off Saliba initially,
44:38who potentially heads it back off.
44:40Mascara.
44:44But I tell you, they've looked good.
44:45Potential penalty check here.
44:47Your man's at it again.
44:50They're going to take a look.
44:57Can you see that, Ali, in there?
44:59Can you see a penalty there?
45:00No.
45:02No.
45:03You can't get back.
45:04I'm for leaving the building if I give a penalty for that.
45:10No.
45:15So into the final 90 seconds or so.
45:21We think there's going to be five added minutes.
45:33Yeah, he didn't want to there, did he?
45:34Forola could see it.
45:35He wasn't comfortable with that ball thrown into him.
45:44I mean, the possession was so lopsided, wasn't it,
45:46for the opening 25 minutes or so.
45:47Yeah.
45:48But it's 56% to 44% now.
45:50Yeah.
45:51They've really dragged themselves back into this game,
45:52Alintiakos.
45:53I agree with you.
45:54They've been good.
45:55They've done really well.
45:56Especially the second half.
45:57I think the easiest thing the plan is to sit here in the critical of Arsenal,
46:01not doing this,
46:02not doing the next thing.
46:03Credit must be given to the Greek side.
46:06Strafetzer's pass.
46:07El Cubby was the target.
46:08That's a vital header by William Saliba,
46:10because they were in there, weren't they?
46:11It's not a good ball.
46:12It really is not a good ball.
46:14Strafetzer should have done better there.
46:16He just needs to clear the first man there,
46:18and there's problems for Arsenal.
46:19There's a yellow card.
46:23For the challenger Martin Zubimendi.
46:28That was a real chance that planche, I'll tell you.
46:33And he's just got to clear the first man.
46:35So Daniel Toulentz.
46:40He's come up on the screen here, Daniel Toulentz,
46:45but it's Strafetzer who's got the card.
46:47They'll keep you in your toes tonight, boy, are they not?
46:52Absolutely.
46:53Throwing curveballs all over the place.
46:59Still work for Arsenal to do,
47:01into five minutes of stoppage time.
47:11Monaco have come back to level it 2-2 against Manchester City.
47:15Eric Dier with the penalty.
47:19Erling Haaland with two goals for City tonight.
47:22I think there's been a couple of red cards shown in that game as well
47:25to the City coaching staff.
47:27So it's been a lively finish in the Principality.
47:32William Saliba's header for Arsenal.
47:34This has been a much harder world than it looked like it was going to be.
47:39Zubimendi's ball, here's Bukayo Saka.
47:43A block made in there by Costini.
47:48He's impressed me tonight, Costini.
47:49He's impressed me tonight, Costini.
47:50Yeah, I mentioned to you, he's stuck to it.
47:54And he goes down to Saka.
47:55Saka with the chance, it's gone through the goal.
47:57And that makes sure for Arsenal.
48:01And Solakis, the goalkeeper, won't want to see that again.
48:06But Bukayo Saka scores his 11th Champions League goal,
48:10he's second in the season.
48:11And now the nerves for Arsenal can go away,
48:14because they're gonna make it two wins out of two in the Champions League
48:18and be perfect in this competition after two matches for the first time in 12 years.
48:24Yeah, a bit of relief around the stadium, isn't it?
48:27Once again, a fantastic pass from you-know-who just coming up right now.
48:32Perfectly weighted.
48:34You know something?
48:35I'll be quite honest, it'll be interesting to hear a goalkeeper
48:40opinion on it.
48:42I've got a great degree of sympathy with the goalkeeper there, Dan.
48:45I'm not sure there's an awful lot he can do about it.
48:48But an interesting one, I just think from a centre.
48:50I do, I genuinely do, I know you're looking at me.
48:53I just think Saka does the right thing.
48:55He keeps it down, smashes it low and hard,
48:57and I've got a degree of sympathy with the goalkeeper.
49:00You think he should save it, I'm not so sure.
49:02Yeah.
49:03Fair speaks for man, he's done so much damage to goalkeeper's reputations down the years.
49:11With the goals that he scored, he's going to defend them at all costs now in retirement.
49:15That could change ever so quickly, you know.
49:17He's at Mediterranean here, now Podence with the shot, that's blocked by Saliba.
49:21They're still maintaining the enthusiasm here, Olympiacos.
49:24Yeah.
49:25I tell you, it's been a good game, hasn't it?
49:27It has, it has.
49:28And you feel like it's decided now, but it's taken this long.
49:34I tell you what though, when you think about the late goal to win it at Newcastle,
49:40that they've had to keep going till late on here to make sure against Olympiacos.
49:44It's a good sign, it's been for a team that wants to win trophies this season.
49:47Yeah.
49:48And you think about it, I'm just wondering, you look at a lot of the late goal score,
49:51particularly this season, you know, by Liverpool, you mentioned Arsenal there.
49:54And you just wonder, is it because they've got great strength coming off the bench,
49:58you know, at the end of games?
50:00I think that's probably a factor, you know.
50:02What a ball that is.
50:03Yeah, into Daniel Podence.
50:05Don't bear five miles, Lewis, Skelly.
50:07Podence then went over.
50:10Now Ezzet, they've got that over on this side, Arsenal.
50:14Victor Jokeres is one of them, Bianco came across and did well.
50:19The race was wanting a first team, wasn't it?
50:25Calvin O'Shea is down there, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke,
50:28I forgot about Noni Madueke when we're going through the players who weren't here tonight.
50:32They're just looking forward to getting on the bench.
50:34Looks like it's going to be two out of two, though, for his team.
50:41Looks like another clean sheet as well for a team that didn't concede in the league phase last season, Arsenal.
50:49Here's Declan Rice to the final minute of additional time at the Emirates.
50:58And Arsenal heading to six points after two nights at the Champions League.
51:04They were fantastic in the league phase last season, and they're off to the perfect start this time as well.
51:10Two wins, no goals conceded, six points on the board.
51:13Can't do a lot better than that.
51:15No, it's a fair assessment.
51:17I think the goalkeeper has got a lot to thank for that, though.
51:20Another clean sheet, you think of that shape you had in the first half.
51:24Daniel Podence, did you see that?
51:26No, no, the goalkeeper again getting praised.
51:28Oh, sorry, yeah, beg your pardon.
51:30You've changed.
51:31So, he's got another big night tomorrow night.
51:40You'll see the game with us.
51:42Horace against Michielan, but he's seen his team lose tonight here at the Emirates against Arsenal.
51:48A warm handshake between the respective coaches down there.
51:51Mikael Arteta and Jose Luis Mendilibar.
51:55And it's six points out of six.
51:58The first goal, an early one, Gabriel Martinelli, after the Jokeres shot came back off the post,
52:03and they had to wait until very late into stoppage time before Makayo Saka,
52:07who came off the bench, was able to fire it through the goalkeeper's legs and make it 2-0.
52:12There was an outstanding save from David Ryer in the first half to deny Daniel Podence,
52:16and a really spirited display in the second half from Olympiacos.
52:20Arsenal significantly the better team in the first 45 minutes of the match,
52:24but it was a different story in the second half, and they really made Arsenal work hard for the win, Ali.
52:28Yeah, they certainly did.
52:29A terrific game of football, Dan.
52:31I think first half, Arsenal play probably merited getting in more than one up at half-time.
52:36We mentioned the save the Arsenal goalkeeper made.
52:39Having said that, I thought in the second half, Olympiacos came right back into it,
52:43played some great football.
52:44The front three or four were lively, even in the small periods of the game,
52:48in the first half when they had the ball, couldn't get a goal.
52:51And effectively, for me, the best player on the pitch, pass the ball through to Saka for the winning goal,
52:56or the goal that finished the game effectively.
52:58Sublime passing from Mern Martin-Urdegaard, particularly in the first half.
53:02So goals tonight from Martinelli and Saka.
53:04Six points out of six for Arsenal.
53:06Rangers for you tomorrow night, looking forward to it?
53:08It certainly is.
53:09I don't know what I'll get tomorrow night, but I look forward to seeing Rangers tomorrow.
53:12It's Durmgrant coming off a much-needed victory at the weekend.
53:16It's a good game to look forward to.
53:17I've got Forrest against Mityland.
53:19It's tomorrow night for Ange Foster-Coglu.
53:21But it's Arsenal's night, Mikel Arteta's night.
53:23They beat Olympiacos Lora by two goals to nil.
53:26Yeah, Fletcher, it wasn't completely comfortable.
53:29Arsenal needed that second goal, an improvement in the second half from Olympiacos.
53:34But those three points in this game are all that matters.
53:37And as Fletcher was saying, two wins out of two.
53:40Mikel Arteta, he'll be looking at that team as well.
53:43And the team changes that he made at half-time, or sorry, the second half, I should say.
53:47But Martinelli there, he's the one that started the game and got himself a goal.
53:51An injury for Gabriel, hopefully not a serious one.
53:53But look, a win is all that matters, Martin, is it?
53:56Absolutely.
53:57And you're sure the strength of the squad, everybody being needed in the end.
54:00Got a little bit hairy there.
54:02You have to say that Olympiacos did exceptionally well after Arsenal started on fire in that first half.
54:08But they did the hard work, stayed professional.
54:11And in the end, Saka comes on and gets his second goal of the season.
54:14So it's been a very good night for Arsenal.
54:16How good as well to see Martin Odegaard back in the starting line and playing well?
54:20Wow.
54:21In the first half, he was the best player of our country mile.
54:24At his absolute best.
54:25Technically passing, first touch, you know, helped create the first goal.
54:30He left no questions that he's still the star player, I think, at the moment for this team.
54:35A real repertoire of passes.
54:38For those of us that can remember Liam Brady, I was seeing moments of flashbacks to all those days ago when we saw Liam Brady drilling passes across the pitch full of confidence.
54:49What the fun was today, Owen, stood out for me was it was taking fewer touches but being more effective.
54:54We were getting through midfield much quicker than normal and then they couldn't reset and Arsenal then could go on the attack.
55:01Yeah.
55:02Alright, well look guys, Gabriel Martinelli was one of the goalscorers in the first half.
55:05Let's get some reaction with him.
55:06He's speaking now with Becky.
55:07Peace.
55:08Peace.
55:09Peace.
55:10Okay.
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