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Friendly News :: Arsenal 2-1 Atletico Madrid - video highlights

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Posted on 2009-08-01 by Gooner

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Andrei Arshavin struck twice in the final four minutes as Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 to end Day One on top of the Emirates Cup standings.

To be honest, little happened in this game in the first half and Arsneal made three changes at halftime.

Jack Wilshere’s introduction at half time was effective tantalised the Spanish defence for 45 minutes however it would be a Russian who won the game for the home side.

Three more changes were made on 66 minutes, and with Fabregas, Eduado and Arshavin all coming on, it was clear that the cchanges made the Arsenal line-up far stronger.

Arshavin opened the scoring 86th minute when he volleyed in from a Cesc Fabregas cross however German Pacheco levelled just seconds later.

A draw seemed certain but, then again, nothing is certain with Arshavin on the pitch. In the dying seconds, he raced onto an errant backheader, flicked the ball past the keeper and squeezed the ball home from an almost impossible angle.

It was four minutes of madness after a pretty mundane 86, with both teams making six substitutions during the game

Arsenal v Atletico Madrid - Video highlights of goals

Arsenal Lineup
Vito Mannone
Bacary Sagna
William Gallas
Johan Djourou
Emmanuel Eboue(off 46)
Tomas Rosicky (off 46)
Denilson
Aaron Ramsey (off 66)
Armand Traore (off 46)
Robin Van Persie (off 66)
Nicklas Bendtner (off 66)

Substitutes
Cesc Fabregas (on 66)
Eduardo (on 66)
Alex Song
Mikael Silvestre
Jack Wilshere (on 46)
Gael Clichy (on 46)
Andrey Arshavin (on 66)
Sanchez Watt
Fran Merida (on 46)
Wojciech Szczesny

GOALS :
Arshavin 86, 90
Pacheco 87

ATTENDENCE :
54,224

 

Sourced From : Arsenal.com

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