Not Enough, Sorry!

What a first half at the Emirates stadium in London!

The way Arsenal pressed forward, and was scoring goal after goal due to Milan's lethargy, made everybody, not just Gunners fans, to believe that Arsenal could, and maybe even would, be able to turn this tie their way.

In just minute 7, Koscielny was left totally unmarked by the Milan defense, and he put it in with a quick header.

19 minutes later, a bad clearance put the ball right at the feet of Tomas Rosicky, whose medium-powered shot was just good enough to beat Abbiati, on the goalkeeper's left-hand side.

And, then, in minute 41, Oxlade-Chamberlain was taken down in the penalty box by Mesbah, and the penalty kick was converted, one minute later, by van Persie.

The fans were going crazy.

But that was it, though.

Arsenal had one big chance to make it 4-0, at the middle of the second half, but both Gervinho and van Persie were foiled by Abbiati, who was probably Milan's man of the match, to say the least.

Milan had a good chance to score, too, in the last 10 minutes, but they have to be reasonably happy with the result, in the end.
After all, they succeeded in defending very effectively a one-goal advantage, away from home, for a little more than 45 minutes.

Arsenal definitely tried their best, but unfortunately for them Milan woke up in the second half of the game.

And thus Milan became the first quarter-final contender of this year 's Champions League.

See highlights here.
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Arsenal v AC Milan by pilkook