Arsenal's 20 defining matches – Guardian ebook http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/13/arsenal-20-defining-matches-ebook Having just downloaded this excellent new eBook it got me to thinking about a match that, for me was a defining moment in our history: Arsenal 1 (1) v Chelsea 2 (1) Champions League QF 2nd leg 2004 Having come away from the first leg with Bobby's away goal in the bank in a 1-1 draw Reyes scored on the stroke of half time following a sensational 45 minutes from the Gunners. The first half was, in Phillipp Aucliar’s opinion, the best 45 minutes Arsenal had ever played in the Champions League, a "breathless, furious, intoxicating" passage of play which prompted one amazed Italian journalist to remark: "This is not football." A second half of attrition would have seen us through into probably the weakest group of semi finalists ever; Porto, Deportivo and Monaco. The Champions League for the Arsenal ...
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