Marseille 0-1 Arsenal: Substitute Aaron Ramsey scores in stoppage time to hand Arsenal a victory which moves them to the top of Champions League Group F at the expense of opponents Marseille.
Robin van Persie had a header cleared off the line before both he and Theo Walcott had low shots saved.
Marseille's Loic Remy went close when his effort was deflected wide.
The win moves the Gunners to seven points, one ahead of the French side and four ahead of third place Olympiakos.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be delighted with the result although the match itself was poor on quality.
Possession was more or less evenly shared, but both sides frustrated by giving the ball away cheaply.
There were very few clear-cut chances in the match, although Arsenal created the lionshare.
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Van Persie went close when his looping header was cleared off the line by Souleymane Diawara from Mikel Arteta's corner.
What referee Damir Skomina and his assistants did not notice was that Marseille's hero of the moment had initially handled when the corner was delivered.
The Arsenal fans who travelled over to France had to wait until the 65th minute for their side's next opportunity.
Nicolas N'Koulou made a mess of trying to clear the Marseille area which allowed Walcott to fire in a low shot that was saved by the feet of home keeper Steve Mandanda.
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Substitute Aaron Ramsey scored in stoppage time to hand Arsenal a victory which moved them to the top of Champions League Group F at the expense of opponents Marseille.
The Wales star fired in from just inside the area after Johan Djourou's cross fell into his path.Robin van Persie had a header cleared off the line before both he and Theo Walcott had low shots saved.
Marseille's Loic Remy went close when his effort was deflected wide.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be delighted with the result although the match itself was poor on quality.
Possession was more or less evenly shared, but both sides frustrated by giving the ball away cheaply.
There were very few clear-cut chances in the match, although Arsenal created the lionshare.
GROUP F
Continue reading the main story| Played | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 3 | 7 |
| Marseille | 3 | 6 |
| Olym'kos | 3 | 3 |
| B.D'mund | 3 | 1 |
What referee Damir Skomina and his assistants did not notice was that Marseille's hero of the moment had initially handled when the corner was delivered.
The Arsenal fans who travelled over to France had to wait until the 65th minute for their side's next opportunity.
Nicolas N'Koulou made a mess of trying to clear the Marseille area which allowed Walcott to fire in a low shot that was saved by the feet of home keeper Steve Mandanda.
read more ..........
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