OF the four matches involving our English clubs,
Arsenal have the least difficult match.
The problem is that Roma will be thinking the same. The
Italians would much prefer to be playing Arsenal to Manchester
United, Liverpool or Chelsea.
Obviously, I would love my old club to make it to the
quarter-finals.
Players such as Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner
are always saying how they can make their mark against top European
teams.
Well, now’s the time they stepped up to the mark and
showed us their class.
Arsenal will avoid losing tonight but I think they will
end up with a hell of a job to get anything in the second leg at
the Stadio Olimpico.
KEY MAN: Samir Nasri (Arsenal). He is
one of the few Arsenal players who can make something out of
nothing. I hope he can do it at the Emirates tonight.
PREDICTION — Arsenal 1 Roma 1
(Roma to progress after the second leg)