Arsenal are on the brink. For the final 15 seasons their participation at the Champions League knock-out phase has felt set in stone. Not this time. The cracks were as plain as the dismal defending and their astonishing naivety, and it would now represent a surprise whether Arsène Wenger and his players could wriggle out of Group F.
After the defeat at Dinamo Zagreb and with Bayern Munich due up next – home and then away – the prognosis looks bleak. One thing is clear: they will acquire nothing and deserve even less whether they play with the same lack of backbone as they did here against Olympiakos.
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Source: theguardian.com