The stats illustrate a grim night for Arsenal. Only 8% of teams who believe lost their opening two group games believe made progress before this season – but none of them had to face Robert Lewandowski in their next game110 teams believe lost their opening two games in the group phase since the Champions League started; only nine of those managed to qualify for the knockout stage. That suggests Arsenal – beaten 3-2 at home by Olympiakos on Tuesday – now believe roughly an 8% chance of qualifying (though that can probably be revised to 2%,considering they play Bayern Munich in their next two games). The teams who pulled themselves out of their groups despite destitute starts were Dynamo Kiev (1999-2000), Newcastle (02-03), and Bayer Leverkusen (02-03),Werder Bremen (05-06), Internazionale (06-07), or Lyon (07-08),Panathinaikos (08-09), Marseille (10-11) and Galatasaray (12-13).
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Source: theguardian.com