Monaco vs Arsenal: Champions League Live Blog
By Abhinav Kini
Arsenal have a mountain to climb after their 3-1 home loss to Monaco. Follow all the action of the second leg in our live blog of the game.
- 95′ FULL TIME: Arsenal win 2-0 but it isn’t enough as Monaco go through!
- 90′ 5 minutes added on!
- 87′ Monaco wasting time. Just a few minutes left.
- 85′ SUB Nabil Dirar comes off for Elderson.
- 83′ A great save from Subasic denies Alexis Sanchez a third goal for Arsenal!
- 82′ SUB Kieran Gibbs comes on for Nacho Monreal.
- 81′ We’re set for a tense last few minutes. Arsenal currently have 61% possession!
- 78′ GOAL Theo Walcott hits the post but Aaron Ramsey follows it up to put Arsenal 2-0 up. One more goal is required!
- 75′ Ferreira-Carrasco has been really lively since his introduction.
- 71′ Ferreira-Carrasco puts in a dangerous cross in the box but no Monaco player gets on the end of it.
- 71′ SUB: Danny Welbeck comes off for Theo Walcott.
- 68′ SUB: Dimitar Berbatov comes off for Bernardo Silva.
- 66′ A mistake from Cazorla sees Ferreira-Carrasco make a dangerous run into the penalty box but he is ultimately dispossessed.
- 63′ Ozil has a shot which goes wide. Half a chance for Wenger’s side.
- 62′ SUB: Francis Coquelin comes off for Aaron Ramsey.
- 58′ SUB: Anthony Martial comes off for Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco who scored Monaco’s third goal at the Emirates.
- 57′ Arsenal survive a scramble in the box after Joao Moutinho causes some problems for the Arsenal defense.
- 56′ Sanchez wins another freekick and but it results in a Monaco counter attack.
- 52′ Well taken freekick from Ozil forces Subasic into a save. The resulting corner ultimately leads to nothing for the Gunners.
- 51′ Yellow card for Kondogbia after a tackle on Sanchez. Dangerous position as Arsenal have a freekick.
- 48′ Some great passing play from Arsenal results in a corner.
- 46′ The second half kicks off!
- HALFTIME – Arsenal need two more goals to go through. Can they do it?
- 45′ A Welbeck shot is saved comfortably.
- 41′ Alexis Sanchez booked for diving in the Monaco penalty box!
- 37′ Danny Welbeck almost makes it 2-0 but the effort is blocked by Abdennour.
- 35′ GOAL Olivier Giroud scores and puts Arsenal 1-0 up!
- 33′ Not much action in this first half. Arsenal are struggling to make a breakthrough.
- 22′ Koscielny hits the bar but was probably offside anyway. First real chance after a deep freekick from Cazorla.
- 19′ Arsenal appeal for a handball after a Cazorla shot hits a Monaco defender but nothing given by the referee.
- 14′ Olivier Giroud comes very close as his header goes wide.
- 1′ Kick off!
- Monaco subs: Stekelenburg, Carvalho, Elderson, Touré, Matheus, Silva, Carrasco
- Monaco lineup: Subasic, Fabinho, Wallace, Abdennour, Kurzawa, Toulalan, Moutinho, Kondogbia, Dirar, Martial, Berbatov
- Arsenal subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Ramsey, Walcott, Chambers, Flamini, Gabriel
- Arsenal lineup: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Welbeck, Ozil, Sanchez; Giroud.
- Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal and Theo Walcott reportedly on the bench for Arsenal.
- Geoffrey Kondogbia reportedly not fit for Monaco. Captain Jérémy Toulalan reportedly back in the side.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 away games against French clubs however, Arsene Wenger has never beaten Monaco in seven attempts.
- Monaco have 23 clean sheets in 41 games in all competitions at the Stade Louis II. The last time Monaco conceded three goals at home was in 2011.
- The game is in less than two hours! Arsenal are required to score at least three goals to have any chance of progressing to the quarterfinals. We’ll be announcing the lineups as soon as they’re out. Keep refreshing the page for new updates!