Arsenal vs AS Monaco Report

Arsenal 1-3 Monaco - Report

Arsenal team: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck, Giroud

AS Monaco team: Subasic, Elderson, Wallace, Abdennour, Touré, Fabinho, Moutinho, Kondogbia, Dirar, Martial, Berbatov

Arsenal departed to boos at the final whistle as the away side Monaco thumped the home team by 1-3.

AS Monaco - Arsene Wenger's first side as the manager put his current team to its place after Arsenal player were seen to be too complacent when they drew the French team. Their complacency lead to a victory on the pitch for Monaco who take a 2 goal lead with 3 away goals in their aggregate.

Shambolic Arsenal were no match to the already depleted AS Monaco side who played the game with a make shift defense. Monaco took the lead in the 38th through Kondogbia after a deflection lead to Ospina getting wrong footed.

But it was a performance to be savored by the traveling supporters who were in their full voices. On the other hand, Arsenal fans who pay the highest in the land for tickets, sat right there tucking to their seats.

Arsenal striker Oliver Giroud could have had a double hat trick but sadly for him couldn't even score a single goal. Having subbed off after his bad performance his stats read, 0/6 on target.

Not only wasn't the attack to be blamed, the defence was equally responsible for Arsenal's lose. Mertesacker in particular stood out, but not with a good performance but with an bad one.

But one man who again proved his doubters wrong was former Tottenham Hotspurs striker Berbatov.

With Arsenal on the brink of exit yet again, for the fourth year running, they've made it difficult for themselves with the opponents not even Bayern Munich or Barcelona this time around.