Fenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2008
Result
Fenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-3
Fenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal: match report
Fenerbahçe were beaten by Arsenal 2-5 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 October 2008. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Fenerbahçe's goals came from an own goal by Mikaël Silvestre (19') and Dani Güiza (78'). Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (10'), T. Walcott (11'), Abou Diaby (22'), A. Song (49') and Aaron Ramsey (90+4').
Discipline: Fenerbahçe received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fenerbahçe were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Arsenal 8th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Fenerbahçe's last five read D-L-W-D-W and Arsenal's W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 11'Goal · T. Walcott
- 18'Yellow card · A. Song
- 19'Own goal · Mikaël Silvestre
- 22'Yellow card · Abou Diaby
- 22'Goal · Abou Diaby
- 29'Yellow card · Selçuk Şahin
- 48'Yellow card · Diego Lugano
- 49'Goal · A. Song
- 78'Goal · Dani Güiza
- 88'Yellow card · Semih Şentürk
- 90+4'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)
Almunia, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor