Standard Liège 2-3 Arsenal: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2009
Result
Standard Liège 2-3 Arsenal
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Standard Liège 2-3 Arsenal: match report
Standard Liège were beaten by Arsenal 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 September 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Eliaquim Mangala opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Standard Liège's goals came from Eliaquim Mangala (3') and Milan Jovanovic (5', penalty). Arsenal scored through Nicklas Bendtner (45'), Thomas Vermaelen (77') and Eduardo da Silva (81').
Discipline: Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Standard Liège lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-5-1.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Eliaquim Mangala
- 5'Penalty goal · Milan Jovanovic
- 34'Yellow card · Gaël Clichy
- 44'Yellow card · Sinan Bolat
- 45'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
- 67'Yellow card · Axel Witsel
- 76'Yellow card · Benjamin Nicaise
- 77'Goal · Thomas Vermaelen
- 81'Goal · Eduardo da Silva
Team news
Standard Liège line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sinan Bolat, Ricardo Rocha, Camozzato, Mohamed Sarr, Eliaquim Mangala, Axel Witsel, Wilfred Dalmat, Dieumerci Mbokani, Milan Jovanovic, Igor De Camargo, Mehdi Carcela-González
Arsenal line-up (4-5-1)
Vito Mannone, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Song, Eduardo da Silva, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Vermaelen