aaron ramsey said that his matchday three winner against olympique de marseille "was an important moment" for arsenal fc as he aims for more goals against the ligue 1 side.
aaron ramsey hopes to add to his arsenal fc goal tally after saying his late winner against olympique de marseille on uefa champions league matchday three has given him a taste for scoring ahead of the visit of the ligue 1 side on tuesday night.
ramsey scored the decisive added-time goal at the stade vélodrome, earning his side a 1-0 victory that left the gunners in a commanding position on top of group f. another win against om would book a round of 16 place. "i think we've always believed we have the quality to challenge anybody," said ramsey. "that goal was an important moment for us and put us in a strong position in the group. "
arsène wenger's charges are in a rich vein of form, a 5-3 victory at chelsea fc on saturday stretching their sequence of wins to eight from their last nine games, and according to the wales captain, the stamford bridge success has only served to boost confidence. "it was a massive win for us," he said. "we created lots of opportunities, and took them. it was a big victory for us and we can take a lot out of that game. saturday showed what we are capable of doing against a top team."
though arsenal's premier league campaign began disappointingly, with four points taken from their opening five matches, the club appear to be back on track, and ramsey likewise. the 20-year-old has benefited from a regular run in the side, appearing in nine of his side's ten league matches and four european ties, including the play-offs.
ramsey was a substitute in marseille, but made a huge impact with his late winner – a moment that has whetted his appetite for more goals. "i like to get into the box," he said. "my target is to get to double figures. it's always a nice feeling when you score a goal."
yet if his displays have begun to draw comparisons with former captain cesc fàbregas, ramsey has been quick to rule them out. "i think cesc was a different player," the midfielder said. "he was a great player for this club, but hopefully i can bring my own style to this team and help create opportunities to score myself, and that's what i'm aiming to do."
wenger, meanwhile, is full of admiration for the way ramsey has come back after suffering a potentially career-ending leg fracture while playing against stoke city fc in february 2010. "people forget that aaron has been one year out when he was just getting into the team. so that he improves now is completely normal; that he gets back to his full physical potential is huge. the worry that we had was that he would get over the injury physiologically but he has got over that hurdle very well and i am very impressed with how he handled it."
yaklaşık 1 ay önce londra'daki bir arkadaşımın davetiyle gaza gelmiş, planlar yapmaya başlamıştım. bayram tatili kesmeyeceğinden bu maçın oynanacağı haftayı da kapsayacak bir plandı bu. arsenal-marsilya ve londra'da aynı hafta sonu gidilebilecek bir maçı da plana dagil etmekteydim...
ama sonrasında şirketten izin alma konusunda yaşanabilecek bazı sıkıntılardan dolayı gitme işi yattı.
maçın 0-0 bittiğini görmek bir nebze olsun rahatlattı beni :)
the hosts failed to book a place in the knockout stages but maintained their one-point lead over the french side at the group f summit.
arsenal fc missed their chance to book a place in the uefa champions league round of 16 as the group f leaders were held to a 0-0 draw at home by olympique de marseille.
two weeks after arsenal grabbed a last-gasp 1-0 win at the stade vélodrome, marseille showed real attacking flair in the first half and defended in sufficient numbers during the second to thwart the hosts' hopes of a repeat. arsenal struggled to create clear-cut chances, though what they did fashion never looked like beating steve mandanda, on superb form between the posts.
the french side had been quicker to settle into their stride with andré ayew firing just wide as he latched onto a teasing low cross from loïc rémy, whose pace and attacking threat frequently caused the home side problems. arsenal were restricted to a couple of low drives from theo walcott and gervinho before a half-chance fell to aaron ramsey, the wales midfielder unable to direct andré santos' cross to the far post on target.
despite both sides having plenty of ambition, neither was able to carve out a really gilt-edged opening. shooting opportunities continued to fall for both, but mandanda was equal to gervinho and ramsey's best efforts while rémy steered an angled low drive just beyond wojciech szczęsny's post. mikel arteta had no better luck for arsenal, curling a free-kick wide shortly before the break as the home side probed marseille's rearguard in vain.
the high tempo resumed after half-time and arsenal continued to press in search of the breakthrough goal that would take arsène wenger's men through to the knockout stages. but walcott was unable to get a clean shot away after a run into the area and carl jenkinson's fierce drive from the right was well gathered by mandanda at his near post.
after an hour, wenger had seen enough and replaced park ju-young with robin van persie, whose hat-trick on saturday propelled arsenal to a 5-3 win against chelsea fc; his arrival was greeted with the loudest roar. the dutchman was put through in the 77th minute, only to suffer the same fate as his team-mates when he tried to chip mandanda. it was not the hosts' night, and the section remains there for the taking.
yardımcı hakemler: nicola nicoletti (ita), massimiliano grilli (ita)
4. hakem: antonio danilo giannoccaro (ita)
çizgi hakemleri: daniele orsato (ita), antonio damato (ita)
arsenal: wojciech szczęsny (gk), per mertesacker, thomas vermaelen (c), mikel arteta, park ju-young (dk. 62 robin van persie), andré santos, theo walcott, aaron ramsey (dk. 66 tomáš rosický), alex song, carl jenkinson, gervinho (dk. 77 andrey arshavin)
yedekler: Łukasz fabiański (gk), laurent koscielny, johan djourou, yossi benayoun
teknik direktör: arsène wenger (fra)
marseille: steve mandanda (gk) (c), nicolas n'koulou, alou diarra, benoît cheyrou, loïc rémy (dk. 69 morgan amalfitano), jérémy morel, andré ayew, souleymane diawara, jordan ayew (dk. 84 andré-pierre gignac), rod fanni, mathieu valbuena (dk. 74 lucho gonzález)
yedekler: gennaro bracigliano (gk), césar azpilicueta, charles kaboré, djimi traoré
teknik direktör: didier deschamps (fra)
sarı kartlar: dk. 85 tomáš rosický (arsenal) dk. 40 alou diarra (marseille)
