@TAZ Arsenal ve no problem winning away matches. Real challenge will be at Emirates where the pressure on the young lads is too much. Recall losses to Schalke, Bayern and recently to A.villa?

10 points is the magic number, ukipata hizo you are through. It doesn't not guarantee progression but it puts you in a very strong position. Pressure is now on Dortmund and Napoli to win some of their away matches, the Marseille game was a must win for us.

@ kaka2za......What "young lads" are you talking about, Arsenal is no longer a team of inexperienced players. Last season Bayern were just too strong for us at home while the defeat against Schalke was blamed on the wayward positioning of Andre Santos who really was our weakest link kama kawaida.....Wenger was also suspended for that match. Actually that was Arsenal's first defeat in the CL to a non-English side at home since 2003, our home record in the CL has always been impressive. As for A. Villa well everything was going according to plan until the ref decided to make some ridiculous calls, 2 controversial penalties and a red card. I'm not saying Emirates is a fortress but it will take something really special from those three teams to get maximum points against us. Don't also forget that at the moment we are playing with an injury-depleted squad (Carzola, Podolski, Arteta, Ox, Rosicky, etc) so the team will only get better as some of our top players recover.

@ Mc Reggae.....I didn't mean to state that you'll definitely go through but as already stated by Wenger, on average you need 10 pts to qualify for the knock-out stage. Arsenal have just gained 3 valuable points away from home, if we get at least 7 points at home then it means Dortmund and Napoli would have to win all their home matches and get all 3 points away to Marseille to finish on top of Arsenal. Its not impossible but highly unlikely, like i said the French team are no push-overs....they thrashed Dortmund home and away 2 season's back.

Sasa wewe nani alikwambia those three players are first team players, the fact that they were named in our CL squad doesn't mean they'll play any crucial part. The other two players are full England internationals who have now played so many PL & CL matches, what other experience do they need.

I had not seen your post, just decided to ammend ndio tukuwe on the same page. All i meant to say was that, what we need is 7 pts from our 3 home games and we are through. That's the average number of points required to progress especially if you've won a game away from home. Do you dispute what i mentioned earlier on Dortmund and Napoli's chances of progression?

Mine was a simple reaction to your 1st post nikasema it's not automatic na wewe sasa ukakuja na story miiingi!!!

Arsenal's first real test of the season today, though Higuain and Albiol face late fitness tests. Spurs should have been the first real test for Arsenal but seems like Spurs hadn't gelled well at the time.

For me this is the stand out match today, Ajax vs Milan is a match of teams with a glorious past but that's it. Celtic should look to capitalize on Barca's defensive frailties, only Pique and Alvez are fit and Messi is absent but then again that has never stopped Barca

What a goal to open his account? Take a bow Ozil!

aka KELELE!!!! Arsenal 2-0 Napoli