Monaco 0-2 Arsenal (agg 3-3): Gunners out on away goals
despite heroic effort
Arsene Wenger's men kept up the pressure throughout
the night, with Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey scoring
late in each half, but paid for their poor performance in
the home leg
Arsenal narrowly missed out on a Champions League miracle
as its 2-0 win at Monaco was not enough to prevent the club
from exiting the competition on away goals.
Needing a 3-0 victory to guarantee a spot in the quarterfinals,
the Gunners pushed throughout and finally got the
breakthrough shortly before halftime when Olivier Giroud fired
into the roof of the net.
Though Monaco fought hard to hold them off, Arsene
Wenger's men looked likely to score again and did so with
just over 10 minutes to go, with substitute Aaron Ramsey
burying a second when a disastrous clearance went straight
to him after Theo Walcott hit the post.
Arsenal could not scramble its way to a second, however, and
is left lamenting the first-leg failure that put it up against it in
this game.
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