✔ Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal Match Thread✔

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If this match were a song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANE9A5osUes

Team News

Montpellier: Jourdren, Bocaly, Yanga M'Biwa, Hilton, Bedimo, Estrada (Herrea 77), Saihi, Mounier ( Ait-Fana,67), Belhanda, Cabella, Camara (Stambouli 77)

Subs: Pionnier, Marveaux, Herrera, Congre, Ait-Fana, Stambouli, Jeunechamp.

Arsenal:Mannone , Jenks , Mertesacker, Vermaelen , Gibbs, Arteta , Diaby , Cazorla (Coquelin 90), Podolski , Gervinho, Giroud (Ramsey 75)

Subs: Shea, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Coquelin.

What they've said

Arsene Wenger
"I really know how to hide my worries,"
"We'll be on alert tomorrow. Now, we just landed and we are very cool. But we take on this match very seriously because we know how important it is for us,"
"They kept the same squad, except Giroud, so I don't see why they would be less strong this year,"
"They were a little unlucky in some games. The Champions League also occupies their heads a lot since the season starts,"
"When you're talking about a club experience, you mean that the club is able to focus on the next objective. When a club like Montpellier play in the Champions League, they tend to forget that the league is the main goal of a club."
"We are used to playing away in the Champions League and these games always are real fights. We always expect our opponent to give everything and we are rarely disappointed," he said.
"I know (Montpellier coach) Rene Girard very well. I fought some battles here and it always had been very aggressive, very 'Mediterranean' and very exciting."

Olivier Giroud
'I spent a beautiful, wonderful season there last year when we were champions and won the title. It will be difficult for me to play against Montpellier, because there is a lot of emotion, but I will concentrate on the pitch and on the match and I will not speak with my friends,' Giroud said.

'I am an Arsenal player and I want to score and to win this game for Arsenal. It will be my first game in the Champions League, so I want to win it.

'Of course we are playing against Montpellier, but it is an important game for Arsenal and I have to forget it is Montpellier for 90 minutes.'

Giroud continued: 'It was an incredible season for us and one that I will never forget, I will always have great memories of my time at the club and the people and the fans.

'But now I am an Arsenal player and I am looking forward to this new stage in my career with this great club and I want to win with Arsenal.'

Top Scorers

Montpellier

Remy Cabella 2
Emanuel Herrea 2
Younes Belhanda 1

Arsenal

Lukas Podolski 2
Own Goal 2
Gervinho 2

Form Table

Montpellier - DLWL - 4/12

Arsenal - DDWW 8/12

Stats

Good Stats

• Arsenal have never conceded when playing against Montpellier
• Arsenal haven’t conceded to French opposition since 2000

Bad Stats

• Arsenal haven’t won away in Europe since October 2011

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Belhanda 9 Pen
Podolski 16
Gervinho 18

Bookings

Diaby 1
M'Biwa 42

Rules

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3. Be fickle✔
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5. No Scousers✔
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7. COYG✔
8. No posting pictures of the in his Man Utd clothes ✔
9. No Mancs ✔
10. No ITV 4ers ✔

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Links

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Venue Montpellier -

KO: 7:45 PM