Dortmund (H)

[foxinthebox2001]

Dortmund didn't really play that well in Germany, but still beat us, even with their best players departed.
Last night with their best players departed + a long injury list they looked a shadow of the team that got to the CL final at Wembley.
Kevin Whitcher mentioned 'a well-taken finish' from Sanogo, if you look carefully his first touch was poor, the ball almost got away from him, but he managed to toe poke it through the keepers legs. Well taken is killing the ball stone dead and placing it.
A more alert keeper (not Joe Hart) could have smothered it.
But lets not be churlish, a win was much needed.
Interesting to see how Clueless approaches the final group game, he mentioned something about the desire to top the group.
Dortmund looked disinterested last night and they need to win v Anderlecht to cement top spot.
If Wenger plays 4/5 squad players at Galatasaray, Bellerin, Rosicky, Campbell, Sanogo (if Welbeck is fit) for example then the message is we are content to face a group winner.
If we miss top spot by way of losing (with a weaker team) and Dortmund also lose (it's happened before) he looks silly again.

[officepest]

All this result did was throw wenker a lifeline, but it will be back to business as usual over the next few games followed by our anal 16 exit from the clge. BTW I bet the mousers get the weakest of the group winner sin the next round.