It’s to do with the co-efficient.If Arsenal had got one of the automatic qualifying places for the CL groups by finishing in the top 2 in the EPL then it wouldn’t have been a problem but because they didn’t then,if they win the CL and qualify that way they will pushCeltic,who are ranked in the 16th position at the moment,down to 17th and they will have to play a qualifier! ???
Yeah, I’m not even an Arsenal fan, but I really felt sorry for Henry and co. after that… good performance with ten men against probably the best club team on earth right now. Henrik Larsson is a legend! Set up the two goals beautifully and transformed the match as soon as he came on. :o
Henry gave it his all, but he was real tired by the 75th minute (just look at him gasping before he took the corner while either Flamini or Reyes was coming on). Hard to play against a team as good at keeping the ball as Barcelona are with only ten men. Henry must have felt like he was running a marathon!
Congratulations to Barca though. Awesome team! 8)
Thing is ‘Smash’ you can’t win a finals game against Barca, leading 1-0 thats not enough, Henry did not capatilize when he had the oppourtunities down 1 player which happends to be your goal keeper and very fwocken solid one doesn’t make matters any better.
Kinda reminded me of the final in 1999 between Bayer Munich vs. Man. Untd. when Munich was wining the entire game 1-0 and Man. U turns the game around, Saekoljer scores the wining goal in the 90th minute.