The Monegasques triumphed in London thanks to goals from Geoffrey Kondogbia, Dimitar Berbatov and substitute Yannick Ferreira Carrasco. Because a goal by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may Arsenal still nursing hopes for the return on March 17 at the Stade Louis II.
Arsenal reached for the fifteenth time in a row in the Champions League knock-out phase the past four years has been eliminated in the quarter finals.
The team of Arsene Wenger, between 1987 and 1994 coach of Monaco, was in the first half, the team with the ball, but hardly knew create opportunities. Laurent Koscielny was dangerous with a header and Alexis Sanchez saw a shot just move on.
Monaco, which was missing a lot of players and took office with two players of 18 years, limited mainly to defend. In the counter Monegasque citizens Arsenal tried to surprise. That worked for more than five minutes before half
Kondogbia got the space to create and shot through the body of Mertesacker touch
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Giroud
At the beginning of the second half Arsenal immediately went looking for the equalizer. It resulted in several opportunities, but they were not particularly given to Olivier Giroud. The French striker was careless in the finish and was substituted after an hour for Theo Walcott.
At the time Arsenal was already 2-0. Berbatov completed five minutes after half a sharp counterattack off excellent.
The insertion of Walcott, fit again after recovering from an injury, it had the desired effect. Arsenal was imminent and Walcott and Danny Welbeck got good chances for the tying goal.
Goalkeeper Danijel Subasic, who Maarten Stekelenburg holds all season on the bench, his goal seemed to keep clean. Oxlade-Chamberlain knew just before time still to score Arsenal’s behalf.
A little later the Belgian Ferreira-Carrasco gave the visitors from Monaco a very nice position for the return in three weeks. Monaco won their first away game in the knock-out phase of the Champions League
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