{"id":62236,"date":"2014-11-05T07:21:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=62236"},"modified":"2014-11-05T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:21:23","slug":"arsenal-blow-3-goal-lead-at-home-to-anderlecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=62236","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal blow 3-goal lead at home to Anderlecht"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal moved to the brink of the Champions League’s last 16 despite blowing a 3-0 lead against Anderlecht.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta’s penalty put the Gunners ahead after Danny Welbeck was fouled by Chancel Mbemba.<\/p>\n

Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead with a stunning 20-yard volley before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain added the third.<\/p>\n

Anthony Vanden Borre reduced the deficit from close range before scoring a penalty, with Aleksandar Mitrovic equalising in the last minute.<\/p>\n

Arsenal were set to book their place in the knockout stages when substitute Mitrovic headed Andy Najar’s 90th-minute cross past Wojciech Szczesny from close range.<\/p>\n

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

Arsenal have conceded seven goals in their last four Champions League matches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Londoners still need one point from their two remaining games – at home to Borussia Dortmund on 26 November and at Galatasaray on 9 December – to advance.<\/p>\n

But with Dortmund five points clear, their hopes of finishing top of the group and heading into next month’s draw as one of the seeded teams are fading.<\/p>\n

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger looked furious at the end.<\/p>\n

Though Vanden Borre was clearly offside when he scored his first goal, there can be no excuses for the lapses of concentration that allowed the Belgian champions to take a point.<\/p>\n

Indeed there was no evidence of the drama to come at a rain-lashed Emirates when two goals in the space of four first-half minutes put the Gunners in control.<\/p>\n

Chile international Sanchez had already been denied by a post when Mbemba felled Welbeck to gift Arteta his first goal in the competition, the Spaniard coolly chipping his 25th-minute spot-kick down the middle.<\/p>\n

It was 2-0 four minutes later, the tireless Sanchez finding the net with a sublime low 20-yard volley after his free-kick cannoned off the visitors’ wall.<\/p>\n

Anderlecht battled throughout but they looked beaten when Oxlade-Chamberlain put Wenger’s side 3-0 ahead by drilling home after a powerful 58th-minute run.<\/p>\n

Vanden Borre was at least a yard offside when he began Anderlecht’s amazing fightback from close range in the 61st minute.<\/p>\n

Nacho Monreal’s clumsy foul on Mitrovic then allowed Vanden Borre to make it 3-2 from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n

And, just as Arsenal appeared to have weathered Anderlecht’s late flurry, the dangerous Mitrovic headed home to the delight of the 3,000 travelling fans.<\/p>\n

Anderlecht manager Besnik Hasi:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Maybe Arsenal thought that they were superior at 3-0 and they could have fun with the public.<\/p>\n

“But I’m very very proud of my team and they showed their character and their quality. They did fantastic.”<\/p>\n

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

The last time Arsenal threw away a three goal lead was against Newcastle in the Premier League, a game that finished 4-4 in February 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

Arsenal have both scored and conceded at least three goals for the first time in a single Champions League game<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Alexis<\/p>\n

Alexis Sanchez has now scored 11 goals in his last 13 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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