Arsenal punished mistakes and took the win

Stadium Emirates, London, 24.11.2015.

UEFA Champions league, group F, 5. round

FC Arsenal – GNK Dinamo 3:0 (2:0)

Attendance: 58978

Referees: Viktor Kassai, Gyorgy Ring, Vencel Toth, Peter Berettyan, 1. AR: Tamas Bognar, 2. AR: Adam Farkas (all Hungary)

Arsenal: Cech – Bellerin (82. Debuchy), Mertesacher, Koscielny, Monreal – Flamini, Cazorla (82. Chambers) – Campbell, Ozil, Alexis – Giroud (67. Ramsey)

Dinamo: Eduardo – Pinto, Sigali, Taravel, Matel – Goncalo, Machado (84. Ćorić), Antolić (68. Henriquez) – Pjaca, Fernandes (56. Soudani), Rog

Yellow card: Monreal (63.)

Goals: 1:0 Ozil (29.), 2:0 Sanchez (32.), 3:0 Sanchez (68.)

Dinamo started the Champions league game in London very good, half an hour were a match for Arsenal but two mistakes in just a few minutes gave Gunners two goals and it was "game over" while Alexis added his second one in the 68th minute to make it final 3:0.

Dinamo said they are not coming to London to defend and they certainly didn't. In 4-3-3 with Marko Rog as striker Modri tried mostly from the right side where Pjaca had couple of nice runs at the start of the game. Things were looking pretty good, most of the game was played around the centre of the pitch and then after half an hour Arsenal scored. Twice.

First in the 29th minute Gunners launched a counter attack, Alexis found Ozil who headed the ball to the net from close range. As that wasn't bad enough three minutes later another mistake and it was 2:0. Our defence didn't clear the ball the way they should have, Monreal found Alexis and it was 2:0 for Arsenal. Out of nothing; so to say. Arsenal then pushed forward, tried to get more goals but Eduardo made two very nice saves.

In the second half both Dinamo and Arsenal had their chances to score. On one side Matel had his attempt go centimetres beside the post while on the other – Arsenal scored. In the 68th minute Campbell ran to the middle and found Alexis who got around Eduardo and made it 3:0. Dinamo had several nice chances to score at least a consolation goal but Cech and the post stopped Rog from scoring.

When we look at the entire game Dinamo was more than a fair opponent to the English giants but Arsenal certainly deserved the win which leaves them in competition for the second place and the next stage.