A converted penalty from Robin van Persie was enough for Arsenal to earn a small win over AS Roma in their first of two round of sixteen clashes. Despite having lots of possible chances to score and effectively kill off the second leg, the game ended up in 1-0 in favour of the gunners.
The gunners go into this match with high hopes for winning  the second leg after having thumped Burnely to proceed to the quaterfinal of the English FA cup. They have a boost in their squad with the return of Theo Walcott and Eduardo. They will still be without Captain Fabregas

Roma has been having a bad run of late, they seems to have taken over from Arsenal in draws. they squandered a 2-0 possible victory over Inter, scored another , only to watch the Italian Giants score three more goals and leveled the scores. Their most recent match  with Udinese ended in a 1-1 draw. They didnt put much effort into the first leg encounter with Baptista going off point most times and totti was missing .They will be without De rossi who is suspended, Captain Totti hopes to play after having picked up an injury in training.

Arsenal have won in 3 out of  their last 4 trips to Italian teams

I think the dimension of d tie is gonna go by who scores 1st, Arsenal fc get d 1st goal then i think d tie is effectively sealed,
but Roma scores 1st then we r in 4 a long nyt,

  ARSENAL will defeat   ROMA not because they are good but because of the JINX following ROMA, that the shall not win any english club for a very long time or maybe its today   like I've been saying ENGLISH REMAINS THE BEST but in the best ^{MAN UTD} stays on top _{arsenal, liverpool, chelsea} follows

roma defeated chelsea 3-1 in this same season!! i know arsenal will beat roma but juventus will beat chelsea by more than two goal margin!! arsenal wins!!

AT MODERATOR MONKYNA WHY DID YOU PUT @DRAW IN THE POLL THIS IS ELIMINATION------NOTHING LIKE DRAW!!

arsenal has not crashed out in first konckout round, lost to an italian club in recent history. . .

hope the facts remain the same. those boys can be so unpredictable.

Arsenal go lose 2 1

manmustwac:

Arsenal go lose 2 1

Crybaby

don't mind the baby, na jealousy dey worry am.

arsenal are good playing away from home, they will beat roma in rome. i also think all english team will progress

Yea, except Man U

@ poster. Swthrt, it's not Nigerian time, it's Nigeria time!!! Cacology!

dominique:

arsenal has not crashed out in first konckout round, lost to an italian club in recent history. . .

hope the facts remain the same. those boys can be so unpredictable.

2 seasons back, Arsenal crashed at the 1st Knockout to PSV, Liverpool went on in the quarter final to hammer an avenge

manmustwac:

Arsenal go lose 2 1

Arsenal will qualify with that scoreline, nonetheless!

Abi o!

@ manmustbewack, you know me, a-40 & mukina are the only gunners dat tolerate u spuds. Don't make us hav 2 com & destroy ur thread!

switch47:

AT MODERATOR MONKYNA WHY DID YOU PUT @DRAW IN THE POLL THIS IS ELIMINATION------NOTHING LIKE DRAW!!

I wondering the same thg meself MK.

@topic
I don't like to boast before a game, the gods of the game like humble fellas

Make una dey talk anyhow make GOALZILLA god of football deal with una. England don too disgrace Roma, Roma no go be the same with the past be warned!!! Gunners

arsenal has not crashed out in first konckout round, lost to an italian club in recent history. . .

hope the facts remain the same. those boys can be so unpredictable.

the last time Arsenal lost in the champions league to Italian opposition was back in the days of Battigol, and that was a VVVeeeerrrrryyyyyy long time ago.
so wat the eff is dominique talking bout?


@switch47
watch your mouth boy, you're dissing a moderator here, you gon get banned or sumin worse

We are on full speed tonight. All guns fully loaded. I see us tearing down Roma tonight. Won't be easy, but it will be done.

The Gunners will definitely win, Up Gunners

switch47:

AT MODERATOR MONKYNA WHY DID YOU PUT @DRAW IN THE POLL THIS IS ELIMINATION------NOTHING LIKE DRAW!!

Sofry stop yelling.
its Mukina and posting in all caps is not allowed.

PDF:

Yea, except Man U

@ poster. Swthrt, it's not Nigerian time, it's Nigeria time!!! Cacology!

2 seasons back, Arsenal crashed at the 1st Knockout to PSV, Liverpool went on in the quarter final to hammer an avenge

Durrling i like it that

Arsenal my Arsenal. I am behind you 100%, i know we can do it. Lets go and score goals and move on to the next stage

My village oracle just told me 2 english teams will go into todays fixtures but only one will come out alive. I know Arsenal will still be breathing by 10:38pm tonight.

I can see you people are still boasting, you think its by winning your last matches
ask chelsea what they went through last night. they thought it will come easy but go to the church.
1st - 4th row filled with chelsea fans thanking GOD

[b]MIND [/b]what you say anyhow before you go by yourself hide behind closed doors for a very long time

ARSENAL VS ROMA

ARSENAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARSENAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARSENAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROMA GO HEAR GBEKE TONIGHT

ITHINK ROMA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE PACE OF THE GUNNERS AND THIS WILLPLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE RESULT----I TIP ARSENAL TO WIN!! ARSENAL !!

Goooool to Roma!!!!!!!!!!!

shit!!! whats the scores now. cant believe i'm missing the match. DAMN CHANNEL134!!!

Arsenal FC won't make it!

arsenal through on penalities

ope o!who played/missed the penalties?. italy must be quiet like a graveyard now.

dominique:

ope o!who played/missed the penalties?. italy must be quiet like a graveyard now.

It was a clean sweep just like last year.Not a single Italian team left!! they should just try UEFA cup next season

Eduardo missed first penalty but

RVP, Nasri, Denilson, Diaby, Sagna, all scored theirs and Roma lost 2 penalties. Almunia saved one and the other one was blasted over the bar

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=1CO9SZP2

Arsenal. Arsenal, Arsenal, H-H-How many times did I call you? Stop it Oh, My predictions came through now its 4english vs 4others