UCL Preview: Arsenal v Manchester United



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Arsenal and Manchester United draw their battle lines at Emirates Stadium tonight with a place in the UEFA Champions League final at stake.

The all-English semi-final of Europe’s most prestigious club competition was touted as a dream contest when the draw was made and, while the first leg failed to live up to those expectations, the tie is still tantalisingly poised.

Defending continental and world champions United, who have won the Carling Cup and continue to lead the Premier League, have their eyes on a quadruple of trophies and John O’Shea’s scrappy strike at Old Trafford last week ensured that target remains a possibility.

O’Shea’s goal, which gives United a narrow 1-0 aggregate lead, epitomised an opening encounter which could, at best, be described as one for the purists, but the second leg is likely to offer far more in the way of fireworks.



Posted on May 5, 2009 | Filed Under Football

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