Phew! There was a point there, and I’m sure you will all agree, that I thought we’d be facing Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich yet again in the Champions League Round of 16. Thankfully, we dodged that bullet and pulled out a rather more appealing draw in Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.
Monaco or Porto, I think, were the two us Gooners were hoping for, and although it isn’t how football works and we should be winning our groups, we were due a bit of luck in the Champions League.
The two-legged affair will be particularly sweet for Arsene Wenger due to the fact he spent seven years between 1987-1994 with the French outfit winning the Ligue 1 and Coupe de France during his tenure.
Anyway, as you’d expect, Twitter went suitably amusing following the Gunners’ draw.
Arsenal fans watching the Champions League draw #AFC http://t.co/ZnCgslkTKS
— Football FanCast (@FootballFanCast) December 15, 2014
Reactions of the draw.. pic.twitter.com/QViYVRIPL5
— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) December 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/544452654286770176
https://twitter.com/TSBible/status/544451941494190080
Arsenal fans right now pic.twitter.com/AHxs2vT21z
— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) December 15, 2014
We escaped the German roulette into French cocktail. At last the fortune lady pick the right side.
Here we come monsiuer!
There are no easy teams again @ dis stage, Monaco and Porto aren’t teams d Gunners will lose sleep about.
I think mother luck has smiled on us, with a full team, I don’t see why we can reach d semis dis time around.
Hope Wenger gets us a steel in DM by Jan.
Gunners 4 life.