da pinnacle： In a normal week, the three-goal advantage that Arsenal took to Russia night to take on CSKA Moscow would have been deemed unassailable.
da roleta： The Gunners ran out 4-1 winners in the quarter-final first leg at the Emirates, which is the same scoreline Barcelona took into their second leg tie against Roma on Tuesday night.
Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans and players will have been acutely aware of the embarrassing exit the Catalans suffered in Rome, as well as the lucky escape Champions League holders Real Madrid had against last season’s beaten finalists Juventus on Wednesday.
That all combined to give CSKA hope that they could pull of a historic comeback as Arsenal embarked on a trip that is traditionally tricky and only made more difficult by the ongoing diplomatic tensions between Russia and the UK.
It looked as if the Gods of European football were about to strike all over again when the hosts raced into a 2-0 lead, leaving them needing just one more to progress.
Arsenal proved less brittle than Barcelona – which isn’t a sentence you often get to write – and bit back through Danny Welbeck and 52-cap Wales star Aaron Ramsey to secure a place in the last four.
It was eventful night for Ramsey, who also picked up a graphic injury and we’ve taken a look at the best of the reaction from Arsenal fans…
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