History had to be created when Arsenal and Real Madrid, two of europe's heavyweights play for the first time since 1962. After the fabulous Henry goal at the Bernebeau could Madrid bring on a punch against the young gooners and shatter their defences, could Beckham win on home soil after leaving 3 years ago. Attack they did, Real with Ronaldo,Zidane, Raul brought on their heavy artillery from the Spanish mainland but the young gunners held their ground firm at Highbury. With both the teams having good chances to go ahead, Reyes missed for Arsenal while Raul missed for the Galacticos, Henry almost scored just denied by an agile Casillas. Arsenal held through some real tense moments at the end as Real brought all their 11 players upfront. Pires had the empty goal at his mercy from 70 yards out and it was stopped on the line by Roberto Carlos. Thats how it ended even-stevens on an exciting night with the scoreline hardly suggesting the thrills and spills of the game. Now Arsenal are the only British club to be left in the competetion with Chelsea and Liverpool knocked out. No one gave the Gunners any kind of realistic hope when they were drawn against the giants from spain but they proved everyone wrong. Slowly but surely this team is gelling together well with Gilberto and Fabregas at the heart of the midfield engine, Hleb,Reyes and Freddie on the flanks and offering attacking options, Henry as regal as ever, Van Persie provides the attacking instincts at every opportunity. Young prospects like Eboue, Diaby, Flamini, Walcott waiting on the wings, Toure and Lehmann proving to be more than solid this Arsenal side is going to play some fantastic football in the coming seasons.
But Can this young Gunners side go on to win the Summit prize which their elite predecessors have failed to conquer?
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