'Arsenal led and trailed before leaving Lisbon with a perfectly acceptable draw from the first leg of their Europa League clash with Sporting.' tickerscricket
Both these teams appear worlds apart from those drab and dreadful teams, but of course, neither Arsenal nor Sporting can really grumble about it because both have only themselves to blame for being here rather than there. Spurs were only in the Champions League because Arsenal collapsed last season, and Spurs were only in the last 16 as group winners because Sporting shat that particular bed in a grand manner.
But what made the game truly entertaining was that this attacking intent was combined with defending that wasn’t bad exactly, but was a bit seat-of-the-pants. A lot of it felt chaotic and a great deal of it was distinctly last-ditch. They are in general not quite as good as they were early in the season. That’s not really a criticism, because earlier in the season they were absurdly good and it was unlikely those levels were ever sustainable for a team that hadn’t produced that kind of consistent excellence for at least a decade.
The Europa is an interesting puzzle for the Gunners now. They are the best team left in it and the opportunity to end a 30-year wait for a European pot is obvious. But it is also clearly secondary to what has unexpectedly become the target for this season.
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