- 74'
Maric drove forward into plaenty of space and tried his luck more than anything. It was in as Cygan poked his head at it and just directed it into an empty net; Lehamnn having already moved to collect the shot. Game on.
- 73'
And there is the proof. Out of nothing a wicked defelction from the head of Cygan wrong-foots Lehamnn and parity is restored.1-1
- 72'
Arsenal really need to finish this off before they endure a dodgy closing stage to another Champions League match.
- 71'
Ljungberg, Reyes and Lauren try to work a triangle movement down the right but Henriksen reads it easily and just shields the through ball out.
- 70'
Change for Arsenal as the impressive Bergkamp makes way fro Reyesw with a view to freshening things up. The game needs it to be honest.
- 69'
Bergkamp skipped his way into the box before cutting back intelligently to Fabregas. The shot was well on but instead he elected to square through a crowd of players unsuccessfully.
- 68'
Konstantinidis pole-axes Ljungberg on the half way line and is booked for his trouble.
- 67'
Pires looks to open things up with a high diagonal ball aimed at Henry but the outstretched leg of Kotsios clears and denies him a clear run at goal.
- 65'
Arsenal proding and probing around the greek box before Ljungberg finally gets the chance to centre; straight into the hands of Chalkias.
- 64'
Henry, running freely now, picks up a short corner and cuts inside before firing at the near post. Loked promising until a defender stuck out a leg to block.
- 63'
Arsenal break promisingly again but Bergkmp's touch lets him down in the middle with Pires and Henry motoring.
- 62'
How will that affect the game which had dropped in tempo a bit after a bright opening by the home side in the second half.
- 60'
Up steps Basinas, who has a hell of a shot on him, and he spoons it high and wide in trying to side foot it into the top right hand corner. A let off for Arsenal and no mistake.
- 60'
Papadopoulos is unable to continue and is replaced by Mitu.
- 59'
In front of the clock end. Ball sent over the top. A something and nothing challenge. It canmean only one thing - penalty. The referee evens up proceedings by deeming Coles tackle on Papadopoulos as worthy of a penalty.
- 58'
First substitution of the night. Off goes Gonzalez to be replaced by Konstantinou.
- 57'
Greek fans continue to make them selves heard above a very quiet home crowd.
- 56'
Arsenal pick up their first yellow card of this Champions League campaign. And, surprisingly, it's Henry. A late challenge through the legs of Basinas is rightly punished.
- 55'
Arsenal running this game now without seeming to break sweat. Still only one goal in it though.
- 54'
Accurate short passing from Arsenal across the pitch feeds Begkamp with his back to goal 18 yards out. Trying to force a space to turn and shoot he is crowded out when a reverse pass to Pires looked on.
- 52'
Glorious run from Pires as he slalomed through the centre of the Greek team before sliding a clean ball through for Henry. He cut back and shot across the keeper into the far corner of the net but had been pulled up for offside long before the cheer went up.
- 51'
Henry corner from the right is well met by Basinas at the near post.
- 50'
Strong and techically perfect tackle from Cygan on Papadopoulos as the last man. Not often you can say that about Cygan but credit where it's due.
- 49'
Henry moving a little sheepishly after a strong challenge in the Panatinaikos box. Ljungberg gets a message relating to the situation over to the bench.
- 48'
Panathinaikos come again down the right and Lehmann is brave and alert to steal the cross off Papadopoulos' toes.
- 47'
A weak defensive header from Toure concedes possession to Papadopoulos who strikes it on the volley handsomely over the bar.
- 46'
Henry, taking up his familiar wide left position, turned to face two defenders before chipping in a cross that landed on the roof of the net.
- 45'
Second-half gets underway with niether side altered at the break.
- 45'
Arsenal will be plaesed with a first-half they were on top in. The goal came a little softly but the deserve they lead for some moments of crisp, passing football that has become their trademark. You get a sense that if they really went for it they could rip the Greeks apart but some hesitancy, and the odd bit of good football from Panathinaikos, has held them back.
- 45'
Half comes to a close with the score at 1-0 to Arsenal.
- 44'
Konstantinidis trying to force something down the centre this time but he rather gets the ball caught under his feet.
- 43'
Skacel, after being robbed by Fabregas, perhaps went in a litle late on Toure who Fabregas had put in trouble with an underhit pass.
- 42'
There really is no real atmosphere here at all, thanks largely to a predominantly dull match.
- 41'
Henry shows his turn of pace to drive into the box and hit the byline before pinging in a quick near-post cross that is well defended.
- 40'
Arsenal playing very deep and as a consequence the game has died a bit after a bright start.
- 39'
Patient build-up from the visitors works the ball forward to Gonzalez. Lining up a shot from 20 yards out Toure was alive to the danger and closed him down to put him off his shot that was scuffed wide.
- 37'
Farbregas launches a quick break by feeding Ljungberg on the right. He cut inside his man and threw himself to the ground AGAIN to 'win' a free-kick. Pathetic.
- 36'
An encouraging spell for Panathinaikos as they enjoy possession of the ball for a couple of minutes without really threatening much.
- 35'
Konstantinidis stretched Lauren for the first time since the opening minutes to get a cross in that was just too long.
- 34'
A vocal and passionate Greek following here tonight, North London home to a large Greek community.
- 33'
Another dash of the top drawer Arsenal attacking play. Henry and Begkamp link up in a one-two that Henry then spins behind himself as he drives into the box. Ljungberg took up the batton, cut back, spun and shot just over as he has falling. backwards. Very easy on the eye.
- 31'
A great, lung-bursting run down the flank from Cole is picked out but, at the third attempt, Vyntra clears.
- 30'
Strangely flighted ball across themidfiled from Fabregas requires Henry to leap and win a header right on the touchline. He does but his flick forward finds no one.
- 29'
Neat play around the back from Arsenal as the Greeks try to press them high up the field for once.
- 28'
Ljungberg, competing for a bouncing ball on the edge of the area cut across the last defender and threw himself to the ground. On previous evidence the referee could have awarded another penalty but thankfully he didn't because it was a dive.
- 26'
Magnificent play down Arsenal's favoured left involving Cole, Henry and Pires who eventually slipped in the overlapping Cole. He could have had a go himself but instead opted to cross for Ljungberg who was crowded out at the last moment. Wonderful football though.
- 25'
Arsenal certainly on top in this one but by no means dominant and the Greeks have shown they are capable of crafting something if Arsenal drop their concentration.
- 24'
Panathinaikos free-kick from the right causes concern in the Arsenal box and Basinas' header flashes just wide of the post and bar.
- 22'
Arsenal with their tails up a bit now as Ljungberg caps a purposeful run down the right with a decent near post cross that Pires just fails to connect with.
- 21'
Henry goes for a quick one but his shot, on target, is soft and easily held by Chalkias.
- 20'
A fantastic turn from Henry sets up a bright attack that brings in Bergkamp drawing a foul on the edge of the area.
- 19'
Skacel goes to ground a little easily himself to earn a free-kick out on the left. Basinas steps up and, I think, had a shot that was driven straight at the first defender. Very poor.
- 17'
Gonzalez becomes the first player booked after a needlessly high chlllenge on Vieria.
- 16'
After all the whinging about Rooney's dive Arsenal show that they too are not averse to hitting the deck when there is the sniff of a spot kick. Double standards? I think so...
- 15'
Up steps Henry, a little shuffle, stop and go and it is sent left when the keeper went right. 1-0 Arsenal under dubious circumstances.
- 14'
Now they have a free view of goal. A free-kick sent in by Bergkamp is easy for the keeper but the referee blows for a very, very soft penalty as Vieria falls under slight pressure to 'earn' a penalty.
- 13'
Really not much doing in this game at the moment with the Greeks playing with three centre backs and thre central midfield players who seem instructed to drop deep as well suffocating Arsenal's attack.
- 11'
Cole gets forward for the first time, ridiculous blue boots 'n' all, but his decent enough cross is cut out by Henriksen.
- 10'
Despite a couple of long range efforts there have been no real openings at either end so far in a slow start.
- 8'
Konstantinidis, the left-back, gets forward with intent again and brought Skacel into the game. He wriggled through a couple fo tackles before sending over a cross that drifted just behind. They already seem to be favouring this left side as a point of attack.
- 7'
Nice football from Arsenal. Bergkamp, who looks really up for it, turned well in the centre to create space, helped it on to Henry and his little slide rule ball into the path of Pires was only just over-hit. Good stuff.
- 5'
Basinas, with room to look up, lets fly from distance with very little backlift but it would have beaten the airborne Lehmann had it been a yard left and inside rather than outside the post. A warning shot for the Gunners.
- 4'
A slip by Lauren makes him scuff his cross but it fortunately reaches Brgkamp who almost forces it on to Ljungberg but is crowded out in the end.
- 3'
Lauren marshalls Konstantinidis well down the left as he broke menacingly.
- 2'
First shot on goal comes from Arsenal. A wonderful first touch from Bergkamp sees the ball sit up nicely for him on the corner of the box and a half volley is driven just wide of the target.
- 1'
Ljungberg quick to run at the Greeks and a square ball is given a backheeled flick by Bergkamp that almost reaches Henery in the box but not quite.
On a cooling evening in North London we are underway.
It looks like two from three in group E with Rosenborg trailing with a single point. Arsenal are clear favourites tonight and a win for them would go a long way to ensuring qualification. But, with Pascal Cygan still deputising for the injured Sol Campbell, it is not quite the certainty that is would have been just a fortnight ago...
Some all too familiar Lehamnn blunders cost Arsenal two points in Athens and, after a troubled couple of weeks Arsenal will be looking to get their Champions League campaign back on track tonight.
Join us at 19.45 GMT when Panathinaikos, who held Arsenal to a draw in Greece, look to leapfrog the Gunners in Group E.
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