19 August 2006:1245
It was the kick-off of the English Premire League as all matches were broadcasted live, the match between Arsenal and Liverpool received the greatest response. Dennis Bergkamp's first match at the EPL was dealt a blow from the start as Leighton Baines suffered a twisted knee while playing for the England U-21s a few days back so William Gallas will start at Left back while it means Curtis Davies will be handed a league debut in the expense of Baines
Arsenal line-up:
Jens Lehmann, Emmanuel Eboue, William Gallas (Gareth Bale,60), Kolo Toure, Curtis Davies, Aleskendr Hleb (Fredrik Ljungberg,60), Tomas Rosicky, Gilberto Silva, Francesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie (Julio Baptista), Thierry Henry
Arsenal welcomed Liverpool to the opening of the Emirates in the League and it only took 17 minutes before Gilberto Silva opened the scoring for the gunners and they were off to a flying start and at the 37th minute, Arsenal scored again this time, from Robin Van Persie, who struck a wonderful curling shot into the top coner, half time and Arsenal lead the reds.
Immediatly after the restart, Momo Sissoko struck a ranged effort that beat Lehmann soundly to put Liverpool back into the game but a quick double fire from Gilberto and Emmanual Eboue, who got his first goal for the club sent Arsenal fans wild, even when John Arne Riise scored at the last few minutes of the game, Arsenal ran out 4-2 winners at the Emirates.
23rd August 2006:1945
Dennis Bergkamp has commented that the pressure was on Hearts to get a result just before their match where Arsenal have a 3-1 advantage.
Arsenal line-up:
Manuel Almunia, Emmanuel Eboue, Gareth Bale, William Gallas, Curtis Davies, Fredrik Ljungberg (Francesc Fabregas,64), Tomas Rosicky, Alexandre Song (Thierry Henry,64), Gilberto Silva, Julio Baptista, Emmanuel Adebayor
(Aleskendr Hleb,45)
Arsenal showed their composure in front of goal was lacking in this match against Hearts when they created 13 chances and 7 was on target but failing to net even a goal. They came closest when Aleskendr Hleb took the ball off Takis Fyssas's feet but only for Craig Gordon to parry it, so the Gunners make it into the group stages of the Champions League while Hearts have to settle for a UEFA cup spot.
Days after the win against Hearts, the champions league draw for the group stages were drawn and Dennis Bergkamp attended the ceremony as calm and composed as the other managers and they were drawn into Group F.
Group F:
Arsenal FC
Bayern Muchen
CSKA Moscow
Shakhtar Donetsk
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