From the
opening seconds, when Demba Ba clattered a shot into the woodwork almost
directly from the kick-off, it was clear that this might be a European
play-off containing a little more peril than normal for Arsenal. Aaron
Ramsey’s red card for two bookings summed up their discomfort.
Besiktas,
and Ba in particular, seemingly on a mission to prove Chelsea sold the
wrong striker, were not about to bow down and shower Arsene Wenger and
his team with rose petals as they waved them into the group stages of
the Champions League for the 17th successive year.
Slaven
Bilic had them revved up and Wenger’s team performed, as they did
against Crystal Palace on Saturday, with spirit and resistance but
little fluency.
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