Match Reaction: Arsenal 3 Sunderland 1

The the crowd were really up for the return leg and we started on fire. However, Gibbs decoded to slip to allow Park to score and then aluminium made sure of the win for man ure.

Looking back though that Man u side were really strong and much better than us.

The tie was a non-contest really, United were on another level to us at the time. Still, Gibbs slipping was like a dagger to the heart.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Ahh, actually winning knockout ties in the CL. Those were the days.

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Ahh, actually making the knockout ties in the CL. Those were the days.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Ahh, actually making the knockout ties in the CL. Those were the days.

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Ahh, actually making the CL. Those were the days.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

I remember having watched the first leg we were never in the game at any point and were lucky to go into the return leg only one goal down, and then park and ronaldo had their say and i thought sod this i'm going to go and watch a bond film and i did....which on balance was a good decision on my part.

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Was it Live and Let Die?

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Originally Posted by AFC Leveller

We beat Roma (pels) in the last 16 and Villareal in the QFs.

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Was it that season?
I was at that Roma away game. The pels went on forever

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Originally Posted by LDG

The Utd semi in the CL was the night of the great beer flood of Old London Town.



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:hug:

I don't remember being that downbeat after that game, actually. It was a big deflation but it didn't feel that unexpected - we were lucky to come away from the first leg only 1-0 and that United side was much stronger. We were worse then than we are now, despite being in the semi-finals.

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Originally Posted by Heisenberg

I don't remember being that downbeat after that game, actually. It was a big deflation but it didn't feel that unexpected - we were lucky to come away from the first leg only 1-0 and that United side was much stronger. We were worse then than we are now, despite being in the semi-finals.

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There was an incredible amount of anticipation ahead of the game. All of our seats had Arsenal scarves. The crowd were well up for it and gave the team one of the most rousing receptions I have ever seen. They couldn't have had the crowd more behind them had they just won the whole thing.

It felt wonderful to be a part of it all. The atmosphere was amazing!

I left at halftime.