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Arsenal - Olympiacos 3-1 - 03/10/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Podolski fires Arsenal to Olympiacos victory
Arsenal FC recovered from a slow start to take control of their home meeting with Olympiacos FC and UEFA Champions League Group B.
After a disjointed opening 42 minutes a moment of individual brilliance from Gervinho put the Gunners in front, only for Kostas Mitroglou to head in the equaliser before half-time. It proved a temporary setback for the hosts, however, and the second period brought an improved performance that had its reward in goals from Lukas Podolski and substitute Aaron Ramsey.
Match in 5
- Arsenal take two-point lead in Group B
- Olympiacos lose 11th successive game in England
- Gervinho continues fine form with opening goal
- Mitroglou heads in equaliser in first-half added time
- Podolski and Ramsey on target after break to secure win
Reaction
We were a bit sloppy in the first half but we did much better after the break when we were more cautious with the ball. Gervinho is doing great and scoring a lot of goals.
Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal defender
Our main objective is to get into the next round. There are still another four games remaining so we will keep going despite knowing that we are at a disadvantage now.
Leonardo Jardim, Olympiacos coach
Lineups
 | Arsenal |  | Olympiacos |
| 24 | Mannone (GK) | 42 | Megyeri (GK) |
| 5 | Vermaelen (C) | 2 | Maniatis (C) |
| 6 | Koscielny 29 | 5 | Paulo Machado 81 |
| 8 | Arteta | 11 | Mitroglou 45+1 |
| 9 | Podolski5680 | 15 | Contreras62 |
| 15 | Oxlade-Chamberlain71 | 19 | David Fuster |
| 19 | Santi Cazorla | 20 | Holebas |
| 22 | Coquelin | 23 | Siovas |
| 25 | Jenkinson | 24 | Manolas |
| 27 | Gervinho4280 | 26 | Diakité73 |
| 28 | Gibbs | 27 | Greco67 |
Substitutes | |||
| 60 | Shea (GK) | 1 | Carroll (GK) |
| 11 | André Santos | 3 | Modesto |
| 12 | Giroud80 | 7 | Ibagaza73 |
| 14 | Walcott71 | 9 | Pantelić81 |
| 16 | Ramsey8090+4 | 25 | Lykogiannis |
| 20 | Djourou | 87 | Diogo |
| 23 | Arshavin | 93 | Abdoun67 |
Coaches | |||
| Steve Bould (ENG) | Leonardo Jardim (POR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) | |||
Standings
Group B
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arsenal | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Schalke | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Montpellier | 2 | 1 |
| 4 |  Olympiacos | 2 | 0 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 90+4Ramsey (Arsenal) scores!
The Welsh midfielder latches on to Olivier Giroud's flick and delicately chips the ball over the advancing goalkeeper to seal Arsenal's victory. - 81Pantelić (in) - Paulo Machado (out) (Olympiacos)
- 80Ramsey (in) - Podolski (out) (Arsenal)
- 80Giroud (in) - Gervinho (out) (Arsenal)
The scorer and assist maker departs for Olivier Giroud who is seeking his first UEFA Champions League goal.
Second-half goals from Lukas Podolski and Aaron Ramsey sealed a second successive Group B win for Arsenal to take them top of the table. Olympiacos must now regroup after extending their run of defeats on English soil to 11.