Arsenal and Besiktas are playing live on the UEFA Champions League schedule and the playoff match is live from Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey starting up past 2:45 pm ET and streaming live from Fox Soccer2Go and also on TV from Fox Sports as the Gunners try and move along in the UCL and this is a big match as the team comes in after playing in the Premier League.
Arsenal finished in fourth place in the English Premier League last season behind Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea and now they have the chance to make it into the main tournament for the Champs League. The team made it for the 14th straight season and they are looking to get Arsene Wenger some hardware and it comes after they made a number of moves in the summer, including signing Alexis Sanchez.
Arsenal had the chance to take control of the Preimer League table after leading for most of the first half of the season, but the Gunners could not get it done. Now the team is coming back and looking to get to the top of the EPL table and playing in the Champions League should only give them more motivation to get that done after making it again last season. The Gunners will be without left-back Kieran Gibbs with a hamstring injury and they will have to overcome that after he suffered the injury in the last game for the team.
Arsenal opened up their Premier League season with a win over Crystal Palace and now a report from the BBC says that he could be out for three weeks. Arsenal won over Fenerbahce last year in the Champions League playoff and now they face off against Besiktas, who were the runners up last season in the Turkish championship and they come in after winning on aggregate over Feyenoord.
Arsenal was able to get a win in their first game on the English Premier League schedule this season, but it was a close one against Crystal Palace and much closer than the Gunners wanted. Aaron Ramsey has continued his comeback from last year and he scored a goal and now the team has a wining result to open the season and that is all that matters. Wenger was not totally pleased with the performance, but he was happy about the result and now the team is looking to get that done again on Tuesday.
Brede Hangeland gave CP the lead early and that got everyone a bit worried until Laurent Koscielny was able to get in a ball from Alexis Sanchez. The second half was quiet and then things erupted at the end with Ramsey, who gave the team a victory in the final minute. Arsenal has won their last six games in the Premier League after this victory and also have now won their first opening weekend game in five chances and while the team did not have a full squad, they were expected to win and got the result that they wanted. The team will continue their EPL schedule following this matchup.
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