Arsenal 3 Milan 0
AC Milan advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League this evening after Arsenal fell agonisingly short of a remarkable comeback despite an emphatic 3-0 victory over the Italian champions.
Arsenal had been left needing to pull off one of the biggest comebacks in European history after suffering a 4-0 first leg thrashing against the Serie A leaders in the San Siro last month.
But first-half goals from Laurent Koscielny, Tomas Rosicky and captain Robin van Persie fired the Premier League side into an improbable 3-0 lead which left the Emirates Stadium daring to dream that a miracle was on the cards.
However Milan regrouped well after the break and Arsenal were unable to find the fourth goal that would have levelled the tie on aggregate, leaving the Premier League side to reflect on what might have been.
Arsenal had needed to make an early breakthrough to give their hopes of a miracle some momentum and they duly scored the goal they craved after only seven minutes to send the Emirates into raptures.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain swung in an inviting corner from the left, and as the jittery Milan...
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