TEAM NEWS: The Italian Champions arrive to this UEFA Champions League clash without Mario Yepes, Gennaro Gattuso, Rodney Strasser, Alexander Merkel, Alberto Aquilani and Antonio Cassano although some of them are not in the UCL squad anyway. The Gunners from London have to deal without Andrè Santos, Carl Jenkinson, Emmanuel Frimpong, Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby in the first eightfinals leg.
AC Milan (4-3-1-2) – Massimiliano Allegri
Christian Abbiati; Ignazio Abate, Philippe Mexes, Thiago SIlva, Luca Antonini; Clarence Seedorf, Mark Van Bommel, Antonio Nocerino; Kevin-Prince Boateng; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho.
Bench: Amelia (GK), Nesta, Bonera (DEF), Ambrosini, Emanuelson (MID), Pato, El Shaarawy (ATT).
Arsenal (4-4-2) – Arsene Wenger
Wojciech Szczęsny; Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs; Tomáš Rosický, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song; Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott.
Bench: Fabiański (GK), Djourou (DEF), Benayoun, Coquelin (MID), Henry, Chamberlain , Arshavin (ATT).
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN).
February 16th, 2012 on 12:11 am
WHAAAT A SAVED..ABBIATI..
February 16th, 2012 on 12:17 am
Allegri cant change. Why would he bring on ambrosini? Pathetic, very pathetic.
February 16th, 2012 on 12:21 am
Oh give it a REST! It’s about closing up a match.
People can’t complain about robinho, so they need to find something else to complain about.
February 16th, 2012 on 11:59 am
I wonder why people keep complaining!… this ws Boa’s first match after an injury, People were complaining about Robinho well, he scored 2 Goals! for god sakes!… Please give credit wen it is due!… Ambrosini is very good at defensively breaking play, he can provide you with a good fast break wen Arsenal were on the attack!!… tactically it was perfect!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:23 am
IBRAAAA…
February 16th, 2012 on 12:23 am
lets get the fourth one, and kill the leg. 3 a 0, is not enought
February 16th, 2012 on 12:23 am
Penalty. Go ibra
February 16th, 2012 on 12:23 am
4-0 IBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA penalty!
Deserved! Allegri called the shots today… Allegri blast haters away!
Ibra CL flop? One goal, two as-sists? I think not!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:24 am
IBRAAAA…4-0…IN YOUR FACE..
February 16th, 2012 on 12:26 am
He put ambro coz he want to save this match by putting a defnsive type player..
February 16th, 2012 on 12:30 am
Pato’s long awaited return… lets see what he can do…
February 16th, 2012 on 12:33 am
thank u ibradaca 4
February 16th, 2012 on 12:40 am
4-0 FINAL SCORE FORZA ROSSONERI
February 16th, 2012 on 12:40 am
How did Pato miss that…whaaaaat we could have made it 5
Forza Milan
February 16th, 2012 on 12:44 am
If it were Shaarawy he would’ve placed the ball on the far right rather than shot straight ahead sczheny or whatever his name is.
February 16th, 2012 on 12:40 am
Sweet revenge!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:40 am
Pato could’ve made it 5, c’mon buddy, please get back in form!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:41 am
We deserve the win!!!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:43 am
Great tactics by Allegri
Great finishing by all attacker
Great all by Milan team
Forza Milan..
February 16th, 2012 on 12:45 am
I still would give el sharaawy a chance, he woulda made it 6-0 easily
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You can see that Pato doesn’t even run a lot although the match was won already. He needs motivation, maybe Barbara could give him some(?).
February 16th, 2012 on 12:47 am
Pato should be drop… Shaarawy should have come instead… but still… I’m sure both will get their chance in the second leg.
Arsenal got annihilated. Vermalean was awful… where is that gunner now?
February 16th, 2012 on 12:50 am
THIS IS REALLY LAME! Arsenal thought they could shoot at milan with their rusty guns! GONERS INDEED!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:50 am
Somebody pinch me i must be dreamin . Great game . Allegri haters , here is ur english team . We cud have scored 8 gols .
February 16th, 2012 on 12:50 am
One call..FORZA MILAN…WHAAT A GAME…
February 16th, 2012 on 12:51 am
wenger treated us like wigan during the interview.he doesnt know he won last time because of complacency of milan.he didnt know even about our injuries thinking pato wuld start.THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , CHERISH IT FOR THE SEVEN TIMES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ARE BACK! Forza allergi!no bashing 2day,..epl..underrated
February 16th, 2012 on 12:57 am
We were very serious this time. And we have many new players… strong investment by the great Berlusconi family. 4-0… Arsenal got annihilated.
February 16th, 2012 on 12:53 am
nothing sweeter than beating epl
February 16th, 2012 on 12:55 am
One call..FORZA MILAN…
WHAAT A GAME…IBRAAA.BOATENG.BINHO,..
THIAGO SILVA =PURE CLASS
February 16th, 2012 on 12:56 am
vermalean is considered as the best,after their best ie vidic.the english dont know of t.silva,ask v.persie 4 insight.
February 16th, 2012 on 12:56 am
Top Of the Match:
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC + THIAGO SILVA.
I’M GLAD THAT THEY PLAY FOR AC MILAN!!!!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:57 am
I’m at work and didn’t get to see the game, but I see the scoreline and read that it was a fantastic performance by Milan. I can’t wait to get home and watch it in a few hours.
February 16th, 2012 on 12:58 am
Antonini actually had a good game. All the Robinho haters can keep silent. I’m really surprised we won the way we did. One of the commentators did make a good point. We still aren’t the strongest Milan team. We will be exposed further in the competition for our weaknesses. Very exciting match to say the least though. Forza Milan!
February 16th, 2012 on 12:58 am
Lets hope we play well against Cesena, Did anyone saw Jube? Giovinco deserve to have a penalty!! :/ Juventus are so fake!
February 16th, 2012 on 1:19 am
Fake and plastic
February 16th, 2012 on 1:03 am
God bless AC Milan! Allegri is doing well! Juve will be the joke of Serie A this season!
Juventus will go unbeaten and still loose Serie A! Mark my words!
Let’s see how far we can go this year as I believe Milan is the only team that can beat Barca in the CL!
February 16th, 2012 on 7:57 am
so does it mean we won’t defeat them in San Siro?
February 16th, 2012 on 1:04 am
be patient with pato,..yeah i know,i mean be MORE patient with him,see..there z a comment from john here sayin robinho all z 4given,..ha ha..from TZ,I wish u all goodnight
February 16th, 2012 on 1:05 am
And some one said we’ll lose lineup was bad, we’re comitting suicide?
Well, beating Arsenal 4-0 is almost impossible but we managed it today.
And Juve drew 0-0 with Parma make it more sweet.
Forza Milan.
February 16th, 2012 on 1:05 am
Forza milan . R.I.P ARSENAL.
February 16th, 2012 on 1:06 am
forza milano. Luv u guys.
February 16th, 2012 on 1:07 am
Finally! Thank you for this moment! :’)
February 16th, 2012 on 1:07 am
Antonini should have won a penalty and not a yellow card for that clash with SCzanesy (or whatever his name is). Antonini played pretty good.
Anyways, Mesbah can play the emirates game, with Nesta and Silva in defense.
Vermalean was the flop today… maybe along with Rosicky.
February 16th, 2012 on 1:11 am
The English commentator was crying like a baby hahahaha
February 16th, 2012 on 1:22 am
English commentators are rude.One of them said “This is not a great Milan side.Arsenal play woefully”..haha..now we’ve taught them what calcio is all about.English think that they are master in football.In your face fella!!haha
February 16th, 2012 on 1:13 am
Handshakes all around!
Great showing today against flip-floppy Arsenal. Here’s to ‘binho building on today’s performance and the whole club moving fwd in a positive manor.
My face hurts from all this smiling! lol
FORRRRRRRRRZA MIIIIILAN!!!!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2012 on 1:15 am
Guys it’s my birthday today. Thank you Milan for the best present ever! To me this is the biggest result since the 3-0 vs Man Utd. Emanuelson coming on for Seedorf early was HUGE! Kevin KING Boateng and Ibra unstoppable FORZA MILAN!!!!
February 16th, 2012 on 1:20 am
HBD Greg, best wishes for you lad..
February 16th, 2012 on 1:23 am
thank you mate
February 16th, 2012 on 1:24 am
Buon compleanno, Greg! Enjoy the rest of your day!
February 16th, 2012 on 1:27 am
HB my fellow rossonero!
February 16th, 2012 on 1:54 am
thanks for the birthday wishes guys.
All together now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y
February 16th, 2012 on 1:58 am
Happy birthday fam, your day is fantastic for us too. All the best
February 16th, 2012 on 3:00 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WE ALL CELEBRATED WITH YOU TODAY
February 16th, 2012 on 1:29 am
Next Victim in San Siro:
JUVENTUS FC
February 16th, 2012 on 1:56 am
God did it for us and put Taye Taiwo to shame, stupid boy who thought he could expose us with his “how to beat Milan” tips. Congrats fam
February 16th, 2012 on 2:00 am
Milan! Milan! solo con te
Milan! Milan! sempre per te
Camminiamo noi accanto ai nostri eroi
sopra un campo verde, sotto un cielo blu
Conquistate voi una stella piu’
a brillar per noi
e insieme cantiamo.
Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te
Oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
una grande squadra
sempre in festa ole’
oh oh oh oh oh
oho hohoh hohohohohoh
ohohohohoohh
e insieme cantiamo!
Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te
Con il Milan nel cuore
nel profondo dell’anima
un vero amico sei
e insieme cantiamo
Milan Milan solo con te
Milan Milan sempre per te
ohohohohohohohohohoh…….
February 16th, 2012 on 8:48 am
Can u translate this to english?
I just to know what its mean.
Thank U
February 16th, 2012 on 2:43 am
Allegri has a good intuition, he brought binho in his formation, although binho didn’t play well recently. Also a good tactician, He gave instruction along the match, not like that big boss Wenger, only sat at his chair. Ibra, boateng, binho, silva, also abbiati and whole team are very fantastic
I’m very proud with you Milan…FORZA MILAN !!!
February 16th, 2012 on 3:00 am
@nick if you say juve will finish unbeaten you are saying we won’t beat them on san siro
February 16th, 2012 on 1:53 pm
I’m saying that Juve will not win the scudetto even if we dont beat them at the San Siro!
Therefore I am NOT worried if our game with them ends in a draw!
February 17th, 2012 on 9:28 am
If they keep drawing and dropping two points on and on… they could blow it and end up in 3rd or even 4th.
February 16th, 2012 on 9:43 am
Guys I knw ibrA nd binho did well…the whole teAm did well…bt no-one mentioned emAnuelson..he brought so much dynAnisism in the midfield…he gets better nd better everytime..forzA milAn.
February 23rd, 2012 on 11:46 am
Forza milan forza alegri