5 things we learned from match day 2 of the UEFA Champions League
One more week of Champions League fixtures breezed past us, and like always it did not disappoint while throwing some surprise results our way. There were easy victories for the likes of Arsenal and Napoli whereas to everybody’s surprise, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were held on to a 3-3 draw by Celtic at home.
Here we take a look at the five things that we learned from Champions League match day 2:
#1 Theo Walcott and Arsenal announce themselves
After getting away with a lucky draw at Parc des Princes last time around, Arsenal did not waste much time against opponents FC Basel, as Theo Walcott headed an Alexis Sanchez cross emphatically to give the Gunners an early lead.
Not much time had passed before the duo combined again with a cheeky one-two, as the Chilean picked Walcott’s run in the box and the English winger made no mistake as he buried the ball past Tomas Vaclik to double their advantage.
Arsenal would easily have been ahead by a few more goals if not for Vaclik’s impressive performance in the Basel goal. The home team were also guilty of missing a horde of chances with Mesut Ozil particularly being wasteful in front of the goal. Alexis went very close to grabbing a well-deserved goal, but could not heap more misery on the Basel side.
With a line of key fixtures ahead, Arsenal have shown what they are capable of and they will be hoping that Theo Walcott continues his goal-scoring form.