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Football: Arsenal hit back to beat Standard Liege

Sep 16, 2009
 
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Arsenal fight back from going 2-0 behind early on to defeat Standard Liege 3-2 Vassilis Torosidis scores a late header as Olympiakos defeat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Brazilian duo Luis Fabiano and Renato on target as Sevilla open with a 2-0 win (CNN) -- Croatian striker Eduardo, who won his appeal against a UEFA suspension on Monday, grabbed the winner as Arsenal fought back from going 2-0 down inside five minutes to win their opening Champions League Group H clash 3-2 at Standard Liege. Eduardo was only available because the Premier League club successfully appealed against UEFA's two-match ban imposed for diving against Celtic in the second leg of their qualifying tie. So it was probably fitting Eduardo had the final say, as Arsenal recovered from a terrible start to open their group campaign with a morale-boosting away win. The... [read full story]                    

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