FC Porto 2-1 Arsenal

Another major slip up by Arsenal as defensive errors really cost them at the first leg of the Champions League knockout round. Silvestre Varela scored Porto's first goal before Sol Campbell levelling it up only to have Falcao score the 2nd . The 22-man Arsenal squad travelled to the Dragon Stadium without key playmakers Andrey Arshavin, Alex Song, William Gallas, Manuel Almunia, Eduardo with