Post Match Reaction: Udinese (A)

The strongest comeback we've pulled off in recent years has seen us qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the fifteenth season in succession.

The Talking Point:
Wojciech Sczescny's 60th minute penalty save was a huge point in both the match, and the young Pole's so far flourishing career. With the scores evenly poised at 1-1, Udinese would have taken the lead and only needed one more with a full 30 minutes of home support behind them to find the goal needed to knock us out. As it was, Sczescny's save kept the scores level, and just five minutes later, Theo added the vital second away goal that killed the tie.

Positives:
Yet another goal for Walcott, who has started the season in blistering form, whilst Gervinho was outstanding throughout, leading former Gooner Lee Dixon to compare him to Thierry Henry on BBC Radio 5 Live's commentary. Sczescny was outstanding once more between the sticks and Tomas Rosicky's creativity following his half-time introduction really changed the flow of the midfield battle.

Negatives:
Di Natale once again caused the Arsenal backline a whole host of problems and ghosted away from Djourou for the opener in a way he shouldn't have been allowed.

Conclusion:
1-0 down at half-time and on the verge of heading out of Europe, our resilience in the second half proved even their most hardcore of doubters wrong. Wenger talks about 'mental strength' but tonight, the boys truly came good in one of their finest European performances in recent years.