{"id":9288,"date":"2022-12-16T02:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/arsenal-0-1-lyon-defeat-for-gunners-but-they-qualify-for-quarter-finals\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T02:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:07:09","slug":"arsenal-0-1-lyon-defeat-for-gunners-but-they-qualify-for-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/arsenal-0-1-lyon-defeat-for-gunners-but-they-qualify-for-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal 0-1 Lyon: Defeat for Gunners but they qualify for quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Miedema has scored three goals in seven Champions League games this season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall said he was “very concerned” by a serious-looking injury to Vivianne Miedema during their Women’s Champions League defeat to Lyon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Gunners qualified for the quarter-finals despite defeat but it came at a cost as Miedema was taken off on a stretcher on the stroke of half-time. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 26-year-old Dutch forward was quickly surrounded by team-mates when she fell awkwardly off the ball, before receiving medical attention and having her leg heavily strapped.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t know [how bad it is]. I haven’t spoken to her or the doctor,” said Eidevall immediately after the match. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t have any updates but right now that takes a lot of my thoughts. I’m very concerned over that, but we had to stay focused on the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

“After the game we are concerned but [at half-time] we are super professional, we don’t let anything take away our focus from what we are doing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gunners top Group C with a game remaining, but it was not a celebratory evening at Emirates Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quiet first half ended badly for Arsenal when Frida Maanum’s own goal gave Lyon the lead, moments before Miedema left the pitch in tears on a stretcher.<\/span><\/p>\n

With just seven months to go before the World Cup, it is a huge blow for Miedema, who had earlier had a shot blocked in the first half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defender Lotte Wubben-Moy headed over the bar from one of Arsenal’s best chances, while Australian full-back Steph Catley also made several crucial interventions at the other end to deny Lyon’s Delphine Cascarino.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyon eventually took the lead in controversial fashion on the stroke of half-time when a ball over the top was not dealt with by Arsenal and Vanessa Gilles’ header bounced off the thigh of Maanum, who claimed an offside in the build-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were muted celebrations initially from Lyon’s players until the goal was confirmed by the referee and frustration followed for Arsenal as play resumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miedema’s injury minutes later meant the stadium was silenced at half-time on a chilly night in north London. <\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal, who <\/span>stunned the holders 5-1 in Lyon<\/span><\/a> in October, searched for an equaliser in the second half and almost found it in the final minute of normal time when a corner was scrambled off the line and Stina Blackstenius’ strike was saved at the near post.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger was called into action to parry away a powerful strike by Lyon substitute Eugenie Le Sommer and the French giants carried a threat throughout. <\/span><\/p>\n

Eidevall’s side go into their final match with Zurich on 21 December knowing a place in the last eight is sealed but victory will earn top spot in the group.<\/span><\/p>\n

“That’s what’s important. That we go to Zurich and we win, and we be the number one in the group,” added the Swede.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal’s progression in the competition has been smooth but the latest injury to Miedema – while Ballon d’Or runner-up Beth Mead is already sidelined with an ACL injury – means qualification comes at a cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Formation <\/span> <\/span>4-2-3-1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/span>Zinsberger<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

26<\/span>Wienroither<\/span><\/span>6<\/span>Williamson<\/span><\/span>3<\/span>Wubben-Moy<\/span><\/span>7<\/span>Catley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

13<\/span>W\u00e4lti<\/span><\/span>12<\/span>Maanum<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

15<\/span>McCabe<\/span><\/span>11<\/span>Miedema<\/span><\/span>19<\/span>Foord<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

25<\/span>Blackstenius<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n