There are two types of people who bet on football – those who follow form and those who ignore it in favour of a dreamy punt on a longshot. Only a complete dreamer would have backed Arsenal to overcome their 5-1 first-leg deficient against Bayern Munich. Before kickoff at the Emirates this evening Arsenal were a huge 40-1 to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. And anybody brave, or stupid, enough to take those odds will have felt a little twinge downstairs when Theo Walcott smashed an absolute rocket of a shot past Manuel Neuer to put Arsenal 1-0 up on the night. Walcott fired the Gunners ahead inside the opening 20 minutes when his hopeful effort flew into the roof of...
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