Witnesses report clashes in the centre and north, in what has been described as the largest jihadist attack in years.
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Arsenal ‘on a mission’ – is another special season on the horizon?<div><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The conditions that led to Lyon’s two costly mistakes were created by Arsenal’s intense pressing.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler should have collected Mariona Caldentey’s free-kick as it bobbled towards her, but the presence of Blackstenius put her off and she fumbled the ball backwards.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Seven minutes before time, Ingrid Engen let a pass roll past her, lost a foot race with Smith, and collided with Endler to give Smith an open goal.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">However, they were still the kind of errors you would not expect a vastly experienced goalkeeper and a two-time Champions League-winning defender to make.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">During her post-match news conference, Slegers did not entertain the idea that her side’s goals were fortunate.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“The first goal, it’s hard for the goalkeeper because the ball goes in front and there are runners so it’s hard to see. I think it caught the opposition off guard a bit,” Slegers said.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“The second goal is a good moment that we wanted to create. Sometimes you score the most brilliant goals – but you score all sort of goals in football.”</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The Caldentey free-kick that Endler misjudged and was bundled into her own net by Engen was one of several low Arsenal set-piece deliveries aimed to cause maximum disruption. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">It was clearly a rehearsed training ground ploy, although Slegers gave little away.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“Lyon is extreme with their physical power and height, so you always look at what we have, what the opposition has, and what the opportunities are for us,” she said.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">They were the kind of moments that go your way when things are going well and everything is beginning to click – as was Lyon’s Kadidiatou Diani hitting the crossbar when played through on goal with the score 1-1.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“I thought the momentum we came out of the second half with was massive and hopefully we can take it into the next few games,” striker Alessia Russo said. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“Football is about fine margins, sometimes things go your way, sometimes they don’t – it doesn’t matter how you score.”</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">In football, as in life, you make your own luck – and Arsenal’s season could be set for a thrilling conclusion.</p></div>#Arsenal #mission #special #season #horizon
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