UEFA Champions League: Gunners And Shakhtar Take Series Openers

Two more games were played as the opening week of Round of 16 action in the UEFA Champions League came to a close on Wednesday.


At London:




Goals from Robin Van Persie (78', seen here) and Andrei Arshavin (83') lifted Arsenal to a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Barcelona in the opening game of their two-match series.  David Villa scored what might still be a precious away goal for Barca at 26 minutes.


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At Rome:





Jadson (29'), Douglas Costa (36'), and Luiz Adriano (41', shown here) all scored a goal apiece in the first half as Shakhtar Dontesk stunned AS Roma 3-2 on the road in their series opener.


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