Historic Olympiakos triumph at Arsenal

Olympiakos defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the last minute of extra time in London, against all odds, and qualified to the last 16 of the Europa League in a historic night not only for the Piraeus club but also for Greek soccer in general.

In what was arguably one of the best away games ever for the Reds, they overturned their 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Piraeus to win 1-0 after 90 minutes and bounce back after Arsenal's equalizer in extra time to score in the dying minutes of the game at the Emirates and dump the Premier League side out of the tournament.

In the first half Arsenal seemed quite toothless, with Olympiakos keeping the hosts away with relative ease.

In the second half the visitors stunned Arsenal as on the 53rd minute Mathieu Valbuena picked Pape Abou Cisse in the area and he headed the ball home to level the aggregate score between the two teams,...

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