Football Betting: Punters win big as Arsenal are outclassed by AC Milan

It has been a dreadful trip for Arsenal in Milan but some punters were able to celebrate. The best odds were offered on the betting exchange Betfair on both the half-time/full-time double at San Siro.
All the media were talking about the Italian football's decline prior Arsenal's Champions League trip to Italy and critics were also targeting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's failure to perform against English opposition: all those views were subjected to ridicule at San Siro where The Rossoneri strolled to a 4-0 victory that could have been even fiercer if Alexandre Pato would have been able to convert a couple of chances towards the end of the game.
Those who didn't listened to pundits were well compensated: for example punters who staked £20 on AC Milan winning both halves managed to gain £56.05. Arsene Wenger is usually protective but was forced to admit that there is no way back for the Gunners in this competition and that they have probably delivered the worst even European performance. AC Milan price to win the Champions League for the first time in five years were slashed from 50.00 to 14.5. Arsenal to reach the quarter-finals is rated a 39.00 so bookmakers also believe that is game over for the North London club. Zlatan Ibrahimovic price to be top scorer is now at 14.00.
It was a surprising outcome after all as the Gunners went into the game with an excellent away record to Italian sides but they were soon chasing the game after Boaten scored a fantastic goal for AC Milan. Arsenal never looked like getting back into this tie and just before the first half they conceded the second goal to Robinho after some excellent attacking play by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The price for a 2-0 at Half time was at 4.80.
In the second half Wenger decided to put Thierry Henry in as an emergency option. The French star however couldn't ignite a poor Arsenal team and the Gunners were soon down 3-0 after the interval with Robinho once again able to exploit another defensive slip of the visitor's defence. Towards the end of the match Ibrahimovic won and scored a penalty meaning Arsenal have more than a mountain to climb in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium.
Few punters were also able to make some money on Wednesday's other round of 16 encounter as Zenit St. Petersburg managed to win 3-2 after a thrilling encounter. The Russians triumph 3-2 over Benfica with two goals from Roman Shirokov. Anyone who stuck for example a £10 Free Bets on that being the final score earned a great £446.50 on Betfair whit bookmakers like Ladbrokes that only paid out £250 reward for the same outlay.

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