Eduardo seals Arsenal comeback in Liege

The Croatian, who had a two-game ban for diving overturned on Monday, kneed in the winner for the Gunners who trailed 2-0 after five minutes.
Nicklas Bendtner and Thomas Vermaelen also scored.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "It is always inevitable with Eduardo. "He is a guy who can always turn up on crosses because he has that anticipation. "He gave the ball away for their first goal and we were caught cold by a team who were really ready and started out of the blocks at full power. "Standard played like a cup final tonight with full commitment. "When you go 2-0 down after five minutes, you know you have a big task in front of you. "We fought back with a goal just before half-time and then, in the second half, the game dropped a bit in physical intensity.

"When they got tired, we got set-pieces and took advantage of them.
"We had a lot of players missing tonight through injury so this win shows the strength of our squad and the spirit we have."

The result and the way it was achieved was a massive boost for Arsenal, who had lost their previous two games against Manchester United and City.

Wenger added: "When you are at a big club, you cannot afford to have too many defeats on the trot."

The Arsenal boss claimed the decision to award an early penalty when William Gallas brought down Milan Jovanovic was harsh.

Yet the Belgians moaned that the Gunners' leveller should have been ruled out as Alex Song seemed to handle the ball on to defender Vermaelen, who tapped home from close range.

Wenger added: "The penalty looked harsh but I have not seen it again.
"As for our equaliser, it was impossible to see from the bench."

Liege boss Laszlo Boloni blasted: "They had good help from the referee. Two players were offside and there was also a clear handball from Song."