Wilshere downs Marseille, but Gunners sweat on Napoli trip

Arsenal still not through despite easy win at Emirates, much to Wenger's surprise

Jack Wilshere
(Image credit: 2013 AFP)

Arsenal 2 Marseille 0. Arsenal are on the brink of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League yet again after a comfortable win at the Emirates on Tuesday night.

Two goals from Jack Wilshere saw the Gunners home against a Marseille side that arrived with no ambition and left with no applause. The French team were, frankly, a disgrace to the good name of football and it wasn't until the 76th minute that they registered their first shot on goal. One feels for their small band of travelling supporters who forked out a few hundred euros each to watch their team amble across the Emirates turf as if they were jogging on the golden sands of the Mediterranean.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.