Arsenal2 - 1 Olympiakos: Arsenal edge past Greeks
Oxlade-Chamberlain (8), Santos (20)
Olympiakos1
Fuster (27)
Arsenal were two up within 20 minutes as first 18-year-old Champions League debutant Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain beat Franco Costanzo with a low drive and then Brazilian left back Andre Santos struck.
Olympiakos, who had lost all their previous nine away fixtures in England, reduced the deficit after 27 minutes when Spaniard David Fuster placed a textbook header past Wojciech Szczesny but the closest they came to levelling was a shot off the bar.
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Hide AdArsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Song, Andre Santos, Frimpong, Arteta, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arshavin, Chamakh. Subs: Fabianski, Park, van Persie, Ramsey, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Coquelin.
Olympiakos: Costanzo, Torosidis, Mellberg, Marcano, Holebas, Orbaiz, Fejsa, Ibagaza, David Fuster, Djebbour, Mirallas. Subs: Megyeri, Modesto, Pantelic, Papadopoulos, Makoun, Potouridis, Abdoun.
Referee: CV Carballo (Esp). Att: 59,676