Sport 06-11-2003 Cole Keeps Wenger`s Dream Alive who: Arsenal what: Beat Dynamo Kiev 1-0 in Champions` League where: Highbury, LONDON when: Last night snippet: "Ashley Cole rescued Arsenal`s Champions League dreams last night with a last-gasp winner at Highbury," says The Mirror. "The England defender headed home in the 88th minute to keep them in with a chance of qualifying from Group B. It had seemed the Gunners` disastrous run of eight Champions League games without a win would continue as they struggled to break down a resilient Dynamo Kiev." Kiev made precious few attempts on goal while the home side missed what The Times calls a "steady stream of missed opportunities" to score. "Arsenal`s frustration finally ended when Cole stole in at the far post to meet Henry`s header and beat the gallant [goalkeeper Olexandr] Shovkovskiy," says the BBC. Arsenal`s first home win in the Champions` League for 14 months "carried Arsenal to within three points of Group A leaders Inter, who could only draw 1-1 with Lokomotiv Moscow," explains The Telegraph, "and two points behind Kiev, who occupy the second qualification position." But Matt Dickinson of The Times is not convinced that the Wenger boys are destined for a place in the knockout stage. "This most fraught of victories could yet turn out to be nothing more than a temporary reprieve," he writes, "for a team that, for all its attacking gifts, still finds it unfathomably difficult to find the route to goal against European opposition." [... more]

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