Sloppy Gunners held to draw in Norway

Rosenborg 1 Arsenal 1

Arsene Wenger admitted the Barclays Premiership leaders need to start to show the same confidence in the Champions League as they do each week in their domestic league if they are to progress in Europe’s elite club competition.

But after starting brightly in the Lerkendal Stadium and taking the lead through Freddie Ljungberg on six minutes, the Gunners failed to convert their chances and were made to pay when Roar Strand fired in a deserved equaliser for the hosts at the start of the second half to maintain the Norwegian’s unbeaten home record in this competition stretching back to September 2001.