Safety first as Gunners carve out cagey draw

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The Gunners were indebted to Ashley Cole, who headed a free-kick off his line, but chances were otherwise at a premium on a night when Valencia's shock defeat by Roma was the real turning point in the group.

Arsene Wenger was at least missing only Fredrik Ljungberg from his possible first-choice line-up, with the Swede to continue his recovery from an Achilles injury in the reserves.