But, Arsene Wenger has a proud record in the tournament, and despite making some changes, the Gunners fielded a strong line - up and produced a good performance to see off Sunderland with
the same scoreline as they achieved against the Mackems in the league last month, and there were the same goalscorers in a repeat 3 - 1 win.
Earlier in the season, Cardiff lost 2 - 1 at Newcastle and they lost their last home match against the Magpies by
the same scoreline as well.
They then lost a close game to champions Manchester City, and then faced more humiliation in the North London derby as they were blitzed 5 - 2 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium,
the same scoreline as last season.
Not exact matches
True, the last series to be held down under was a damp squib
as a contest with England being summarily dismissed with a 5 - 0 whitewash but the odds on the
same scoreline being replicated this time round are extremely slim
If you were looking for encouragement, however, you did not have to wait long,
as Liverpool faced Klopp's former club Mainz the next day and were crushed by the
same 4 - 0
scoreline that they had beaten Barca by.
This is hard to verify: man of the match awards are not recorded and archived with the
same reverence
as scorelines, and tend to be made on the whim of a co-commentator, a public vote, or whoever's still conscious in the corporate boxes.
Arsenal won 4 - 0 at the Emirates against 20th placed Aston Villa, a
scoreline that was exactly the
same as last season's FA Cup final win, coincidently around the
same time of year.
Aston Villa registered an away win
as well, getting the better of Stoke City 1 - 0 at the Britannia Stadium, while Hull City edged past Queens Park Rangers by the
same scoreline at Loftus Road in London.
The
same could be said for football
as Stuart Pearce's Under - 21 side served us up another international tournament that we'd all rather forget after they were torn apart by a dominant Germany side in the European Championship final courtesy of a 4 - 0
scoreline.
This match is a tough one to call, but I'm going to go with the
same result and
scoreline as when they played in March.
They are
as capable of defeating Sevilla 5 - 1 in the group stages
as they are losing to the
same scoreline.
Having lost the first leg of their quarter - final contest 3 - 0 at home, Juve were on the verge of forcing extra-time at the Santiago Bernabeu
as they led by the
same scoreline heading into stoppage time.
Arsenal recreated a familiar
scoreline,
as they blew away Sp * rs by the
same margin, they had thumped them back in February with.