Arsenal 0-2 Schalke

Schalke knocked Arsenal off the top of
Champions League Group B with a
ruthless 2-0 win at the Emirates.
Second-half from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
and Ibrahim Afellay saw Schalke
leapfrog the Gunners, who suffered
their first defeat in the competition's
group stages.
Gervinho prodded wide as Arsenal
searched for an early breakthrough,
but the hosts were fortunate to avoid a
penalty when Vito Mannone felled the
onrushing Afellay, who was harshly
booked for diving.
Arsenal's attacks lacked their usual
spark and Lukas Podolski's ball across
the face was a rare moment of danger
for Schalke who should have taken the
lead when Atsuto Uchida's cross was
wastefully fired wide by Huntelaar.
The German side spurned another
chance after the break when Benedikt
Howedes blazed over, while Gervinho
was frustrating the home crowd as he
fired dangerously across the box
before being booked for a cynical dive
in the area.
But Schalke kept their composure amid
an increasingly tense atmosphere and
Huntelaar (76) strode onto Afellay's
knock-down before lashing past a
helpless Mannone.
Afellay then wrapped up the win as
Diego Farfan's low cross was gleefully
slammed into the net by the Schalke
frontman (84) but the hosts still look
good on six points to qualify.