article_snippet.sent: I have heard it said that the 0-0 draw was boring and the lack of goals made it dull
article_snippet.sent: It was an absorbing contest, as good a 0-0 as you could wish to see, and It showed why English clubs are struggling to make an impact in the competition.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool, for instance, never kept a clean sheet in six matches in the group stages.
article_snippet.sent: Yes, they were in the same group as Real Madrid but failing to shut out FC Ludogorets and Basel over four matches was the reason they fell at the first hurdle.
article_snippet.sent: In the last 16, meanwhile, the numbers were just as damning.
article_snippet.sent: Arsenal did keep a clean sheet in Monaco but by then the damage had been done.