Group H: Young Gunners slip and Olympiakos go through

PIRAEUS, Greece: Arsenal's young guns failed to fire on Wednesday as they slipped to a solitary goal defeat at Olympiakos in their final Champions League Group H pool encounter to take the Greeks through.

Having already wrapped up the group in taking 13 points from their opening five matches, Gunners' coach Arsene Wenger sent out a clutch of 10 teenagers as well as fit-again Theo Walcott, a comparative veteran at 20.

The 'Gooner babes' included 18-year-old debutant Thomas Cruise, Jack Wilshire, Kyle Bartley, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Francis Coquelin as Wenger pinned youthful colors to the mast, resting established names such as Cesc Fabregas.