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Wed 11 Nov 2002Good night's work by ArsenalArsenal...0 PSV...0Arsenal last night failed to score for the first time since losing at Juventus in March but Arsene Wenger will not have been too downheartened. Despite playing for 55 minutes with 10 men, his team not only held but could easily have beaten a hugely disappointing PSV Eindhoven. A draw was also enough for them to win the group.Arsenal had been poor before Kolo Toure's red card and were understandably not at their best after. But Rami Shaaban had only one save to make and it was impossible to spot that Wenger's team were a man short. Had the substitute Sylvain Wiltord taken one of a couple of chances they might even have won, though PSV hit the bar late on.