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A three-way title race is unfolding in the Premier League this season. We’re seeing one of the more exciting conclusions in recent years. It’s delightfully unclear with ten games to go whether Arsenal, Manchester City, or Liverpool will be champions.
Wednesday night saw Aston Villa produce a fine 1-0 victory over Man City. This was just the latest in a number of interesting recent games between the Premier League Top 8.
A fractious game finished Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal on Saturday night. Mikel Arteta and his remarks in post-match interviews have dominated the discussion since the full time whistle. The Arsenal boss was far from happy as he branded officials and VAR “a disgrace”.
Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton this weekend seems to have put the writing on the wall. It appears that Manchester City will win the Premier League title again this season. But having led by eight points as recently as 1st April, have Arsenal bottled it? What is ‘bottling it’? The idea of “losing your bottle” […]
The Premier League title races finale could be exciting this year with a different challenger for the juggernaut that is Pep Guardiolaâs Manchester City. Not only are north London giants Arsenal challenging the reigning champions, but they are five points clear of the Citizens at the top of the Premier League table with just 12 […]
Itâs safe to say that Arsenalâs Pierre Emerick Aubameyang is among the top strikers in the world. But with the Gabonese superstar showing some reluctance to sign a new contract, itâs fair to say Arsenal should start scouting future replacements for the pacy hitman in case he leaves. According to reports, Aubameyang wants to join […]
In the latest January transfer window, it was Arsenal who took the headlines. In their busiest January window since its introduction, they sold six players and recruited three. Selling the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott while recruiting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. However, it wasnât a transfer that was Arsenalâs best […]
The Superliga is in its mid-season break and we are still 4 weeks away from Fecha 13 to kick off. Iâll try and catch you up on what has happened so far and what we can expect from the remaining games. Each week will feature 7 teams, all in alphabetic order. Argentinos Juniors The newly-promoted […]
Since breaking into the Arsenal first-team at the age of just 16 years as well as the full England squad at the age of 18, Wilshereâs career has unfortunately been hampered by a series of injuries. At the age of 25, all is not lost for a player looking to fight his way back into […]
Footballers often get a bad rep. There have been many instances in the past of them behaving badly and not setting the example many think they should for children the world over. This has been the week where we have seen the worst of professional footballers once again. On Sunday, the nation awoke to the […]
The first leg of the Europa Leagueâs second qualifying round highlighted the fact that there can be plenty of shocks in the competition. That has carried on in the second, as Ostersunds knocked out Galatasaray. The Turks had a large task on their hand after losing 2-0 in the first leg and werenât up to […]
Perhaps the shock of the summer came this week as Leonardo Bonucci ended his seven-year tenure at Juventus. The 2016 Serie A Player of the Year has joined a revolutionised AC Milan team for a fee of âŹ42 million. The player which Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said would be âleader of the dressing roomâ just […]
The erstwhile season is over and now begins the football equivalent of dumping your partner and searching for a better model. And it is in Spain where this gauntlet has been taken up with fervent gusto. Clubs have been figuratively marauding around the singles bar that is the managerial market and hooking up with their […]
A summary of the Brazilian football week, and a preview of the third round of the Brazilian Championship, written by a native, for the public outside the country of football… BRAZIL’S CUP There were two matches from the round of 16 on Wednesday. In the first leg, Parana beat Atletico MG in a great match […]
In unveiling Arsenal’s new 3-4-3 formation on Monday, Arsene Wenger accomplished two things. The first was most importantly that Arsenal earned three points and kept their nascent top four hopes alive. The second was to show that their manager is strategically woke and can adapt to the hot trends in modern soccer. Yet as Arsenal […]
The Arsene Wenger saga is a farce on many levels, but it is sadly not an uncommon one. While the debate is open as to whether or how much Arsenal is underachieving, there is no debate that the status of Arsene Wenger is hampering the club. Players will come and go regardless of who the […]
In the build up to Halloween, Shkodran Mustafi pranked some of his Arsenal teammates. Take a look at the video here to see how they reacted:
Granit Xhaka also tried his hand at Dejan StankoviÄâs long range effort in the UEFA Champions League in 2011 for Inter Milan: Santi Cazorla has attempted to recreate Thierry Henryâs famous Premier League goal against Manchester United in 2000.
Arsenal Football Club Launches Junior Gunners App Arsenal has become the first Premier League football club to launch a fully interactive childrenâs app specifically for its young supporters. Junior Gunners and young Arsenal fans globally can look forward to joining a virtual Arsenal world and playing a host of fun and educational games. They will […]
Arsenal Football Club supports The BFG Dream Jar Trail raising funds for Save the Children The Arsenal Foundation has teamed up with its global charity partner, Save the Children to support âThe BFG Dream Jar Trailâ which sees dozens of personalities supporting public art installations to raise money for children across the world. The initiative […]
