Arsenal should have won this and were the better footballing side, but poor finishing and bad luck saw a draw. They were unchanged from the last game – the first time for two and a half years. But they looked…

Leeds create open matches – but bizarre that when a team is 4-1 up there are still worries about winning the match. At 4-2 with around 20 minutes to go, Leeds had a penalty shout, which would have made it…

Grossly disappointing result stemming from a sloppy pass and bad defending at the start. It was the 197th time – two stalwarts of English football met. Hard to imagine empty stadiums at the first clash 117 years ago. Arsenal finished…

Teams reflect their managers and there is something worrying in Arteta and the Arsenal team which came to the surface here – self destruction. It hadn’t arisen in David Luiz for a while, lulling us into a false sense of…

Arsenal had three key players out – Saka, Aubameyang, and Tierney. Manchester United were nearly at full strength. And they always represented a goal threat. Looked like the number of games were catching up with the players. United had the…

There was lot at stake for Arteta, given the weakened team he fielded on Saturday. In an interview at the end of the game, the Spaniard expressed anger in his voice, saying he couldn’t play his young players all the…

Arsenal only started playing with intensity in the last twenty minutes of this match –  not in keeping with their FA Cup pedigree. Enough to annoy Arsenal fans. There were seven changes – Aubameyang out with ‘family issue’, Smith Rowe…

All smiles. Best home win of the season, fifth clean sheet and a brace for Aubameyang and into the top half of the table. And for those with long memories – ball over the line payback time. Partey back was…

Important match. Arsenal could have gone into the top half of the table and continued the winning run. And Palace could have gone above Arsenal with a win. But where was the spark from Arsenal? Out with a muscle strain.…

Mikel Arteta risked throwing away the recent upswing with the team selection of too many out of form players lacking confidence. Some were so shorn of confidence they looked as if they weren’t trying. The quality at times was severely…