Arteta told his re-jigged team to stay in the game and they were rewarded. They followed the plan, closing spaces with a good defensive performance – resilient, stubborn and well organised. It was un-Arsenal-like – particularly at Anfield, where Liverpool…
Arsenal were hot favourites going into this – creating banana-skin conditions and a chance of anti-climax. Tierney was injured in the warm-up which didn’t help the cause. Kolasinac came in – in what could be his last game, with interest…
A few surprises in the Arsenal line-up – Elneny in the middle, Maitland Niles on the left. Gabriel in the centre of defence, with Holding, no Saliba in the squad. Leno got the number one goalkeeping spot – Martinez looks to…
The Community Shield is a serious game if victorious, but a friendly in defeat. Apt name for a trophy in an empty stadium protecting the public. This win after a penalty shoot-out builds on the advances this year, further cements…
Several pieces on Arsenal’s potentially new centre back pairing of Magalhaes and Saliba. Interesting quotes in the Independent about Saliba. France youth coach Jean-Luc Vannuchi says he is cross between Virgil van Dijk and Raphael Varane. “A mix of the…
Following from a week is a long time in football, Arsenal have lost further stalwarts, and gained four u-23 players – in what appears to be a new policy. Pat Rice has gone from a scouting capacity but retained as…
A week is a long time in politics. Two weeks is an age in football. Twenty five years? An age seems to have passed with the departure of Raul Sanllehi. When will the top management at Arsenal stabilise? Yesterday we…
There was a time when the Cup Final was the only live televised football match all year. There was something mythical and magical about it. Something out of the ordinary happened or had a good chance of happening. Someone would…
A bit of a no-man’s land performance from Arsenal, with half an eye on next weekend. But given the reported state of finances, Arsenal needed the finishing position money. Arteta reverted to a back four – Maitland Niles and Tierney…
Arsenal moved up one place in the post restart League, from 10th to ninth – which is something, if not very much. Arsenal remain tenth in the actual Premier League table, but rank only 16th for chances created this season,…