By Ian Grant PLAYERSAccording to the Independent only Ray Parlour, Tony Adams, Martin Keown and the unused substitute Lee Dixon came to applaud their presence while the rest scampered for the warmth of the dressing room in Moscow. Arsenal are…
By Myles Palmer From Gareth Masters Myles, I have been an Arsenal fan all my life and I would like to say that your writing on them is the most incisive and knowledgeable I have ever read,and your reading of…
By Myles Palmer Leeds 1 Arsenal 0 Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord will only become a credible partnership when they both score goals in the same game – and make each other’s goals. Wiltord works from the flanks. Sometimes he…
By Myles Palmer Leeds 1 Arsenal 0 ————————- Vieira played, but Bergkamp was ill on Saturday and did not travel. Dacourt scored after 55 minutes. Next three games are all at home: Southampton, Bayern and Newcastle. Bergkamp can help Arsenal…
By Myles Palmer Did you see Hold The Back Page on Friday night? Brian Woolnough and Shaun Custis had been in Moscow with Arsenal. They said they had never seen Arsene Wenger as down as he was after they lost…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSDennis Bergkamp is ninth in the UK football business pay league, with £3.25m according to National Statistics.The Mirror reports that Dennis Bergkamp has ended his ‘row’ with Arsenal after agreeing a new two-year deal with the club.…
By Myles Palmer Moscow Spartak 4 Arsenal 1 Silvinho had scored after 77 seconds. Marcao had equalised after 29 minutes. The score was 1-1 at half-time. Then Spartak got their second goal after 51 minutes. Titov saw his first cross…
By Myles Palmer Spartak Moscow 4 Arsenal 1 Uefa coaching director Andy Roxburgh will want Silvinho’s goal for his video compilation. As a demonstration of how to destroy a sweeper defence by lightning counter-attack this was ONE OF THE FINEST…
By Myles Palmer A fantastic night of live football – if you have ITV 2 and can get home by 5pm. The Spartak Moscow v Arsenal programme starts on ITV2 at 4.30 pm and kicks off at 5 pm, which…
By Myles Palmer The T-men worry me because Vieira and Grimandi are missing. If there was ever a night when Arsenal needed strong-tackling midfielders it is this one. I’m worried that the runs of Titov and Tikhonov are too deadly…