Arsenal

Can Arsenal Be Title Contenders?

by Joao


Are Arsenal worthy of being contenders for the title this season? It’s a question that’s been asked of them every season for the last five years. Are they ready to finally produce what seems to be Arsene Wenger’s ongoing, never-finished project?

This season, Arsenal are an interesting prospect. Once a dominant force in the Premier League for a number of years, they’ve had to make do with merely qualifying for the Champions League the last five seasons rather than add to their trophy cabinet. The last silverware the Gunners saw was the 2004-2005 FA Cup in which they beat Chelsea. [click to continue…]

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Top Six Premier League Predictions

by Joao


As the new Barclay’s Premier League season kicked off this weekend, it’s exciting to get a glimpse of what we’re in store for. The opening weekend already had some surprises, and the transfer window has yet to shut. It’s been an uncharacteristically slow close season, which makes it even more difficult to determine who will come out on top in May, but this looks to be one of the most compelling seasons to watch in a long time. [click to continue…]

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Arsenal v Liverpool Live

October 28, 2009

Samir Nasri and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski could make their first starts of the season as Arsenal host Liverpool in the 4th round of the Carling Cup tonight. Arsene Wenger will likely start with Philippe Senderos and Mikael Silvestre in defence, sticking with his usual strategy of playing younger players in the cup games. Liverpool boss [...]

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Arsenal v Birmingham Live

October 16, 2009

The last time Arsenal met Birmingham, Eduardo ended up with a dislocated ankle and a broken leg at the hands of Martin Taylor. There is no chance of a repeat today – both players sit out through injury. Cameron Jerome will return for Birmingham, but Christian Benitez misses out (and looks likely to be hit [...]

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Arsenal 6 – 2 Blackburn Highlights

October 3, 2009

In the highest scoring game of today, Arsenal beat Blackburn 6-2 after falling behind twice. Arsenal produced a performance of flair and invention to hammer Blackburn. Blackburn opened the scoring with Steven Nzonzi heading in Paul Robinson’s free-kick before Thomas Vermaelen equalized. David Dunn made it 2-1 to Rovers with a deflected shot, but Van [...]

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Arsenal v Olympiakos Live

September 29, 2009

Arsenal host Olympiakos tonight without Nicklas Bendtner, who was injured when he crashed his Aston Martin on Sunday. Arsene Wenger said: “Fortunately there was no real long-term damage, but he was bruised and we thought it better he did not train. He should be back for Sunday’s game (against Blackburn).” Manuel Almunia is still suffering [...]

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Fulham 0 – 1 Arsenal Highlights

September 25, 2009

Arsenal were lucky to scrape by Fulham 1-0 today, after their goalkeeper Vito Mannone had to make several world class saves to keep a clean sheet. Fulham were certainly the better of the two sides, but Arsenal won it when Robin Van Persie got on the end of a Cesc Fabregas ball and hammered the [...]

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Arsenal 4 – 0 Wigan Highlights

September 18, 2009

Arsenal thrashed an un-impressive Wigan side which led them to win four goals to nil. Centre-back Thomas Vermaelen scored twice, firstly with a header which earnt them the lead and then another which was curled in from the edge of the box. Arsenal’s third goal came from a shot by Eduardo that was deflected by [...]

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Standard Liege 2 – 3 Arsenal Highlights

September 16, 2009

Eduardo grabs a late winner as Arsenal recover from 2-0 down to secure a precious 3-2 win against Standard Liege in a thrilling Champions League Group H opener. Eliaquim Mangala shot in and Milan Jovanovic had given Standard Liege a shock 2-0 lead before Nicklas Bendtner pulled one back. Song set up Belgium international Vermaelen [...]

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Manchester City v Arsenal Live

September 11, 2009

Robinho is an injury doubt for Manchester City as they host Arsenal, after picking up an injury as Brazil beat Argentina last weekend. Unfortunately for Mark Hughes a player on the losing team got injured also – Carlos Tevez, who now faces missing this game and the Manchester derby next week. Man City are not [...]

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Manchester United 2- 1 Arsenal Highlights

August 28, 2009

Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-1 today, despite going 1-0 down. Andrey Arshavin scored an excellent goal just before the end of the first half, and Arsenal finished the half ahead. In 59 minutes, Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia fouled Wayne Rooney in the box. Rooney picked himself up and slotted the penalty past him for the [...]

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Arsenal 3, Celtic 1 Highlights

August 26, 2009

Arsenal won tonights game 3-1, sending Celtic crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers. Eduardo scored the first goal in 25 minutes after an extremely soft penalty was given. Eboue added a second in 53 minutes and substitute Andrey Arshavin was only on the park 2 minutes before he added a third. Donati pulled one [...]

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