Arsene Wenger has compared the negativity directed towards him from sections of Arsenal’s support to a virus. The Frenchman felt that most keenly when Arsenal hosted Swansea at the Emirates in March. Playing against a severely weakened side, the atmosphere turned toxic when the Welsh club equalised and it only worsened when Ashley Williams struck […]
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All summer Arsenal fans clamored for Arsene Wenger to sign up a big-name striker to replace Olivier Giroud as the focal point of the Arsenal attack. Instead Wenger decided that he already had the world-class striker than the Arsenal fans wanted, in Alexis Sacchez. And the stats show that Chile international is a much better […]
Arsene Wenger accepted he was lucky to celebrate 20 years in charge of Arsenal with a Premier League victory after Laurent Koscielny’s controversial stoppage-time winner sank Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor. Wenger, officially appointed Arsenal boss 20 years and one day ago, looked set to mark his anniversary in frustrating fashion as the Gunners mis-fired […]
Theo Walcott has admitted that Arsenal players know that they need to do better and insists that there is a change of mentality at the club which will ensure that teams like Burnley, who Arsenal play on Sunday, will not relish taking them on. Arsenal have produced two of their best and most coherent performances […]
Despite displacing Petr Cech as the Chelsea No 1 to be a mainstay in the Blues’ title win less than 18 months ago, Thibaut Courtois has become statistically the worst goalkeeper in the Premier League. A promising start to the season under Antonio Conte has disappeared after successive defeats by Liverpool and Arsenal, and this […]
Spending money does make a difference, it seems, as two of Arsenal’s big-money summer signings helped the Gunners into the fourth round of the league cuo. Granit Xhaka and Lucas Perez, £47 million worth of talent, scored either side of half-time to set up a routine win for Arsenal ahead of their crunch derby against […]
Barcelona have made the signing of Arsenal full back Hector Bellerin their top priority for next summer’s transfer window. The Spaniard left Barca to join Arsene Wenger’s side five years, but could become the latest in a long line to return to the Catalan giants after moving away. The defender has become a first-team fixture […]
Arsene Wenger was impressed by the way Arsenal brought a tough week to a convincing end at Hull. Having required a last-gasp penalty to fortuitously secure victory against Southampton last weekend, the north Londoners rode their luck as they started their Champions League campaign with a draw at Paris St Germain. Alexis Sanchez scored Tuesday’s […]
Arsene Wenger was left feeling vindicated by his surprise selection of David Ospina as the goalkeeper pulled off a string of saves in Arsenal’s Champions League draw with Paris St Germain. The Colombian was not expected to start at the Parc des Princes, but was drafted in ahead of Petr Cech and performed admirably, eventually […]