Kick-Off: Wednesday April 29 2009, 20.45 CET, Old Trafford, Manchester. Going for the quadruple Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal meet for the first time in European competition on Wednesday night with a place in the Champions League final up for grabs. Man United are looking to be the first team to retain the […]
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A stunning long-range strike from Cristiano Ronaldo sent Manchester United into the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-0 win at Porto and set-up a mouth watering tie with Arsenal. The Portuguese powered home a spectacular drive in the sixth minute as the holders secured a tense 3-2 aggregate victory. With the win United became the […]
Arsenal squeezed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a dramatic 7-6 penalty shoot-out win over Roma despite a 1-0 loss at the Stadio Olimpico. Brazilian defender Juan capitalised on some poor defending to fire the Italians in front and level the tie at 1-1 on aggregate after just 10 minutes. The Gunners grew in […]
Arsene Wenger today confirmed that Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas will be out for up to four months with knee injury. The Spaniard had to be substituted at half-time in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw against Liverpool on Sunday following a challenge with Xabi Alonso. The full extent of the damage has now been revealed, with Wenger confirming that […]
With its Premiership title hopes hanging in the balance, Arsenal went to Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge and snatched three crucial points to remain in the title hunt. Dutch forward Robin van Persie scored two second-half goals. The second of which all but knocked the wind out of the Chelsea supporters. His two goals came within a three minute […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wengerrealizes that his squad is swimming upstream after early season losses to Hull and Fulham. That said, he still believes in his players and their ability to mount a Premiership title challenge. He noted prior to this weekend’s match with Everton, “If you ask me how many games you think we can lose, […]
Arsenal The loss away to Fulham is a distant memory as Arsenal find themselves top of the Premier League after 5 weeks. The win at Bolton was impressive not only coming after a long mid-week trek to the Ukraine in the Champions League, but also considering that Arsenal had lost 13 of 27 matches in […]
Samir Nasri did not disappoint in his first match against Premiership neophytes West Bromwich Albion. Beset by key injuries, Arsenal faded in the second half of the 2007-2008 campaign. Several new additions this summer will hopefully allow supporters to forget about the likes of Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva as the Gunners make […]
A very young and inexperienced Arsenal team beat FC Twente in Holland 2-0 in their Champions League third round qualifier on Wednesday. Second half goals from captain William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor have Arsenal well positioned for the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on August 27th. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was without Cesc Fábregas, […]