What a fascinating game that was last night. Fascinating because Arsenal had control for pretty much the entire game, let their opponents in a bit more in the second half, took the foot off the gas a bit, then found themselves with a nervy few minutes after Slavia Prague scored late, giving their players and [...]
Mikel Arteta had his pre-match press conference, and the big news from yesterday of course, is that William Saliba is back training with the group. Apparently, he's broken all records (Mikel didn't say that; just what I read elsewhere) to get fit, so now it's just a matter of when he gets integrated. And the [...]
It's kind of wild to me the reaction from Liverpool fans to the result on Sunday. Yes, by all means be mad at the VAR and the general ineptitude from re-branded PROREF, but coming at Arsenal fans as if it's our fault that a penalty decision was missed is a bit rich. These are fans [...]
So... the pariahs of the Premier League, the ones killing football, the team that must be chastised for their style of play at all costs, went to Germany, played the German Champions, and lived out a thrilling 90 minutes in the Allianz Arena. Interesting, interesting... Of course I'm being flippant, probably a little too 'paranoid [...]
Last season we topped the League format of the Champions League with eight wins out of eight. That included a rather impressive home win against tonight's opponents, Bayern Munich, as Timber, Noni and Gabby Martinelli scored the goals in a dominant display in which the numbers showed we were by far the better team. This [...]
Eventually, it was an Arsenal performance that had everything: Dominance, goals, a little rotation to keep players fresh for the weekend. But it wasn't the kind of free-flowing performance that had many around me in the ground last night saying that we were purring like a well-oiled machine. I guess that's only natural. Arteta rang [...]
It's Lille tonight under the lights for The Arsenal, and it's a return for 40-year-old Olivier Giroud to the Emirates turf. Of course he's been there before with other clubs, notably Chelsea, but there's been enough time that has elapsed since then that I think most Arsenal fans can look relatively positively on his time [...]
The boy is well and truly back. Martin Odegaard, captain extrodinaire, leader, goalscorer, the metronome through which our creative play flows, showed everyone watching last night just what you get when he is fully fit, in form, and able to deliver in the final third of the pitch. 121 touches in total, drifting over to that right-hand [...]
We're back with Champions League football tonight, and it's a visit to Napoli in my favourite city in Italy for those travelling Arsenal players and fans. Of course the problem with Naples is that it's also a dodgy as hell in parts, and I've seen warnings about sticking to hotel bars if you're English, but [...]
It's the big one today, folks. The Champions League Final. Arsenal play PSG, the side that vanquished us in the semi-final last season over two legs. It's the 'game of your lifetime'. Last season I actually went into the semi-final in a pretty confident mood. We'd beaten PSG pretty well at home, we'd already managed [...]