Previews, Reports and Ratings
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The Arsenal vs Chelsea – Time to get serious
Arsenal welcome Chelsea to The Emirates this afternoon in an absolutely massive game in the Premier League title race, as they seek to restore their 5 point lead at the top. Our recent league form has been poor, but the resounding win away at Tottenham last time out has injected new optimism into the Gunners…
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T*ottenham H*tspur vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings – It’s a funny old game, isn’t it?
What a difference 90 minutes of football can make! Arsenal were down and out on Wednesday night after a wretched display and two more dropped points away at bottom club Wolves had left their title charge supposedly in ruins. Fast forward a few days and things look a lot rosier for the Gunners as they…
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The Arsenal vs Sunderland – Player Ratings – A real professional performance from the Gunners
Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to 9 points (for 24 hours at least) with a largely impressive 3-0 at home to Sunderland. Arsenal dropped points in the reverse fixture earlier in the season and despite a fairly even first half, once Arsenal got in front, they were good value…
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The Arsenal vs Sunderland – Back to the day job
After the League Cup heroics of Tuesday night, Arsenal return to Premier League action this afternoon knowing that a win will extend their lead at the top of the league to 9 points. In their way are an impressive Sunderland side who are one of a handful of teams that took points of the Gunners…
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The Arsenal vs Chelsea – League Cup Semi Final Second Leg – Player Ratings – We are the famous Arsenal and we’re going to Wembley…
Arsenal completed the job and edged past Chelsea to book their place in the League Cup final where they will play either Manchester City (more likely) or Newcastle United for the season’s first piece of silverware. The game itself was largely forgettable with some corners blaming Arsenal for that, which seems a bit bizarre given…
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The Arsenal vs Chelsea – League Cup Preview – Time to finish the job
Arsenal are one step away from their first final since 2020, but before us Gooners can make any plans for Wembley, they must first finish the job that they started (and probably should have finished) nearly three weeks ago at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal had chances to make the game 4-1, or maybe even 5-1, during…
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Leeds vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings – If Carlsberg did responses…
Much, much more like it. Muchly needed result. Muchly needed performance. Aside from the injuries to Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino (Saka actually in the warm-up) that was as perfect as a response as you could ever hope for from Mikel Arteta’s men, as they took maximum points to restore their 7 point lead at…
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Leeds vs The Arsenal – Time to make a change?
I wouldn’t call this a crossroads as such however, this game does feel like it could be the start of a new dawn for Arsenal, from an attacking perspective at least and hopefully in terms of releasing the shackles a bit as well. Arsenal have been put in a few rigid and nervous looking performances…
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The Arsenal v Kairat Almaty – Player Ratings – Arsenal make it a perfect eight
Arsenal rounded off the Champions League group phase with yet another win to take their tally to the maximum 24 points available, becoming the first team to do so since the inception of the new format. The scoreline makes the game seem a lot more dramatic than it actually was as Arsenal never really looked…
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The Arsenal vs Kairat – Champions League – One to enjoy, but we also need a reaction
I’m not sure if this is the perfect game to bounce back from the disappointing result at the weekend or the sort of game we don’t want right now. On the one hand, there’s no pressure on this one and Arsenal have been under plenty of that lately! It’s a chance to show the fans…
