Previews, Reports and Ratings
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The Arsenal vs Brighton and Hove Albion – Premier League Preview
Good morning Gooners! If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you’ve had a good couple of days celebrating, eating and a nice couple of days off, if you are lucky enough to not have to work it! For Arsenal, it is very much back to work today as they welcome Brighton to The Emirates in what…
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The Arsenal vs Crystal Palace (League Cup) – The balancing act continues
Arsenal came through a really tricky game at Everton at the weekend and now have to navigate another such game, albeit at home, to Crystal Palace tonight in the League Cup. Both sides know that victory will take them into the semi-finals, where they will need to get past Chelsea to reach Wembley and have…
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Everton vs The Arsenal – 0-1 – Top at Christmas
They made hard work of it, but in the end, Arsenal got the job done and returned to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win, on their first visit to Everton’s Hill Dickinson stadium. Before the game I was really wanting a strong performance from the team, as well as the result…
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Everton vs The Arsenal – Time to see what this Arsenal team is made of
Arsenal go into this one knowing that a win on their first visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium will see them top of the table at Christmas, so the prize of a win in this one is pretty huge. Arsenal’s away form in the past few games (domestically at least) has been patchy to say…
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The Arsenal vs Wolves – Player Ratings – That was not good enough!
Arsenal well and truly got away with one tonight and although the manner of the win makes that a big three points, there are worrying signs appearing in this team that are really, really concerning. Arsenal went into the match with the football world expecting a completely one sided game against a hapless relegation fodder…
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The Arsenal vs Wolverhampton Wanderers – Top versus bottom, but taken nothing for granted
Expectations are high heading into this one. After the painful defeat at Villa Park a week ago, Arsenal couldn’t have hoped for a better game to return to Premier League action, as the team rock bottom of the Premier League, Wolves, come to town. The League’s basement club have had a wretched start to the…
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Club Brugge vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings – Ahhhh, that feels better!!
I’m going to be truly honest now…I much prefer what happened tonight to that rubbish we had at the weekend!! The Arsenal returned to winning ways with ANOTHER three points in the Champions League to further cement there place at the top of the table. Arsenal rotated fairly heavily, with some surprise inclusions here and…
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Club Brugge vs The Arsenal – A bigger game than previously billed
Arsenal return to Champions League football today with more than just three points at stake. A win will take Arsenal through to the knockout out phase of the Champions League and will also help to heal some of the wounds that the painful events of the weekend opened. Arsenal have been in red hot form…
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Aston Villa vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings – Top teams do not lose games in stoppage time.
That was a mantra that I heard when I was first getting into football and it’s something that has stuck with me even since – top teams do not lose games in stoppage time. I’m harping back to the late 90s now when Arsenal and Manchester United were slugging it out at the summit of…
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Aston Villa vs The Arsenal – It doesn’t get any easier, does it?!
For the second time in a week, Arsenal inexplicably travel to the third place team in the league in what is another testing game, in this recent tough period for the Gunners. A victory would extend Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table to 8 points, albeit possibly for a few hours only with…
