Previews, Reports and Ratings
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The Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion – League Cup – 2-0 Player Ratings
Kepa Arrizabalaga – 8 PLAYER OF THE MATCH Probably busier than he was expecting to be, as he made a number of key saves in the first half to keep us in the game. Also claimed his crosses and commanded his box well and it generally seemed to be a calming influence behind what was…
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The Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Abion – This one means more than just maintaining momentum
Arsenal’s form in the league has pretty much every Arsenal fan dreaming right now, but the importance of this game cannot be underestimated. As I mentioned in the title of this blog, keeping up this winning run and the momentum is part of the reason why this one matters so much however, I think it’s…
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The Arsenal v Crystal Palace 1-0 – Another grind, but if we keep winning, do we care?
Another game that is unlikely to go down as a classic, yet another game that feels absolutely massive, in terms of the wider context. Arsenal went into the game knowing that Liverpool had dropped another three points away at Brentford the day before and that Manchester City also had a tricky game away at Aston…
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The Arsenal v Crystal Palace – 1-0 Player Ratings
David Raya – 7 Again, no shot on target (I think), but still kept busy by Palace in other ways. Claim the crosses well late on, although they weren’t the best crosses to be fair! Distribution was good although he went quite long with a few today, but his most telling contribution was the way…
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The Arsenal vs Crystal Palace – Yet another MASSIVE game
The games just seem to be getting bigger and bigger. I suppose that comes with being top of the league and being on a strong winning run. We’ve got some tough games after the international break so it seems absolutely important that we win all of these league games before the break and this is…
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The Arsenal v Atletico Madrid 4-0 – Boring, boring Arsenal?
It was billed by many as the battle of the defences and I think few could have imagined the final score, especially at half time. This was a fantastic result for Arsenal yet there are a few moments that you look back on where it could have gone horribly wrong. As always, the first goal…
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The Arsenal v Atletico Madrid – 4-0 Player Ratings
David Raya – 7 Tempted to mark Raya down slightly due to the error with his feet that nearly cost us the opening goal, as that could have been really costly, but I still think this was a 7 out of 10 performance overall. Swept up well, distribution was good and I think he might…
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The Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid – Let’s keep the winning run going
The Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid – Time to keep the winning run going After another important win in the league on Saturday, attention now turns to the Champions League were Arsenal have started quite well so far. Two wins from win has lifted them up to fifth in the league so a win against Atletico…
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Fulham v The Arsenal 0-1 – Another three points, another clean sheet…
What a weekend we’ve had! It felt like the pressure was really on Arsenal to win this one and despite bits of criticism flying here and there, we won it fairly comfortably and were deserving of the three points. The winning goal came from another set piece, with Trossard poking in at the far post,…
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Fulham v The Arsenal – 0-1 Player Ratings
David Raya – 7 Commanded his box and swept up well but didn’t have a lot to do in terms of shot saving. Harry Wilson peppered his goal in the first half but he was never called into action, with Fulham failing to record a single short on target. Best moment: Came out and cleaned…
