That defeat to
City in the cup final and the way it happened, I think Wenger is starting to realize that he doesn't have final say and Gazidis could sack him if he can find a good enough replacement...
In this edition of the Daily Cannon Arsenal podcast, Matthew and Sylvain celebrate Arsenal's women beating Manchester
City in a cup final.
Listen, Martinez beat Man
City in the Cup Final at Wembley, Year later Wigan Beat em Again at their place to get to Wembley yet again.
Not exact matches
It turns out that the reason that Lukas Podolski was the only Arsenal player
in the Germany squad that was beaten by Argentina 4 - 2
in a friendly repeat of the World
Cup final, was that Mesut Ozil had picked up an injury
in the Gunners» disappointing draw at Leicester
City last weekend.
Steve Bruce was a great player at Manchester United and had some success as a manager as well, most notably when his Hull
City side gave Arsenal a big fright
in the FA
Cup Final a couple of years ago.
Last season we handed Chelsea a comprehensive hiding
in the league, beat
City in the FA
Cup semi
final and defeated Chelsea (again Soundly)
in the FA
Cup final to mention a few.
Ozil played as a # 10 against
city (away), utd, chelsea (home), F.A.
cup final did he ever deliver
in those matches?!
«We go to Bristol (
City)
in the (Carabao
Cup) quarter -
final and if you don't go with a strong team, you lose.
So
in a week that brought such pain to the
city of Manchester you can not begrudge one of their teams the success
in the Europa
Cup final and whilst it wont bring back the lives of those innocent victims it is a distraction that many need at this time.
In my honest opinion I don't think any team will touch Chelsea and
City this year, so 3rd place was as good as it gets with a quarter
final champions league, and semi
final FA
cup.
Morata is starting for a top International team already & has memorable Champions League
final & Italian
Cup final goals, memorable Champions League goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man
City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting
in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot
in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaments.
The Gunners are going through a difficult period currently, losing back - to - back games against Manchester
City in the League
Cup final and Premier League to lead to a fresh wave of scrutiny and criticism for Wenger and his players.
Arsenal lost the Carabao
Cup final to Manchester
City at the weekend, and while losing to Pep Guardiola's
in - form side is no disgrace, it is the manner of their performance that has raised concerns.
Man
City beat Bristol
City 3 - 2 to advance into the League
Cup final tonight, with fans praising key midfielder Kevin De Bruyne following the Belgian's performance
in the win.
Arsenal may have to face Man
City at Wembley
in the League
Cup Final next month, but should we really be worried?
Since the Gunners meekly surrendered to Manchester
City in the Caraboa
Cup Final on Sunday, all the Arsenal rumours this week have been about possible replacements for Arsene Wenger if he gets the sack before the end of the season, so it is no surprise that the boss was asked about his future at today's press conference for our rematch against Pep Guardiola's side.
Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man
City just four days after being embarrassed
in the League
Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one League game all season.
Man
City are going to be formidible opponents
in the League
Cup Final, so should we give our best players some practise against Ostersund
in the second leg?
Arsenal stand
in Manchester
City's way and ahead of the Carabao
Cup final we spoke to the Daily Mirror's Chief Football Writer, John Cross, to get the inside track on Arsene Wenger's men.
ONE What have
City won during this period?Champions and League
Cup and we beat them in the cup semi final rememb
Cup and we beat them
in the
cup semi final rememb
cup semi
final remember?
Arsenal have just been obliterated
in the Carabao
Cup final by a far superior Manchester
City in what was one of the worst performances of the season, one of the most humiliating defeats
in the club's history and ultimately a failure.
Stellar triumphs away to Manchester
City and at home to Liverpool, either side of the FA
Cup quarter -
final win at Manchester United, point to a new - found resilience
in the big matches,
in stark contrast to the infamous 6 - 0 loss at Chelsea, 6 - 3 at
City and, going back a few more years, the 8 - 2 Old Trafford mauling.
Manchester
City booked their spot
in the
final thanks to a 5 - 3 aggregate win over Bristol
City, and tonight's victors will go into the
final as outsiders to win the competition, but as we all know, anything can happen
in the
cup.
Rather than let anger get the better of me, I am going to post what some of the pundits and fans said about Arsenal's meek submission to Man
City in the Caraboa
Cup Final, and it doesn't make for happy reading.....
The winger has often provided good cover for either Raheem Sterling or Leroy Sane, something that has gone a long way to helping Man
City achieve a 15 - point gap
in the league, reach the quarter
finals of the Champions League and win the League
Cup.
The magic of the
cup is clearly alive and well, the fifth round seeing League One Bradford
City progress to the quarter
finals for the first time
in 39 years, while there were also wins for Liverpool and Arsenal.
In the wake of Saturday's FA
Cup final defeat and last night's dismissal of manager Roberto Mancini, the season can not end soon enough for Manchester
City.
The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich
City winning and as the Saints are involved
in two midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL
cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA
cup upset.
Arsenal lost 3 - 0 to
City twice
in the space of a few days and were criticised for a lack of fight and for «walking»
in the Carabao
Cup final, while Chelsea's lacklustre approach has also got them
in Neville's bad books.
The Reds were left heartbroken after their defeat
in the
final of the Capital One
Cup to
City on Sunday, with Manuel Pellegrini's side lifting the trophy after triumphing
in a penalty shootout.
We have a
final coming up so please be a little more positive, I'm sure
city will give away that second spot to us
in exchange for the fa
cup final....
That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before
City have to play the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool
in the Capital One
Cup final at Wembley.
If you believe that as manager Arsene Wenger is not responsible for Arsenal being 33 points behind
city with eight games to go and is not responsible for Arsenal not turning up at the league
cup final and is not responsible for Arsenal being humiliated by Forest
in the 3rd round of the FA
cup then there is something seriously wrong there.
However, Sagna is thought to be keen on staying
in England, and will sit down with
City officials after this months FA
Cup final to discuss terms on a deal to take him north.
«
In the Carabao Cup, after winning last season, we lost in the quarter - final but we lost like Manchester United likes to lose — with dignity, with fair play, with participation in the happiness of a giant killer,» he is quoted as saying by The Sun, who make a direct correlation between Mourinho's comments and Cit
In the Carabao
Cup, after winning last season, we lost
in the quarter - final but we lost like Manchester United likes to lose — with dignity, with fair play, with participation in the happiness of a giant killer,» he is quoted as saying by The Sun, who make a direct correlation between Mourinho's comments and Cit
in the quarter -
final but we lost like Manchester United likes to lose — with dignity, with fair play, with participation
in the happiness of a giant killer,» he is quoted as saying by The Sun, who make a direct correlation between Mourinho's comments and Cit
in the happiness of a giant killer,» he is quoted as saying by The Sun, who make a direct correlation between Mourinho's comments and
City.
Scorer of THAT goal against Manchester
City in the 1981 FA
Cup final, he would leave for the United States before finishing his career at home.
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Manchester United progressed to the
final of the EFL
Cup after defeating Hull
City 3 - 2 on aggregate, but Mourinho appeared to be
in a frosty mood after the game.
After losing to Manchester
City in the Carabao
Cup final last weekend, the Gunners slipped to another 3 - 0 defeat at the hands of Pep Guardiola's side
in the Premier League on Thursday night.
Chelsea had just ended the 2014 - 15 season as double winners, having beaten London rivals Tottenham Hotspur
in the Capital One
Cup final before cruising to the Premier League title, eight points clear of runners - up Manchester
City.
Hull
City's push to bring
in new additions could well have been aided by the fact that the KC Stadium side will be competing
in the Europa League
in 2014/15 following their run to the FA
Cup final last term.
The Gunners look
in dire need of strengthening at the back after a shambolic 3 - 0 Carabao
Cup final defeat at the hands of Manchester
City, during which Shkodran Mustafi made a dreadful error for the opening goal.
He presses, runs and he weighs
in with moments of absolute brilliance, such as the beauty against
City and the scorcher
in the FA
cup final.
They also faced Wednesday
in the FA
Cup final a month later, with all Norwich fans hoping for a repeat result to seal
City's place
in Europe.
The Gunners have slipped to 11 points behind Premier League leaders Leicester
City and were dumped out of the FA
Cup by Watford
in the quarter -
finals on Sunday.
The Gunners have lost 6 of their last 8 matches, including the Carabao
Cup final against Manchester
City, the return match
in Europa League's Round of 32 against Östersunds FK and last Sunday's Premier League away game against Brighton & Hove Albion.
CaughtOffside understands that the north London club are keen to avoid a last minute rush to bring
in high profile signings and as such have been
in talks with prospective targets ever since they completed their season with a morale boosting FA
Cup final triumph over Hull
City.
The tenacious midfielder represented Cameroon
in the
final of the African Youth Championship 2009 — an unsuccessful showing against a Ghana side featuring Andre Ayew of Swansea
City — and also featured
in the U-20 World
Cup later that year alongside the likes of Jacques Zoua and Charley Fomen.
Redknapp will also bring
in Norwich
City midfielder Leroy Fer, who was also
in action at the World
Cup finals with Holland, and the 24 year old midfielder will cost QPR around # 8m.
Perhaps as punishment for losing
in the MLS
Cup Final last year, Columbus Crew were given a home shirt designed after the
city flag.