Andrew Avery and Rob Trites are back to cap all of the Gameweek 28 action that includes Manchester United hosting Chelsea and Manchester
City visiting Arsenal in a pair of huge matchups with top - six implications.
Not exact matches
and the fact that
City have only beaten
Arsenal away once in 45 years gives me great hope that
City have a mental block when
visiting us, and they also have the added pressure of trying to keep pace with the top 3 and keeping Man United at bay.
United have to
visit Chelsea, Blackburn, Everton,
Arsenal, Man
City and Tottenham after a European adventure — have the Premier League done a number on the champions or what?
There is some good news for
Arsenal on the injury front today, although I was hoping that Hector Bellerin's early return from his ankle injury would see him back in the starting line up for the
visit of Stoke
City in today's Premier League game.
«Their players thrive on these big games, as they have shown with victories at
Arsenal, Manchester
City and Liverpool, and then again when Chelsea came to
visit.
With a tough looking run of seven away games left, including Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton and Man
City, the France international feels that there is even more pressure on
Arsenal to do well at the Emirates Stadium, starting with the
visit of Guus Hiddink and Chelsea on Sunday.
Elsewhere
Arsenal have been handed a tough away trip to West Bromwich Albion, whilst Tottenham Hotspur will be travelling just down the road to
visit Aston Villa and current champions Swansea will begin their defence of their title with a trip to Birmingham
City.
Arsene Wenger has made a few changes to the
Arsenal starting line'up as he looks to bounce back with a bang after losing the derby away at Tottenham on Saturday and the
visit of Leicester
City, propping up the Premier
The manager also revealed that the German was back in training and would definitely be in the
Arsenal squad for the
visit of Stoke
City to the Emirates stadium on Sunday.
Man
City may be only one point behind
Arsenal in the title race, but it would seem that the club are very pessimistic about their
visit to the Emirates on Monday.
Arsenal fans are hoping for a hefty does of payback as well as all three points from the
visit of our regular tormentors Stoke
City today.
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visit this site every single day of my life to read comments from everyone and it really makes my day... So thank you very much and nevertheless, i personally am tired of reading articles of Alexis Sanchez now... I must admit i personally thought Sanchez was holding
Arsenal to ransom before, until Wenger came out to say he has never asked for a transfer request and i think the club has made there intentions known that they don't want to sell him, not even to a title rival and i think that is why city are now going after mbappe, seems they are desperately in need of a striker and if they are that desperate they should fork out 80m for Sanchez if they really need him, I LIKE THE RISK ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SA
Arsenal to ransom before, until Wenger came out to say he has never asked for a transfer request and i think the club has made there intentions known that they don't want to sell him, not even to a title rival and i think that is why
city are now going after mbappe, seems they are desperately in need of a striker and if they are that desperate they should fork out 80m for Sanchez if they really need him, I LIKE THE RISK
ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SA
ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SANCHEZ..
Much as don't like to gloat when our big opponents lose important players,
Arsenal will take any advantage they can get before the gruelling run of matches coming up for the rest of this month, starting with Manchester
City this weekend, swiftly followed by the
visit to Germany.
First up is the
visit of
City, who may still be reeling after the shock home defeat by Stoke
City in their last Premier League outing, so a fast start by
Arsenal at home is definitely the order of the day, while I am sure that former United man Welbeck will be extra keen to inflict more damage on his old enemies.
Manchester
City's game is the only draw this season, in addition to the opening day victory over Crystal Palace at home; but, with other Premier League heavyweights in Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Everton to
visit,
Arsenal need to raise their game and get those 3 points, more often than not.
Arsenal travel up to Manchester to face a Man
City side that beat the Gunners 6 - 3 on their last
visit, but Arsene Wenger doesn't believe that was a fair result, and thinks that we can get a completely opposite result tomorrow.
Perhaps the fact that
City had to go to Napoli for this Champions League match and the fact that the situation in their qualifying group meant that Pep Guardiola had to select his strongest starting line - up could help
Arsenal at the weekend, as our players should be fresher as the manager rests his key players and rotates heavily for the
visit of Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League tonight.
There was an article on this website the other day that suggested that it was too risky for
Arsenal to throw Mesut Ozil straighht back into the starting line - up for the
visit of the tough tackling and physically aggressive Stoke
City tomorrow, even if the German international is fit enough to start.
Manchester
City will look to continue their unbeaten run this weekend when
Arsenal visit the Etihad.
Last night, Liverpool (3 - 0 at Stoke
City) and Chelsea (1 - 0 versus Swansea
City) both picked up maximum points, while
Arsenal went to town against Huddersfield, racking up a 5 - 0 success in preparation for United's
visit on Saturday.
Ronald Koeman's men have not won since their
visit to Sunderland in early November, while visitors
Arsenal beat title rivals Manchester
City on Monday night.
Manchester
City are without midfielder Ilkay Gundogan for Sunday's Premier League
visit of
Arsenal
There is a triple header on Sunday, with
Arsenal hosting West Ham, Stoke at home to Burnley and Swansea
visiting the home of champions Manchester
City.
The
City match and the upcoming
visit of Chelsea were touted as being the litmus test which would define
Arsenal's season.
Victory in the Midlands would take
Arsenal to the top of the table prior to Manchester
City's
visit of Liverpool this evening.
Arsenal are in talks to sign Atletico Madrid's versatile forward Adrian Lopez for a fee of around 11.5 million and there are further reports that Arsene Wenger wants the Spaniard in the team in time for Manchester
City's
visit in two week's time.
This is my first
visit to the
city, and it's great to see so many
Arsenal supporters here.
The idea had first occurred to Chapman when he
visited the newly - relegated
Arsenal in 1913 as manager of Leeds
City.
Before I joined
Arsenal, I had never actually
visited the
city.
After a
visit to Watford tomorrow night, United take on top four contenders
Arsenal and table toppers Manchester
City.
Arsenal don't really like
visiting Britannia stadium having only won once in the last 8 premier league games at this stadium against Stoke
City.
If you live in one of these
cities, or are planning on
visiting, it might be worth checking in with our
Arsenal America Branch Office Managers.
I, for one, can't wait for the home games against
City and
Arsenal, and other than our
visit to Stamford Bridge, the rest of our remaining fixtures look entirely winnable.
The Hammers have been conceding far too many against the top sides, with
Arsenal and
City both racking up five goals in their recent
visits here.
This will be
Arsenal's third
visit to China, where they had faced Manchester
City in 2012 and Hangzhou Greentown in 2011.
David Moyes» first win in his fifth game since taking over from Slaven Bilic came after another good display at Manchester
City on Sunday, where they were edged late 2 - 1, but it was not enough to lift the club out of the bottom three ahead of their midweek
visit from
Arsenal.
All of which means that Wenger's Chief Scout in France from his time as AS Monaco coach has alerted the
Arsenal manager to the possibility of bringing Lavezzi to the Emirates in a cut - price deal, something Wenger alluded to in his weekend press conference ahead of the
visit of champions Manchester
City on Sunday.
Arsenal scouts have been
visiting the Bundesliga outfit on several occasions and where also present at the Etihad where the German side took on Manchester
City in the Champions League.
Two
Arsenal players feature ahead of the
visit of Stoke
City this weekend.
100 % — Following Stoke
City's 3 - 1 loss at the Emirates Mark Hughes has lost all 10 games as a
visiting manager at
Arsenal.
I personally recommend
visiting the
city's
arsenal, its beautiful cathedral, the Inca temple of Qoricancha, the archaeological park of Sacsayhuaman (all these places can be
visited, hiring the
city tour service which includes, transportation and service of a professional tour guide plus admission tickets to each of the tourist attractions).