Sentences with phrase «gunners are up for it»

Even the way that Giroud was downbeat after the match despite two assists and the equaliser told us that the Gunners are up for the fight and desperate for this title.

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This time around I guess that it's very much the same in the sense that instead of needing to up our game, it's frustrating that the Gunners are going away during such a consistent period for the team.

Next up for Arsenal is a trip to Crystal Palace on Monday night, so if the players put in another good performance, whatever the final result, will it prove that the pundits were wrong and that the Gunners are still behind the manager?

The former Gunners and England striker said: «For me at the moment, looking around the world, yes there are decent right - backs but he is up there in the top three, easily.»

Gunners fans have been longing for a top striker to join the club in recent seasons, but the only arrival to challenge up front has been Danny Welbeck, who has just been ruled out for the next nine months.

Here's a look at how the Gunners could line up if they do bring the pair in as their chosen replacements for Sanchez and Ozil...

With Arsene Wenger once again driving the average Arsenal fan up the wall, going against conventional wisdom and baffling football pundits everywhere by sticking to his guns and refusing to get drawn into the ever increasing spending frenzy that is the summer transfer window, the odds against the Gunners ending the 12 year wait for a title get smaller by the day.

Gabriel Paulista is expected to return for the Gunners but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is out after picking up a knee injury against Barcelona in midweek, with Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla also unavailable.

As reported by the Sun, the La Liga side offered # 3M in the loan deal for the striker, however the sum offered by the club proved not to be enough report the Sun, with the Gunners also reportedly having had a loan agreement in place with Levante, however Perez prefers a move to Deportivo as he eyes up a place in Spain's squad for the World Cup next summer.

The Gunners are also believed to be in the hunt for a striker however, and with only seven days remaining to sign players until January, the chase will need to stepped up.

It is better for the Gunners to stay close to their rivals than to allow them to build a points gap ahead of them that will later prove difficult for us to catch - up to recover.

The two «big clubs» that the 29 - year - old has played for are the Gunners and Bayern Munich according to the World Cup winning national team captain, and he has failed to live up to expectations at both of them.

I can understand Wenger not wanting to lose the physicality, aerial prowess and link up play of the Frenchman but the pace and finishing of the Englishman are also big weapons for the Gunners.

That's a major void to fill for Arsene Wenger as the Chilean international was a talismanic figure up front for the Gunners last season, scoring 30 goals and providing 19 assists in 51 appearances.

However, this is unlikely to convince the Gunners to sell up, with the Mirror reporting that Wenger's side will not let Bellerin depart the club for any less than # 35million.

It's going to be a tough job to replace the legendary status that Arsene Wenger has had at Arsenal; and it'll certainly seem strange watching the Gunners line up under a different manager for the first time since 1996.

In the run up to today's game, Wenger pinpointed which would be the most influential player for each side, and it is little surprise that Le Prof has picked Mesut Ozilhe Gunners, who has begun to prove why he is our record signing.

Man city slip up at burnley gunners 1 point behind, 2nd spot is now a possibility for arsenal!

Arsenal are eyeing up a January move for France and Marseille wonder - kid Christopher Rocchia, however the Gunners are going to have beat Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in the race to sign the 19 - year - old, according to the Sun.

This is the penultimate game of the Arsenal pre-season preparations, with the final chance for the Gunners coming in two days against Manchester City, so if Theo wants to make sure that it is him rather than young Chuba Akpom who is lining up when Jurgen klopp brings his Liverpool team to north London next weekend he needs to prove himself now.

So far, or since we beat them with ease at the Emirates stadium in September, almost everything seems to be going right for Chelsea and we need that to change at least a bit if we are to stand any chance, but there are reasons for the Arsenal faithful to believe as this week throws up a great chance for the Gunners to close the gap.

The fact that the Gunners have the star of the season so far, Mesut Ozil, back in the starting line up makes it easier for the Frenchman to be careful with Alexis.

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Gunners fans have been adamant that Wenger needs to ease the club's defensive crisis in the new year, but he has insisted that the likes of Calum Chambers and even Nacho Monreal are more than capable as back ups for regular pairing Pre Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny.

Up until then, the Gunners were totally dominant and although we only had one goal to show for our many chances, Hull had never looked like scoring.

The Gunners are also looking to enter talks with big - name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in an attempt to keep the duo, however there seems to be little chance of either player signing a new deal at the Emirates as per the Telegraph, with the club also unwilling to up their recent offers for the pair, which have both been rejected.

Unless the boss has some stunning deal lined up for an Edinson Cavani or a Gonzalo Higuain, the Gunners will not be able to sign a significant improvement on Olivier Giroud.

It was an away game against table topping Derby County and after Ben Sheaf was sent off in the first half for a second yellow and Stephy Mavididi saw his opening goal cancelled out, the young Gunners were really up against it so to hold on was good but to come up with a winner through Kaylen Hinds was fantastic.

One of the only reasons I can think of for leaving your best player on the bench is to keep them fresh for something else and the Gunners do have the visit of the German Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich coming up in a couple of days.

Should Sanchez end up leaving the Gunners for PSG this summer, it'll be interesting to see who the Premier League side decide to sign as a replacement for the winger.

Arsenal's start to the season finally got up and running third time lucky against Watford on Saturday, although it has been a relatively shakey start for the Gunners in the league.

Suggesting that he was worried about the fact that West Ham have been playing competitive games for some weeks now while the Gunners were facing our first, Wenger hinted that he would have been reasonably happy with a draw and perhaps that is why he played Giroud to hold up the ball and Chamberlain and Cazorla on the flanks to keep more possession.

Sunday's match was the biggest embarrassment for gunners fans and showed up Wenger's stupid tactics for what they were.

One of the main reasons why Arsenal are expected to win the battle for his signature (other than the wages on offer) is that Goretzka would be reunited with Saed Kolasinac, who was playing alongside him at Schalke before the Bosnian international moved to Arsenal on a free last summer, and the fact that his international team - mate Shkrodan Mustafi is also in the starting line - up for the Gunners.

Perhaps the right wing problems of Arsenal right now will ring a bell with Gnabry and get him thinking that he would have had a great opportunity if he was still in our playing squad, but if he does not pull his socks up quickly then he might never play for the Gunners again.

Giroud's scorpion kick was his second goal in two games for the Gunners, but will a Cherries player have drawn inspiration from the efforts and look to bring up a Scorpion hat - trick at Vitality?

Although we still await any official news regarding Ozil's signature on the dotted line, next up for the Gunners is of course Alexis Sanchez, who according to reports, is being slightly harder to convince in committing his long term future to the club.

But one person who truly must be uncertain is Arsenal frontman Olivier Giroud, who may start to feel that the pressure has been cranked up another notch in terms of starting for the Gunners.

We will have to wait and see exactly which of the current Arsenal playing staff are going to be called up by their respective national managers for the international break after this weekend's Premier League matches, but there are usually a fair few Gunners involved.

The Daily Express claim the Gunners hope to snap up the Belgian on a free transfer next summer, and while he'd be no replacement for Ozil, he could offer something sorely lacking in their midfield right now.

For now, though, we can only look ahead to the match and after a couple of Gunners picked up injuries while on international duty after the Gunners were held to a draw in our last game against Tottenham there seems to be quite a lot of negativity around Arsenal at the minute.

If he was put up top for the Gunners surely he'd manage to hit the 25/30 goal a season mark in all competitions.

It would have been very difficult for Arsenal to continue the frantic pace of the first half and the Gunners had no need to keep up the pressure with the points already guaranteed, so they sat back and let Everton come at them, and they did!

The Gunners travel to take on Nottingham Forest today, as they bid to make the fourth round of the Capitol One Cup for the first time in three years, and could be set to take on two former players in the match - up.

Instead, he'll be part of the travelling party to Vicarage Road on Tuesday night, and will force the Gunners and City to prepare for the threat that he poses up top for Jose Mourinho's men.

So this is just the reality for gunners to lost alexis leavin for free in the summer this is real busines and we support mr wenger for this up gooners,

The Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is very clear when it comes to talking about the contract situations of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, and he considers it unthinkable that the Gunners didn't cash in on them to free up funds to buy replacements that actually want to play for Arsenal.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has previously overlooked the French striker when naming his starting line - up to take on the bigger teams in the division, and with close rivals Spurs coming up this weekend, there is calls that he should be given the nod for the crunch match.

Arsenal's move for Gabriel Paulista looks to be near completion with local Spanish media reporting that the Gunners are ready to up their offer to Villarreal's # 15m asking price.

However, he is held in high regard by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who is keen for his starlet to head out on - loan in order to build up his match fitness and gain much - needed top - flight experience.