Ironic then, that the stuttering Di Maria watched from the bench as Mata orchestrated the most important match of United's Premier
League campaign so far — against Liverpool on Sunday.
They have gone W2 D1 L4 at Selhurst Park in
their league campaign so far and they have lost three of their last four there.
West Ham United have made a very promising start to their Premier
League campaign so far and as things stand, the Hammers certainly have a very good chance of making it into one of the European places this season.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been the standout purchase of the Premier
League campaign so far, according to Don Hutchinson.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been the standout purchase of the Premier
League campaign so far, says Don Hutchinson.
However, Tomaszewski says Wenger is making the Arsenal no. 1 a scapegoat incase his side miss out on Champions League football after a stuttering
League campaign so far.
The 35 - year - old has played every minute of his side's Premier
League campaign so far, leading Antonio Conte's troops to three wins in a row.
The same goes for their Champions
League campaign so far.
The England Under - 20 World Cup winner has occasionally featured in the early rounds of domestic cup competitions, but has been an ever - present throughout the Europa
League campaign so far, and has also made five Premier League starts this season.
Wojciech Szczesny's red card was the third of our Champions
League campaign so far in just four games.
Isco has inspired Malaga to two wins in their debut Champions
League campaign so far and the mismanaged Spaniards also sit third in La Liga after a great start to the new season.
Not exact matches
So there is still real hope that the fantastic forward will be running out onto the Emirates pitch when Liverpool come to north London to get our Premier
League campaign underway in a little over two weeks.
We have all but cemented our place in next season's Champions
League this weekend,
so we though we'd take a brief look at who could be joining us ahead of the new
campaign.
Everyone was
so quick to pat ourselves on the back last year vs City but it meant diddly for our
league campaign.
The Bluebirds have the second best away record in the Championship
so far this
campaign and are unbeaten in their last four
league matches, with Neil Warnock's side suddenly emerging as potential promotion candidates.
The 28 - year - old has been involved in 11 goals in 14 Premier
League appearances
so far this
campaign; one more than he contributed to in the entirety of last term.
Arsenal were certainly helped by the fixture list this weekend which saw Chelsea and Liverpool face each other, but at the same time a lot of pundits did not expect us to win at Burnley, and you could say that we have not had much luck
so far in this Premier
League campaign.
The ageing star shouldn't be as much of a loss for the Gunners this season as he would have been in those gone by, with Rosicky only playing 19 minutes of Premier
League football
so far this
campaign.
Having
so far made just six starts in the
League campaign despite his good form, the 27 - year - old is understood to be looking to leave the Nou Camp.
Until we change the manager, you will always get results and
league campaigns like this season and
so many before.
In the 2015/16
campaign, they contributed 62 goals and provided 44 assists between them, and naturally while the Premier
League will be a step up, life after Alexis Sanchez following his move to Man Utd in the swap deal that took Mkhitaryan to north London might not look
so bad if Arsenal are able to land a second major January signing.
The winger is yet to start a single Premier
League match
so far this season, and his five substitute outings will not have convinced him that he has a big role to play in the remainder of the
campaign.
Due to a multitude of injury problems, Arsenal's little Spanish maestro Santi Cazorla only played 7
League games for the Gunners this season, and only played 15 in the previous
campaign,
so you imagine that the 32 year - old is close to finishing his career at the top.
The Belgian international's last Premier
League appearance came back on October 28, and
so from a personal perspective too, he'll be delighted to be back involved and will be hopeful of playing a key role in helping Tottenham enjoy a successful end to the
campaign on all remaining fronts.
So far this
campaign, Goretzka has got off to a flying start, as the midfielder has managed to clock up four goals in just 10
league appearances for Die Königsblauen.
The fact is that we have not been
so well set for the start of a Premier
League campaign in years and until we have almost a full team of players in the treatment room as we have in the last few seasons, I for one am happy to assume that the Gunners have fixed the underlying problems and will have a strong enough squad to cope with the unlucky but inevitable knocks that come our way.
The 30 - year - old has featured 24 times for the La Liga outfit in
league competition
so far this term — of which 23 appearances have come from the start — but he has managed only four goals, although eight assists mark him out as a much more productive operator than he ever was in North London, where he scored only seven goals and contributed six assists over two miserable
league campaigns.
Meanwhile, given Chelsea's struggles
so far this season which see them sit in 14th place in the Premier
League having lost eight of their first 15 games of the
campaign, Mourinho may well be tempted to look towards the future and see which individuals can help the club bounce back next season.
The winger has made 27 appearances in the
league so far this
campaign, however a large part of these have been from the substitute's bench.
My team were never challenging for the Premier
League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense,
so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles
campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.
So an almost constantly injured central midfielder who did not score a single Premier
League goal for his loan club Bournemouth last season and managed just five and five assists with Arsenal in the two previous
campaigns is the reason we are not even going to try to sign a player who banged in 17 and provided 11 assists from a wide forward position in one season with Leicester.
There is no
league or current European
campaign to show for their «efforts»
so the fa cup they know is their route to any kind of success.
A lack of quality in depth in the current squad could also be blamed for that as Milan have played a lot of games this season already having had to also deal with Europa
League qualifiers at the start of the
campaign, and
so perhaps that is also catching up with them.
So Theo's had one 20 goal
campaign in the same time frame and you're happy to claim he's in the same
league as fuc * king Benzema!?
The 27 - year - old made a total of seven interceptions in the match and, to put that figure into perspective, nobody has made more interceptions over the course of a single Premier
League game in this
campaign so far.
It's been a mixed start to the
campaign as they have taken five points from four games with one win, two draws and one defeat to show for their efforts
so far, but there is certainly progress since their miserable season in the Premier
League last year.
League campaign I hate to say this with
so much still left to play for, but we don't have the quality to beat a 3rd rate Man Utd team today.
So far this
campaign, Holding has been able to make a total of 19 appearances for Arsene Wenger's side, with the majority of these coming in the Premier
League and the Europa
League.
Despite the FA Cup win over Arsenal, Watford have lost their last three Premier
League games and will be lacking confidence and motivation, especially as they are comfortably 11 points clear of the relegation zone,
so hopefully Arsenal can their revenge on a grand scale and set a marker for the rest of the
campaign....
Arsenal are on 25 already
so even if we have an almost injury free second half of the
campaign, Arsenal are going to be well over that figure and the stats show that this makes it almost impossible to win the Premier
League.
We will have to see what happens after this next year but I think there is a good chance that Santi may head back to Spain,
so if he is going t5o win the Premier
League it might be his last chance and having a fully fit and fired up player of his ability at the start of the new
campaign could just maybe help us achieve it don't you think?
The striker has 11
league goals
so far this
campaign including a brace against Birmingham on Wednesday — he's 3/1 to score first.
Poor summer transfer window on both occasions, top of the
league at the half way point each time, but lots of poor performances, both seasons were
so open, lots of injuries during both
campaigns, and the final nail in the coffin for the 13/14 season was the deluded Kallstrom signing.
The Catalan giants are unbeaten in La Liga
so far this season and remain on course for a treble, while in contrast it's been a difficult
campaign for the Blues as they have failed to replicate the form shown last year to win the Premier
League title in Conte's first year in charge.
We are yet to see his actual limits,
so let's just wait for our Champions
League campaign and our second part of the season.
Let us take note, Arsenal have 14 Barclays Premier
League points and 6 UCL points
so far in their
campaign in these competitions.
It's worth pointing out that Arsenal have already been awarded four penalties this season
so far, two more than the Gunners won over the course of the entire last Premier
League campaign.
Our women's hockey 1st team are looking to make as much of an impact in this year's Conference Cup
campaign as they have done
so far in the
league as they travel all the way to Bangor tomorrow for a 4:00 pm PB.
As for the Premier
League Title win, a miracle can still happen for Arsenal to win it this season as we are still mathematically in the race despite Man City having an arrogant
campaign so far this season in the Premiet
League.
So, I suggest Le Prof should include him in his squad for the Arsenal preseason games and the Charity Shield match and play him extensively in these games to test if he has the Premier
League games strong spring in his system despite his dwarf like size that can make him stand the long stress that is the Premier
League campaign.