Arsenal fans will be hoping for another three Premier
League points today as the Gunners continue to claw themselves back after a poor start to the current campaign and the recent setback at Watford.
Not exact matches
Arsenal were desperately in eed of a confidence boosting win the Premier
League, and with Watford's awful away form we were very hopeful that
today would get us three
points at last.
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Today projects the Canucks with a
league - low 65
points and 28 wins, while oddsmakers list their
points at 74.5 and wins at 33.5.
The reigning Premier
League champions currently sit nine points behind league leaders Man City following today's result, and with the news that midfield general N'Golo Kante has suffered an injury to his thigh, it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will mount a serious challenge for the title this s
League champions currently sit nine
points behind
league leaders Man City following today's result, and with the news that midfield general N'Golo Kante has suffered an injury to his thigh, it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will mount a serious challenge for the title this s
league leaders Man City following
today's result, and with the news that midfield general N'Golo Kante has suffered an injury to his thigh, it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will mount a serious challenge for the title this season.
When Griffin was a rookie — and the runaway choice for rookie of the year — he average 20
points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, which were nearly unprecedented numbers for a newcomer in the
league, certainly considering how 20 - 10 players have become an endangered species in
today's NBA.
While Arsenal do not really have anything to play for, Premier
League points and position wise, against West Brom at the Emirates stadium
today, Arsene Wenger and the players will be very keen to get back to winning ways ahead of the crucial clash against Aston Villa at Wembley next weekend.
I think if we just want to stay in the mix
today was an okay
point but if I think if we have genuine title ambitions and believe we can actually win the
league today was
points dropped as we will visit tougher away grounds this season vs better opposition.
The big talking
point for Arsenal fans
today, along with the speculation about the future of Arsene Wenger, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, is about the latter and why he was left one the bench at Anfield yesterday in a Premier
League match that could prove crucial as to whether Arsenal finish in the top four or not.
The gap between the Gunners and the
league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12
points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour
today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?
And the boss
pointed to that quality once again
today in his post match comments reported by Sky Sports after the Gunners made it three Premier
League wins on the spin by despatching Hull City away from home.
Okay so back to the
point and the chances of Arsenal winning the
league... a few weeks ago Man United looked like world beaters but after
today, not so good.
After
today's Premier
League games we will also have three games more to play than Liverpool and with Jurgen Klopp's team already six
points better off in fourth we could really do with a favour from their opponents
today West Brom.
Three key stats
point towards a Mesut Ozil - inspired Arsenal victory over Manchester United when the two sides meet at the Emirates Stadium in
today's big Premier
League clash.
This weekend could be a turning
point is Wenger's approval ratings this season when we travel to face the struggling Manchester United of Jose Mourinho, but before we head to Old Trafford I think it is worth taking a look at the Premier
League salary numbers printed by the Evening Standard
today.
Arsenal are playing Swansea, who are second bottom of the Premier
League at this moment, and everyone in the world (or at least 99 out of every 100) would be predicting 3
points for the Gunners
today, but we all know that things are never so cut and dried in the Premier
League.
Today» match against Mauricio Pochettino's side is one that the Blues must win in order to really give their push to qualify for next season's Champions League, as if the west London side were to lose today, they would be eight points behind fourth - placed Spurs, all but ending their hopes of finishing in the top
Today» match against Mauricio Pochettino's side is one that the Blues must win in order to really give their push to qualify for next season's Champions
League, as if the west London side were to lose
today, they would be eight points behind fourth - placed Spurs, all but ending their hopes of finishing in the top
today, they would be eight
points behind fourth - placed Spurs, all but ending their hopes of finishing in the top four.
Well after the Arsenal players did their bit by keeping up the pressure on our Premier
League rivals with a good away win at Swansea City
today, we can just sit back and hope that the three
points prove extra useful with some of the clubs around us dropping
points.
The most important thing for Arsenal
today was to get the win and the three
points we needed to get our Premier
League title challenge back on track and keep pace with the pace setters Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea who all won yesterday.
While a look at the Arsenal result in the Premier
League today, 5 - 1 away to West Ham who under Slaven Bilic took four
points off us last season, looks great and is certainly a big boost to our chances of challenging for the EPL title, the scoreline was given a huge coat of gloss with a late flurry of goals.
The North Londoners went into
today's final round of Premier
League fixtures seven
points behind leaders Manchester City.
Alvaro Morata didn't have the best of games
today, as the Spanish forward misses a hatful of chances that would've given the home side a much needed three
points in their fight to secure Champions
League football for next season.
So even though Man City are direct Premier
League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's
today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a
point against Sunderland.
It was fairly obvious that Arsenal were not at our brilliant best in the Premier
League match away to Stoke City
today, even though we did have a few decent chances to score the goal that would have meant all three
points coming back to north London from the Potteries.
Chelsea dropped another two
points at home to West Ham
today, as the Blues suffered a further setback in their pursuit of securing Champions
League football for next season.
The Red Devils come into the game down in sixth place having won only two of their last eight
league matches, including three losses, and a win for our side
today would build a nine
point lead over Jose Mourinho's side.
Of course with Arsenal playing at home in the Premier
League today, the fans will want all three
points.
Judging from the majority of comments from Arsenal fans in the build up to our fifth Premier
League game of the season, most Gooners would have gladly taken a
point from
today's trip to Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal have lost their last two games and we currently only have four teams below us in the
League table, and one of those is
today's opponents with zero
points from their first three games.
Everton held Chelsea to a frustrating 0 - 0 draw in the Premier
League in
today's early kick - off at Goodison Park, which will surely go down as two
points dropped for the Blues.
The
points were vital
today and we now prepare for Leicester with renewed confidence and a better looking
league table.
i hate to say it, but cmon liverpool... i cant live w the thought of spuds winning the
league, they need to drop
points today,
With the Blues drawing with Burnley last weekend and playing against Tottenham Hotspur in
today's Capital One Cup final, City had a real chance to pile some pressure on the current leaders, who can now make it an eight
point lead if they win their next
league game.
Pep Guardiola's side go into
today's game 11
points adrift of the Blues, and they can't afford to drop
points in this sort of fixture if they want to have any chance of lifting the Premier
League title at the season's end.
After this weekend's games, which saw Liverpool, Tottenham and Man United all win, we are now ten
points of the Top Four and our game in hand will be against
today's victors Man City on Thursday, which nobody can seriously believe we have any chance of even getting our pride back by beating the side that has only lost one
League game all season.
The options available to Arsene Wenger when selecting his Arsenal line up for
today's game against Sunderland at the Emirates stadium are smaller than they have been all season and with three key players in Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin being on the injury list and after the Gunners» recent struggles in the
league, what should have been an easy three
points is now looking like a tough and pressure filled match.
Manager Zinedine Zidane has decided to drop both the pair for the match against Atleti
today, a tie that they will be hoping to win to go within a
point of Los Rojiblancos in the
league table.
A win
today, followed up by another three
points in midweek against Leicester will see the Blues win their first
league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Ge
league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions
League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Ge
League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain.
Our side currently sit down in sixth place in the Premier
League, four
points behind
today's opponents, and five behind Chelsea in the fourth and final Champions
League place.
Arsenal fans can never really be hapy when our north London rivals win, but you have to admit that Tottenham have done us a big favour
today in beating Man City and giving Arsenal the chance to move to within two
points of the current
league leaders.
Any win for Arsenal over
today's visitors to north London would take the Gunners to just two
points behind Chelsea, who currently sit fifth in the Premier
League table and have seen their own top four hopes disappear after losing their long unbeaten home record against Tottenham last weekend, but a big win for Arsenal could help to pile even more pressure onto the Blues before they face West Ham later
today.
At the other end of the table, Boro sit six
points behind the safety zone, albeit with two games in hand, and a loss
today would put their Premier
League life in jeopardy.
Although the Gunners are advertised as being in a crisis, I am sure they will still be hot favourites to blow Bournemouth away
today, and in our favour it is worth noting that we have only lost one of our last 20 home games in the
League, whereas the Cherries have only beaten relegated Sunderland in their last 10 away games, and have never even got a
point in an away game against us.
Flamini wasn't there, giroud was useless the whole team didn't show up
today I am not really worried about topping the
league cause it will happen in two days what is really worrying is consistency cause city will be breathing down our neck with only one
point difference.
The First
League side come into the match with one
point from their opening two matches, and could potentially join us on
points with a win
today.
Arsenal are back in pole position for a top three finish in the Premier
League after both Leicester and Southampton did us a big favour
today by taking
points off the two Manchester clubs.
in other stories, hang in there guys, the 4th is ours, maybe just maybe Spuds finishing ahead of us for once will be the catalyst that will open the eyes of all the Wenger fan boys who still think he should be on the job until he is dead... Leicester city were relegation fodders this time last season,
today there are 5
points clear at top of the
league... we are 4 or thereabout this time last season, and the season before that and the one before that, in short we are where we were or thereabout for the last 10 season....
Arsenal may only be a single Premier
League point better off than our opponents
today, but you would normally expect a team like Watford to approach a game against us or any of the big hitters with some degree of caution, even though the Hornets are at home
today.
Arsenal really need to get all three
points against Southampton
today to get our Premier
League title challenge back on track.
Arsenal make the tough trip to Manchester to take on the Premier
League leaders
today, as we look to close to within six
points of the top.
A lot of Arsenal fans did not expect us to get anything from
today's away game against the Premier
League leaders Man City, and that is how it turned out with De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus scoring to make it a comfortable 3 - 1 scoreline in the end, but that did not tell the whole story by any means and Arsene Wenger will surely
point to a couple of key decisions that went the home side's way at crucial
points of the game.