Sentences with phrase «mikel came»

John Obi Mikel came in to replace him, playing alongside Cesc Fabregas in the middle of the park.

But when Mikel came off and Oxo slotted into the holding midfield position I was really surprised.

Mikel came to our squad assisting and scoring his first year.

Mikel coming in from the side has to pull out otherwise he is gambling with a yellow or red.

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I do not have any real idea what it will take for the Arsenal manager to convince our club captain Mikel Arteta from leaving the club and joining his fellow countryman Pep Guardiola at Man City when the current season comes to an end, but Arsene Wenger knows his player a lot better than I do and I am sure that the prof can think of something.

It does appear that Mikel's Chelsea love affair is finally coming to an end.

At 32 years of age and with first - team opportunities looking like they will be hard to come by, I really think Mikel will consider his future at the end of the season.

The Swiss international looks a great buy, but he comes into replace Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta, and should do extremely well in our set - up, but much more is needed if we are to challenge for the Premier League title.

Mikel Arteta did okay when he came on considering it was his first competitive game for over six months, but with his own injury record there is no guarantee he will always be available as cover.

«They'll come to the Emirates and they'll stick Nemanja Matic in there and they might stick John Obi Mikel or Kurt Zouma in there too, and Arsenal need to counter that.

Chelsea great Alan Hudson has insisted that that time has come for Jose Mourinho to sell under - performing midfielder John Obi Mikel.

Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta are all out of contract come the end of the season, which will free up space for three additions to our squad.

I am sure the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere will have had their pride stung on Tuesday, so I am expecting them to come out and prove that it was a one - off.

Ramsey would be the ideal player to come into the centre but we also have Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini, so is it time for the manager to shuffle the side around a little and to make us of Santi's versatility and wing play?

«The squad is better equipped now, Gabriel is putting (Per) Mertesacker under huge pressure and (Francis) Coquelin is in midfield instead of (Mikel) Arteta and (Mathieu) Flamini who are maybe coming to the end of their careers.

Probably, the best moment I've had from Mikel since he came.

Wenger has been thought to favour Mikel Arteta who is working under Pep Guardiola right now, but which other ex-Arsenal players could come in?

Going a goal down just means that Obi Mikel will come on and the game will be dead at that point..

We allowed Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta to all leave at the end of their contracts this summer, and so far Granit Xhaka is the only midfielder to come in in their place.

But joking aside, I do think that Arsene Wenger is coming around to the idea and accepting that Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini are not always the answer.

I suggest wenger should snap up chelsea's Mikel who can come for free this January.

«I know it's only early on, but there's Ramires to come on, Mikel is to come on and Filipe Luis is to come on.

One surprise in the Arsenal line - up is that both our box to box midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere start, while the club captain Mikel Arteta also comes into the team after recovering from his little knock.

Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta are both leaving the club, which could free up space for the pair to come in, but Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny are the current first - choice for a starting role in North - London, and accommodating the quartet could be tough.

What is Per and Mikel going to come out with in the media now, yada yada yada don't want to hear it!

The talk about captaincy at the Emirates has come around a few times, with out club opting to have a non-playing captain for a number of years now, from Mikel Arteta to an already injured Per Mertesacker, and the job should be given to a player on the pitch.

Arsenal are set to announce a new captain for the coming season, following Mikel Arteta's departure from the club this summer, and I fear the role is not taken seriously enough at the club.

When we come up against teams with physical and pacey MF and wingers we will be caught out as both Jack and Mikel are not that fast and will fade if they spend most of the game chasing.

Come on mikel and the rest of «you gunners» lets dig deep do you talking on the pitch come this weekCome on mikel and the rest of «you gunners» lets dig deep do you talking on the pitch come this weekcome this weekend!

Mikel Arteta, coming to Arsenal, came with the reputation as a free kick specialist and he actually is but, he came into a team that had RVP who is a pretty decent free kick taker himself.

He has not played much for Arsenal recently, with his only two starts so far this season coming in the Champions League and Capital One cup, but at least our club captain Mikel Arteta is fit and available to come in if we need him.

It is true that trio Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini are all leaving Arsenal in the coming weeks, which will free up space for new arrivals, but surely all of these targets would be hard to accommodate.

Francis Coquelin has been a revelation for Arsenal this season, coming in at a time when both Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey sustained ankle and hamstring injuries, respectively, during that mid-December period and Arsene Wenger had no choice but to recall his prodigious midfielder, who was on loan at Charlton Athletic, to Arsenal duty.

Gundogan would be a huge improvement on the current options when it comes to filling holding or defensive midfield slots with both Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini arguably past their best.

Cross, believes the club have four men in mind to come in for Wenger next season: Joachim Low, Leonardo Jardim, Brendan Rodgers and Mikel Arteta.

I'll keep my fingers crossed on those two, but according to Wenger, Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta will be coming back to training shortly afterwards as well so should be fully fit in two or three weeks.

* Creswell coming to boost Homegrown numbers and Filipe Luis leaving for Atletico * Obi Mikel leaving * Cech leaving * Drogba leaving

If you ask me, for sure the Flam / Mikel / Roza replacements will come from the academy.

Back - up striker Yaya Sanogo and central midfielder Mikel Arteta both limped from the field against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night, though no confirmation has come from the club as to the nature and severity of their injuries.

We have seen Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini leave the club since the end of last season, and Granit Xhaka is the only replacement who has so far come in to cover for their exits, and Almiron could now be set to join our star - studded midfield.

For sometime now i have been conveting dm's of other teams and i have come to the conclusion that whoever it is; flamini or arteta they make the team just to make up the numbers, even mikel will do a better job!!!

We all know our captain Mikel Arteta has also been given a one - year contract extension, and surely Wenger wouldn't have re-signed him if he didn't think he would play regularly when he comes back from injury.

p & p, whereas little Mikel, Jack and Ox come in at bargain basement level # 4 exc.

It was Mikel who came late and with studs showing.

Bertrand Traore came in up front, while John Obi Mikel moved to centre - half to replace the suspended John Terry.

John Obi Mikel impressed at centre back on Saturday, but Gary Cahill should be ready to come back in his place.

So after Arsenal's season (in the eyes of many) very nearly came to an end on Sunday, midfielder Mikel Arteta has spoken out to remind his teammates that the club are still without a trophy in over seven years.

By now a Spain Under - 19 international, Hector came off the bench early in extra time to replace Mikel Arteta and become the 818th player in Gunners history.

Athletic Bilbao duo of Carlos Gurpegi and Mikel San Jose played key roles in defence as the Basque team came from behind to seal all three points at the new San Mames.

The hard fought battle of the midfield during the game between Arsenal and Hull City came to its peak when Arsenal's captain of the game Mikel Arteta got involve in a