Mkhitaryan had looked a little lost as he came off the bench to make his debut in defeat at Swansea but he soon found his feet here, flashing a shot inches wide of Jordan Pickford's right - hand post
as Arsenal went in search of a second.
Here he kept the likes of David Beckham and Mauro Cameronesi quiet,
as Arsenal went 853 minutes without conceding.
Again the last - 16 stage of the Champions League would be as far
as Arsenal went, with Bayern Munich prevailing once more.
One would imagine a half - time team talk explaining the importance of the basics whilst motivating the team to do better would've had the players rallied for their last 45 minutes of the 10/11 season but this simply wasn't the case
as Arsenal went down to a Zamora goal, who has to be said, seemed to deserve his England call - up.
However, he missed the entire 2010/2011 season, and his absence was sorely felt on several ocassions,
as Arsenal went from being front runners in 4 competitions, to ending the campaign trophyless.
For long we mocked and ridiculed Wenger, stewing in schadenfreude
as Arsenal went from challengers in a two - horse Premier League race to barely having the funds to challenge.
Henrikh finished the game with hat - trick of assists
as Arsenal went on to win the fixture 5 - 1.
View image gettyimages.com Özil played off the Olivier Giroud and scored with a cool finish (24 ′)
as Arsenal went 2 - 0 up which eventually resulted in a 3 - 2 win.
As Arsenal went into the game against Bournemouth on Monday in the midst of a tight Christmas schedule, the Gunners boss Arsene Wenger chose to rest a few players.
So it wasn't pretty to watch
as Arsenal went 2 - 0 down to CSKA Moscow, and it was looking very precarious until Danny Welbeck pulled one back to give us a little cushion, but isn't the most important thing that we did just enough to ensure we went through to the semi-final?
Monreal had a role to play
as Arsenal went 2 - 1 down from Raheem Sterling finish in the second half of the Manchester City game.
FRANCIS COQUELIN 4.0 Was just there in midfield to add width to the middle of the park.He was hauled off
as Arsenal went in search of goals after the intermission with the introduction of Alexis Sanchez.
Arsenal and Liverpool split the EPL points with a win each and Arsenal also beat Liverpool to knock them out of the FA Cup
as Arsenal went on to win the trophy.
Starting as the Right - Winger, Sanchez started playing more centrally,
as Arsenal went in search of a 2nd goal.
His first FA cup start was back in 2010 and Coquelin endured a tough game at right back and was subbed by Arsene Wenger
as Arsenal went on to lose the game to Stoke City.
As long
as Arsenal go north and conquer on Monday night then last night's victory for Hull City over our top four rivals Liverpool will be a great result for everyone connected with the Gunners.
So with that being said, I really hope Monreal and Bellerin can continue their outstanding form and stay way from injuries
as Arsenal go marching on towards a potential battle for the title.
Arsene Wenger admits he is facing an injury crisis
as Arsenal go into three games which could decide their season.
Not exact matches
Consider: the
arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although,
as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have
gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.
I don't think you can put handcuffs on anybody if they want to
go to a club
as good
as Arsenal.
If you
go onto Squawka.com or another stats providing site, you can look at the performance of Ozil against Man City compared to that of Jack Wilshere, the
Arsenal midfielder who was rightly named
as Man of the Match.
From the
Arsenal and Hull starting line ups it is clear that Steve Bruce expects his team to be under a lot of pressure
as he has
gone with a physical and somewhat defensive XI with players like Powell, Huddlestone and Diame and their top scorer of the season Abel Hernandez on the bench.
referring decisions also
go in our favour, for instance that dortmund goal sanogo scored was clearly offside, these things are apart of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4 goal leads, GREAT teams do not concede 3 + goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have had an injury list just
as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have just
gone through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth are united in the title race and not
arsenal?
There is a strong feeling that the England international midfield star Jack Wilshere is
going to rescue his
Arsenal career and come back to be a first team regular again,
as long
as this season on loan at AFC Bournemouth sees him play the regular football that all of his injury problems have denied him at his boyhood club, the mighty
Arsenal.
However it seemed
as if
Arsenal's next opponent was
going to be Juventus, who were hanging around Alexis Sanchez, with the Old Lady waiting to propose an offer to the Gunners.
Chelsea do not play until Monday and hopefully they will find the trip to Stoke
as unhappy
as the Gunners did recently, but Man City have just
gone into a 3 - 0 lead at home against Crystal Palace and that puts the reigning EPL champs level with Jose Mourinho and his players and a hefty 13 points ahead of
Arsenal and a massive 18 points ahead of Liverpool.
He was back in training
as well but the
Arsenal boss was extra cautious about bringing him back, clearly worried that the hamstring could
go again and we could lose him again.
get it in ur head
as bad
as most of us want wenger out he ai nt
going nowhere right m ow not in tje middle of the season and I highly doubt at the end of so just sh*t fhe f*ck up and support
arsenal... now wenger but
arsenal.....
«I will obviously still follow the club and I am at a big club now, Valencia is a big club and the expectation is here
as well, but after nine years you can not forget about your club and
Arsenal is always
going to be in my heart, I will always follow them.»
Mourinho does not strike one
as a person who lets
go of grudges easily, so that might explain this obsession with what is otherwise an arguably surprising move considering Ozil's relative lack of impact at
Arsenal, especially this season.
Big games can be decided on narrow margins, and it hasn't
gone Arsenal's way today
as Pep Guardiola's side will surely now
go on to collect all three points to maintain their title charge.
It will be good for Theo to
go to Liverpool, but
as an
Arsenal fan I don't want to see him shine for another club.
However, him
going to City would actually swing the title in their favour
as his goals and assists would be much more than at
Arsenal owing to the pattern of play employed by Pep.
I think if Theo
goes to Liverpool and
as a striker he may become very good which will not be good for
Arsenal.
Its seems to me that both the club and it's fans are not serious.Anytime
Arsenal sign a youngster from another team who is dubbed the next whatever people come out and say
Arsenal have just signed a youngster who may or may not make it and that Arsene should sign ready made.They say it to seem
as if it's a bad thing.Now that Chris Willock is leaving I'm anticipating that a lot of people are soon
going to be blaming the same Wenger who actually likes bringing in youngsters.Anyway you have to look at the reasons he lfet.It's for game time and to him he thinks its a good choice.The bright side is that he's not
Arsenal's most talented player.The likes of Donyell Malen, Yassin Fortune, Reiss Nelson in my eyes have more potential
as wingers.I also think
Arsenal should be very excited about Eddie Nketiah and Stephy Mavididi.They can be world class strikers in the future particularly Eddie.
As an earlier post here on Just
Arsenal reported, top ref Mark Clattenburg says it was correct because of that contact and that would be okay if it was
going to be given like that every time.
Before he picked up a knee injury in the first
Arsenal match of pre-season that forced him to have surgery and miss perhaps the whole first half of the new season, it was being reported that the German centre back Per Mertesacker was
going to be given the task of replacing Mikel Arteta
as club captain.
That defensive midfield position I was talking about illustrates where
Arsenal are
as a club — they've
gone a bit soft.»
So I guess it's up to them then, but I will support
Arsenal and
go to the games
as much
as I want, I don't agree with Kroenke or his disgusting channel - but I sure
as hell won't feel guilty for something I have nothing to do with and no control over.
The former Real Madrid ace was evidently unimpressed with Henry's assessment of the situation
as he insisted that talks are not just revolving around money,
as the wait
goes on to discover whether or not he will extend his stay in north London or if
Arsenal need to start considering a replacement.
When you consider Man Utd and Chelsea would put in a bid and be able to offer higher wages AND have more of a claim to challenging for the PL title, the only factor we have
going for us is the
Arsenal factor (in that he maybe supported us
as a kid).
It doesn't matter what your theory is — it is
as simple
as neither had a career that was
going anywhere at
Arsenal.
I think that means he's gonna get a forward more fitting to
Arsenal, Perez looked good
as a wide forward but I don't think he was ever
going to be the man to lead the line.
Then
as quickly
as the excitement and optimism of
Arsenal fans grew, it is
gone as we hear that the transfer will not happen for one reason or another.
Arsene Wenger was never
going to come out and say that
Arsenal are out of the Champions League,
as we still have the second leg against Barcelona at the Nou Camp to play in a couple of weeks.
They may have managed to cancel St Totteringham's Day this season, but the fact is that Sp * rs are still
going to end this campaign without a trophy
as usual, while
Arsenal are still in with a real chance of winning their third FA Cup in four years.
Don't get me wrong, he's a classy little player but he also has his faults and I doubt that he will shine
as much
as he did at
Arsenal, if he were to
go to a bigger club with bigger players (stars).
arsenal made him the player he is today, but if he think he is bigger than the club let him
go we will have good players
as well
goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.
Arsenal has Giroud
as the main cf and Welbeck
as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.
As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations
as a player costs
arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in
arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but
as the saying
goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?
In Mahrez case, he is definitely a wide attacking player, who
goes by opponents
as if they are not there, has good technical abilities, a wonderful left foot, and does score goals, probably would score more in a team like
Arsenal.