Sentences with phrase «as the gunners face»

As the Gunners face a do or die Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb tonight, Wenger feels hard done by that, even though Zagreb player Arijan Adem was banned for four years after failing a drugs test after September's shock 2 - 1 win, the result is still allowed to stand.

Of course that last stat is the only difference for Arsenal this season, as the Gunners face a new Chelsea side without Mourinho at the helm, so could things be different this time around?

Arsenal's Champions League future hangs in the balance tomorrow night, as the Gunners face Borussia Dortmund in a crucial game at the Emirates.

Not exact matches

I think the Gunners are going to face court martial charge trial for the treasonable act they committed as they will be arraigned to face the Lilywhites on Sunday evening to defend themselves.

The two clubs are the most successful in FA Cup history, with eleven wins each, and will continue their rivalry on Monday, as they face off against each other for the fifteenth time in the competition, with the Gunners having won five of those previous meetings, while United have claimed seven victories.

So he is covering his options and letting us know that the Gunners will be trying, but the fact is that we will be facing the very best players that are playing in America (as opposed to the best American players), and don't be too upset if we get a hiding!

The Portugal international has developed a reputation as a tough tackling central midfielder and is seen by many as the ideal signing to add much needed power to the Gunners squad, but they could face strong competition from rivals Manchester United, who are also interested in the youngster as Mirror Online revealed last month.

In fact he had a bit of a shocker and with the two players in front of him in the pecking order, Hector Bellerin and Matthieu Debuchy, being out of contention through injury that gives the manager a problem as he prepares the Gunners for the trip to face West ham in the Premier League on Sunday.

When adversaries stick it to you from outside the club, always trying to cause a stir within and among us and we have so called fans agreeing with these failed pundits who prolly do nt even have a voice in their own households, we like illegitimate children back up their unsincere arguments, hell Piers Morgan does it from a place of genuine concern, the AKBs and AOBs too, Fatboy gooner and NY gunner on here even and we are happy to have them but when we thoughtlessly indulge and endorse those who would rather see us fail by always coming up with.unsolicited advise especially without any reasonable bases, we are as much enemies of the club we claim to love, cutting of our nose to spite our face... shame again.

Arsenal were drawn with AS Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League, a surprise tie for the Gunners who were expected to face a European giant after they, yet again, failed to secure top spot in their group.

It really doesn't sound as though there's a good atmosphere within the dressing room right now, and with a trip to Brighton on Sunday before travelling to Italy to face Milan in the first leg of their last - 16 tie, it may yet get even worse for the Gunners.

The Gunners have already snapped up left - back Seat Kolasinac on a free transfer from Schalke, and it appears as though Arsene Wenger will waste little time in bringing in the next new face.

Losses to Watford and Chelsea last week have piled the pressure on the Gunners, as they now face an all - too familiar fight to finish in the top four in the Premier League.

He has, however, shone at Borussia Dortmund and looks an ideal purchase for the Gunners as they also face doubts over the future of playmaker Mesut Ozil, who is also heading towards the end of his contract.

While the Gunners had been expected to face competition from Chelsea for the signing the Argentinian international, Arsene Wenger's side have been linked with making an improved offer after initially having a # 28.8 million bid rejected by the Nerazzurri, as reported by the Metro.

Iwobi and his Arsenal teammates face Bate Borisov on Thursday night as the Gunners look to take control of Europa League Group H.

As if Arsenal needed anything else to go against us as we prepare to face the German champions Bayern Munich on their own turf thanks to another typically hard draw for the Gunners, but the bit of hope that we had been given with the news of Xabi Alonso picking up an injury has been snuffed ouAs if Arsenal needed anything else to go against us as we prepare to face the German champions Bayern Munich on their own turf thanks to another typically hard draw for the Gunners, but the bit of hope that we had been given with the news of Xabi Alonso picking up an injury has been snuffed ouas we prepare to face the German champions Bayern Munich on their own turf thanks to another typically hard draw for the Gunners, but the bit of hope that we had been given with the news of Xabi Alonso picking up an injury has been snuffed out.

The Gunners are nine points behind Mourinho's men after a tough start to the season, but just as our injury crisis is easing off and we are going into a nice looking run of fixtures, losing Costa would be a real blow and they face an away trip to a Crystal Palace side that had a good win in their last game and who Neil Warnock will have very well organised.

Big Sam Allardyce has perfected his game plan to collect a valuable 1 point from this game tomorrow as the Gunners will face one of the Pack The Bus and Counter Attack Teams to steal a point.

That same sort of idea about the way Arsenal play was evident from the Germany international keeper Manuel Neuer this week, as the Daily Mail reported his pre-match comments ahead of the Gunners trip to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie.

I have a bad feeling that Wenger's struggles against Mourinho would continue as hos negative and counter attacking tactics are ideally suited to face the Gunners.

The Gunners crashed to a shock 2 - 1 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night and now face a battle in order to qualify for the knockout stages in Europe as they will likely need a positive result in one of their back - to - back fixtures against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

Arsenal fans are well aware that as well as looking to use the summer transfer window to bring in new blood and strengthen the current Arsenal playing staff in key areas, the manager is faced with the task of stopping some of the Gunners from leaving our club.

As deflated as the Italian was during and after this comfortable and emphatic win for the Gunners, Wenger could hardly keep the smile off his facAs deflated as the Italian was during and after this comfortable and emphatic win for the Gunners, Wenger could hardly keep the smile off his facas the Italian was during and after this comfortable and emphatic win for the Gunners, Wenger could hardly keep the smile off his face.

The Gunners, having won the reverse leg last season — when these two sides faced each other in the group stages — will take great confidence from that tie, as a tonic of confidence and possibly clinch a win, again.

It may not be on the same scale as the injury problems facing other Arsenal players like Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker, but it is a big blow nevertheless, for Arsene Wenger as well as the player himself, because Alex Iwobi has just had a very impressive pre-season for the Gunners.

The sports injury website physioroom.com does have most of these Spurs stars pencilled in for a return to action against the Gunners and I think that Wenger has to plan as if they will be in the Tottenham team to face us.

Despite that, our German defender Per Mertesacker reckons that this is the perfect time for the Gunners to go to his home country to face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, as he explains in an Arsenal.com report.

And that attitude needed to take your chance when it comes is just what the Ox is urging from the young Gunners in the Arsenal squad to face Galatasaray tonight, as revealed in an Arsenal.com report.

On the face of it you would put Arsenal's trip to face Newcastle United in the early kick - off down as three points in the bank for the Gunners.

And as a result of this pressure being faced by him, he has unambiguously told the Gunners to select 5 Cherries during the match on the field of play and lash them thoroughly with heavy lashes.

Wilshere is set to face even more competition in the centre of the park this season, as the Gunners are reportedly interested in Nice star Jean - Michel Seri, as well as how boss Arsene Wenger decides to use midfielder Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain this season and whether Spaniard Santi Cazorla can find the form we know he is capable of, report the Telegraph.

Welbeck will be delighted as it is his first chance to face his former club and perhaps to prove once and for all that their new manager Louis van Gaal made a bit of a blunder when he allowed the 23 - year old to join the Gunners.

Arsenal were already up against it this weekend, as the fifth round of games in the Premier League season sees the Gunners travel to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning EPL champions less than three days after facing the Ge4rman club FC Cologne in a Europa League clash, so the last thing Arsene Wenger needed was to lose one of his key players.

The Gunners may as well rip everything up and start again as they face the potential free transfer departures of star duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, with the best option to cash in on them in the winter while they still can.

It spread across the face of hunting America as gunners like this one, Mrs. Elwood Whitney of New York, found fun and game in abundance

However, it looks as though the Gunners may face a battle to prevent him from returning to the Nou Camp, with Sport noting that Barca are ready to launch a # 50m bid to prise him away from the Emirates.

Those facing the axe are include under performing first team starters as well as squad players who have failed to impress the Gunners boss.

It may be a bit cynical of me to suggest that David Ospina's «shoulder injury» should happily come in the month that Arsenal have to face Bayern Munich home and away, and he is expected to recover after the next international break, but in the meantime Wenge has made it clear that Cech will face Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow as the Gunners aim for a spot in the Quarter - Finals.

Even though the Gunners have another tough fixture away at Stoke City this evening, Arsene Wenger is set to rotate the Arsenal squad as his players face their third League game in six days.

Arsenal are hoping to sign 21 year - old Mainz goalkeeper Loris Karius as a long term contender for the goalkeeping position at the Emirates Stadium, report the Mirror, but the Gunners are set to face competition from major clubs across the continent for the signature of one of the most exciting young players performing in the Bundesliga currently.

When the Gunners return, they face Stoke City before tough fixtures against Chelsea and Tottenham as well as the beginning of their Champions League campaign.

Nevertheless, the Gunners have been handed a tough start to the campaign, as they will take on Liverpool, Leicester and Chelsea in their first six games, while United will face Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal in their last six..

Toure will be just one of many members of that invincibles squad that will face some former legends of Milan at the Emirates this weekend and if I was Arsene Wenger I would be telling the current crop of Gunners to spend as much time as possible with them and to try to get a sense of what happened that season and how it happened.

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While things are looking pretty flippin» good from an Arsenal point of view right now, with a decent draw against Reading at home for the next round of the EFL cup as well as a good chance of topping our Champions League group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leaders.

With Arsenal travelling across London to Stamford Bridge on Saturday to face the current Premier League champions Chelsea, the poor form and internal strife of Jose Mourinho's team could certainly be a big help to Arsene Wenger and the Gunners, as a win would have us fully over the shaky and worrying start of the season.

For one thing, the Evening Standard is reporting that Di Maria should be fit to face the Gunners and was only taken off as a precaution.

Maybe Arsenal fans should have known that this was not going to be a good day for the Gunners, as the referee for our trip to face Chelsea was our old frioend Mike Dean.

Ozil will be hoping for more reasons to celebrate when his side face Hull City at the KC Stadium on Monday night as the Gunners look to secure a top - three finish and avoid having to negotiate a Champions League qualifier at the start of next season.