Arsenal fans will finally get the chance to see the summer signing that we all hope will make the difference in our challenge to regain the Premier League title next season, after Petr Cech watched from the bench
as the Gunners won the first match of pre-season to qualify for the final of the Asia Trophy against Everton today.
He also managed to make an appearance
as the Gunners won the FA cup final at Wembley and was looking really sharp for England and then in pre-season.
The Frenchman has instead decided to keep faith with the starting line up that did so well
as the Gunners won 4 - 1 away to Hull City last weekend.
A possibility I see happening as long
as the Gunners win all their remaining 8 League games which I think are within their capacity and range to achieve.
As long
as the Gunners win that game there will be no problem, but what if one or all of the three «injured» Liverpool players makes the difference?
It was only an under 23 game that the Arsenal and England international star was involved in this week, but Jack Wilshere certainly shone
as the Gunners won a seven goal thriller against Man City at the Emirates Stadium.
Two - goal hero Jordan Nobbs stressed it was vital Arsenal didn't finish the season without a trophy
as the Gunners won a fourth FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup title in five years.
Arsenal fans chose Ozil as their man of the match in Saturday's FA Cup final against Aston Villa
as the Gunners won the competition for a record 12th time.
Not exact matches
If I may add, the
Gunners SHOULD not underate the Canaries to get a least a draw or a
win in this BPL encouter
as they've not
won a BPL match in their last 8 outings.
The
Gunners come into the match on the back of successive
wins, while their opponents come into the match with successive failures to
win, but we still remain
as the outsiders to pick up a
win.
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as much
as they lost 0 - 2 to the Saints in the EFL Cup in the midweek but this game provides the
Gunners the chance to turn things around with a
win.
Just
as the
Gunners are getting over our own injury crisis and are looking to build a decent run of results together, following on from a 2 - 0
win over Hull City in the FA cup and a 3 - 0 defeat of Stoke City yesterday, our next Premier League game throws up an away game with the reigning EPL champions.
Of course Mesut Ozil continues to be linked with Man United, despite Wenger's assertions that there has been no approach from Jose Mourinho
as yet, but the media think that Ozil is showing his love for the
Gunners when he posted this last night after scoring the
winning goal for Arsenal against Newcastle....
The Colombian dropped the ball over the line to gift the Greek side a 2 - 1 lead
as they went on to
win 3 - 2, condemning the
Gunners to a second consecutive Champions League loss.
As revealed in an Arsenal.com report, the Arsenal vice / captain and central defender Per Mertesacker is adamant that the
Gunners will head to Old Trafford on Sunday feeling great about things and confident of coming away with a second
win of the season over Man United.
While most have seen it
as a real coup for the
Gunners and a big step towards making us a club capable of
winning the Premier League title again, including Jose Mourinho and John Terry of course, James seems to think that Chelsea have the better of the deal.
When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning
as parts of a well oiled machine, the
Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title
winning team.
Since Mathieu Flamini took over from Arteta
as our cover for Coquelin, the
Gunners have not lost a game,
winning three of the four and only conceding two goals, which is even better when you remebre that three of them were away from home and Arsenal were under serious pressure.
The
Gunners haven't simply become a bad team at the end of October,
as has happened in previous seasons, but three successive draws have made the fans become a little jittery, which makes a
win in tomorrow's game even more imperative.
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.
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Arsenal are away to Everton and then Man City but the way we are playing
as well
as the way our opponents are struggling mean that there is a great chance of the
Gunners winning both.
21 - year - old Lemar is keen to work under Arsene Wenger but Monaco are adamant to keep hold of some of the star players who led them to a league title
win and
as such, they are refusing to sell the player to the
Gunners.
And I am confident it will remain bright to very end of this season
as the
Gunners will not only
win the Barclays Premier League title.
Sanchez,
as has been the norm for much of this season, was Arsenal's star player, and although the
Gunners can not look too much into their performance against Sunderland, they more crucially got back to
winning ways.
The
Gunners travel to Paris to take on the French champions this week
as they look to kick off their Champions League campaign with a
win.
Arsenal could be building a title -
winning side this summer
as the
Gunners are linked with three extremely exciting transfer targets ahead of next season.
Arsenal fans will be hoping that the bookies have got this one right,
as the men whose job it is to predict the most likely outcomes have installed the
Gunners as favourites to
win the FA cup again in May, retaining the trophy that we
won last year at Wembley to end the nine year wait for silverware.
In order to secure a Top Three spot, the
Gunners would need to
win against Everton
as well
as seeing a heavy defeat for Manchester City and / or defeat Liverpool this weekend.
The point is, some
Gunners look like not taken
winning AFC games with 100 % seriousness they ought to
as they are sometimes careless in their games.
The
Gunners take on Manchester City this weekend
as they look to
win the League Cup for the first time under Arsene Wenger, but will have an uphill task given the season their opponents are having.
The
Gunners are away
as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City
winning and
as the Saints are involved in two midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA cup upset.
The
Gunners are on an impressive run of form
as they're unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions,
winning six and holding Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge last month.
I just hope the
gunners can go from strength to strength throughout the season, starting with victory over hull city at the weekend, and following it up with more
wins, but
as i said consistency is the key towards achieving this!
Sanchez wasn't included in the
Gunners squad for the
win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, and speculation has been rife over when he will be unveiled
as a new Man Utd player.
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The
Gunners will be in buoyant mood after their
win over Manchester United on Sunday,
as they still hold hopes of finishing in the top four and therefore qualifying for the Champions League.
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It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to
win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the
Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again
as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.
The stats don't lie but don't forget either that the
Gunners have just
won back to back Premier League games away from home for the first time this season, so our self - belief is up and
as an Arsenal.com report shows, Wenger believes that it will be a good day to be a Gooner.
Only recently, De Gea put in one of the performances of his career
as he helped United to a 3 - 1
win away to Arsenal
as he repeatedly kept the
Gunners out despite them creating plenty of fine scoring opportunities.
What we did not want, though, was for United to find some form in front of goal and score five goals,
as that is likely to give the players a timely boost ahead of their clash with the
Gunners on Sunday, so how much should Arsenal fans worry about the effect this big
win in Europe will have on our next Premier League opponents?
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.
Benteke's absence was not felt
as Liverpool went onto
win the game against the
Gunners 4 - 3 at the Emirates.
History is definitely in Arsenal's favour though
as the
Gunners have
won their last ten meetings with the Magpies going back to 2010...
The
Gunners and the Boss know
as much
as we known that a
win at Stoke will see them back on top of the ladder tomorrow and they'll be looking down on the Foxes and Citizens who will be bellow them.
A lot of people are suggesting that the
Gunners need to finish next season
as champions to save Wenger but
as he pointed out in his interview yesterday, reported on the Arsenal website,
winning the Premier League is not that easy.
As long as the Gunners are banging in the goals and winning games, Mesut Ozil's contribution is a vital one and is well appreciated bu his team mates and the fan
As long
as the Gunners are banging in the goals and winning games, Mesut Ozil's contribution is a vital one and is well appreciated bu his team mates and the fan
as the
Gunners are banging in the goals and
winning games, Mesut Ozil's contribution is a vital one and is well appreciated bu his team mates and the fans.
... the fact is some
gunner fans have forgotten that we almost
won the league 2 years ago without sanchez nor cech and with the same olivier giroud
as our ONLY strike force, and
as we know if not for lack of depth and injuries we would av
won the league that year... now we av sanchez and cech plus welbeck, we now av the depth, all we need is a fit team and we will
win the league next season... I believe in this team and frankly, its high time we put all the doubts away and stand with the team and manager with or without a new striker signing... COYGs!!!
Roy Keane has issued a withering condemnation of the modern
Gunners and revealed why our hopes of
winning the Premier League are doomed before we even kick a ball,
as reported in The Mirror.