Despite a stirring attempt
at a comeback Arsenal could not complete the job and were punished for the worst first half performance of the season, which could well have wasted all the momentum built up in recent weeks.
Not exact matches
Along with Giroud I think that Lucas Perez played a huge part in the
comeback at Bournemouth and after a slow start to his playing career with
Arsenal I think the Spaniard is starting to show why Wenger signed him.
The 29 - year - old scored the equaliser for the Hornets as they stunned
Arsenal with a late
comeback at Vicarage Road, and admitted afterwards that he often fancies his chances against Arsene Wenger's side.
There is still time for
Arsenal to rescue the campaign and lift the EPL trophy in May and I'm sure that all Gooners will be Geordies for the night when Newcastle take on Leicester tonight, but it will take an epic
comeback like the one produced by the
Arsenal side of the late 80s, the one in the film Fever Pitch that blew a promising position and then went on a late run that culminated in a title decider on the last day
at Anfield.
It was his goal that started Villa's FA Cup semi-final
comeback victory against Liverpool last month and will lead the attack in the final against
Arsenal on Saturday evening
at Wembley.
It's not just
Arsenal fans that are excited by the return of injured quartet Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, Serge Gnabry and Abou Diaby — fellow midfielder Mesut Ozil has taken to Instagram to wish his teammates good luck as they stepped up their
comebacks in the U21 fixture against Stoke City
at the Emirates on Tuesday evening.
It was great to see
Arsenal stage a spirited
comeback from three goals down
at Bournemouth, and although Arsene Wenger was pleased that his team didn't give up, he thinks it was very unfair that his team had to play again after just two days after our win against Crystal Palace, while the Cherries had an extra day to recover from their win over Swansea.
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Fernandinho, Demerai Gray, in an unfamiliar central midfield role, and Sead Kolasinac complete the midfield with the latter in particular standing out after his pivotal contribution inspired
Arsenal's
comeback in the win over Swansea City
at the Emirates on Saturday.
It wasn't all bad news for
Arsenal supporters through, with Wenger painting a more positive picture by confirming that both Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey will be in line to return
at the Stadium of Light, with the former making his
comeback against Reading in the League Cup.
Ramsey's
comeback to form isn't going to be instantaneous, in fact he seems to perform on a completely different scale
at Arsenal than he does for his national side.
With games coming thick and fast, has the
comeback of these two
Arsenal stars come
at the perfect time and allowed Wenger to field as strong a side as possible this weekend?
Theo Walcott injured a cruciate ligament in his knee in January 2014, but despite him playing his first
comeback game in October last year the
Arsenal striker is still deemed not to be
at peak fitness yet.
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at this rate before becoming the next newcastle and post that villa and then notts forest.
It is going to be very difficult for Arsene Wenger to now leave the France international star out of the
Arsenal starting line - up, as Olivier Giroud scored a vital winner in the FA cup clash
at Preston North End after setting up the first two and scoring the third in that unlikely
comeback in the Premier League away game
at Bournemouth.
An early
comeback for Le Coq is just what
Arsenal fans needed to hear after two away draws in a row
at Liverpool and Stoke cut our lead and made the fight for the title look very tight again.
Francis Coquelin is making his
comeback from a two - month layoff in
Arsenal's FA Cup fourth - round tie
at home to Burnley this afternoon.
See what I'm mean about Sky Sports, they never wanted to talk about the excellent
comeback with more or less a second string eleven or how well that
Arsenal, the police and the stewards done to control a very difficult situation
at the stadium, all they wanted to talk about was the disorder
at the ground and how
Arsenal may be punished for something completely beyond our control.
I do want to have too much of a go
at the
Arsenal and Chile international star, but there is no getting around the fact that apart from his
comeback as a sub in the 4th round of the FA cup, Alexis Sanchez has been well below the standard that we are used to since returning from his injury lay - off.
Arsenal's woeful away form shows no sign of improving as Newcastle all but ensured Premier League survival with a spirited
comeback at St. James» Park.
Kane may be back in time for this weekend's north London derby with
Arsenal at Emirates Stadium - and his
comeback can not come a moment too soon for Pochettino.
Despite a couple of attempts
at a
comeback, he was forced to hang up his gloves but he remained
at Highbury, were he continued to work for
Arsenal Football Club behind the scenes as their commercial manager in later years.
Other teams aren't going to lie down and let
Arsenal walk all over them — they are going to show guts like Newcastle did on Saturday — that was one of the great
comebacks of all time but do
Arsenal fans give them any credit
at all?
In 2001 we had the late
comeback against
Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium, the Alaves thriller, and Fowler's cracker in the League Cup final.
Despite a morale boosting late
comeback in Brussels in midweek,
Arsenal were still a team trying to find some form, while Sunderland were desperate to not be on the end of another pasting after losing 8 - 0
at Southampton last weekend.
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Arsenal pulled off another
comeback this weekend in the Premier League, not quite the three points, but with just 6 minutes to go, managed to score twice and earn a point
at Goodison Park, a difficult fixture.
Check out the live odds
at the break, with
Arsenal now 4/9 to complete the
comeback win and Stoke 8/1 to get their noses back in front and take all three points.
The ITV Football pundit was speaking after
Arsenal's 3 - 1 defeat in Barcelona ended their hopes of an unlikely Champions League
comeback, having lost 2 - 0
at the Emirates in the first leg.
Philippe Coutinho got the ball rolling on the opening day of the season with his free kick
at the Emirates just before half - time that saw Liverpool go in 1 - 1
at half - time to kickstart a
comeback that saw them run out 4 - 3 winners against
Arsenal.
JACK WILSHERE is on the
comeback trail for
Arsenal, and took to the field in an under - 21 clash with West Brom
at Meadow Park.
In a report covered by Evening Standard, Walcott admits that he still has the ambition of making a
comeback with the Three Lions, and he is looking to impress with the opportunity provided
at Arsenal, he said: «Of course.
The Welsh club moved into the top five with their 2 - 1
comeback victory over
Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday afternoon and belief is growing that they can better their best Premier League...
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It could have been a much more difficult result for the gunners had it not been for the excellent
comeback from
Arsenal just
at the start of the second half.
It was
Arsenal, who completed a very late
comeback against Bournemouth, as they rescued a point in injury time having fallen 3 - 0 behind with Giroud scoring in the 92nd minute to finally earn his side a point which seemed highly unlikely
at one stage.
Swansea, who shut down
Arsenal in a pretty comprehensive 2 - 0 win in London in early December, found a late equalizer to offset
Arsenal's second half
comeback to force a replay
at the Emirates.
The lightning - quick attacker has witnessed us register impressive victories over Manchester United and
Arsenal, plus stage a late
comeback to draw
at Liverpool and stun Juventus in the Champions League before ultimately falling just short, since joining us from Paris Saint - Germain
at the end of the January transfer window.
But this Blues side had already proved themselves capable of second - leg
comebacks having done just that in the semi-final of the League Cup against
Arsenal, thanks to another memorable evening
at the Bridge.
Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is slated to make a
comeback next week from a 7 - months - old ligament injury he sustained
at the Etihad Stadium in May this year.
This included 2 - 1 wins over
Arsenal and Liverpool, and a
comeback at Stamford Bridge, after going 3 - 0 down, to secure a point.