Before this 3rd round FA
cup clash Arsene Wenger had urged his Arsenal players not to take the visitors Sunderland too lightly and expressed the need for Arsenal to start well, so the Frenchman must have been wondering what was going on when the Gunners presented the Black Cats with a real gift for the opening goal in the 17th minute.
Not exact matches
Arsene Wenger is expected to bring back the likes of Mesut Ozil, Per Mertesacker and Mathieu Flamini back into the squad after being rested for the FA
Cup clash over the weekend.
Arsene Wenger is unhappy with the timing of Arsenal's FA
Cup semi-final schedule on Saturday evening, which
clashes with this weekend's big Premier League game between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
Both of them came under the managerial control of
Arsene Wenger, in 1998 and 2002, and although it is really the Premier League we want this season, the Frenchman's team selection for the FA
cup clash with Sunderland showed that he very much wants another FA
cup as well.
And I think that Giroud will still be waiting for his first Gunners start after the EFL
cup clash with Reading tonight, even though
Arsene Wenger has suggested that he is in line to play.
One thing you can definitely say about Arsenal after the FA
cup thumping of Southampton and as
Arsene Wenger prepares for the top of the table
clash with Premier League rivals Chelsea this weekend is that the players involved last weekend have given the boss a tough decision on team selection.
There were always going to be some changes made by
Arsene Wenger to the Arsenal starting XI for this third round FA
cup clash with Preston North End, but the boss has kept faith with the competition that has been so good to him and the club and gone for a pretty strong Gunners side.
Any Arsenal fans expecting an easy ride in tonight's fourth round EFL
cup clash might want to rein in their expectations a little, according to both
Arsene Wenger and the captain of Reading, Paul McShane, despite the fact that the Gunners are playing at home against lower league opposition.
Arsenal play their final game of the Premier League season against West Bromwich Albion this Sunday with third place more or less wrapped up, so
Arsene Wenger seems likely to shuffle his pack ahead of the far more important FA
Cup final
clash against Aston Villa the following week...
Arsene Wenger has already let the Arsenal fans know that he is not making this quarter - final Carabao
Cup clash against West Ham any more of a priority than he normally does, and is planning to play a mixture of youth and fringe players even though this competition is probably our best chance of a trophy this season.
No one was surprised to see that
Arsene Wenger chose to drop (or rest) the Arsenal vice-captain for the Premier League home
clash with Everton on Sunday, after the World
Cup winning defender was the worst of a bad bunch against Monaco in the Champions League.
Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans have been left furious and bemused by the decision of the FA to appoint our old nemesis Mike Dean to take change of the FA
cup clash with Hull City on Saturday as it surely has greatly reduced our chances of getting past the Tigers and into the next round.
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.
Ahead of the all - important FA
Cup semi-final
clash against Manchester City, the Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger has challenged the club's «British Core» to take responsibility for the future and take the North London club forward from the current slump.
So with crucial EPL and UCL games coming up and with
Arsene Wenger having suggested that some of our key players were a bit jaded in the draw with Middlesborough on Saturday, a lot of people are expecting the Frenchman to make a quite few changes to the starting line - up for the EFL
cup clash with Reading tomorrow, but I for one am hoping that he doesn't.
Following Arsenal's hard - fought 2 - 1 victory over Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA
Cup, the Gunners boss
Arsene Wenger was in a jovial mood as he addressed the pre-match press conference ahead of the mid-week
clash against Leicester City.
Arsene Wenger has praised the hard work and mentality of his Arsenal players in the build up to this important 5th round FA
cup clash with an in - form Middlesborough side.
Arsene Wenger held his pre-match press conference today ahead of the FA
cup clash between Arsenal and the Championship league leaders Middlesborough at the Emirates stadium on Sunday.
It's not all about
Arsene Wenger this weekend - we've got the FA
Cup semi-finals as well as more crunch
clashes in the Premier League.
Arsene Wenger spoke to the press ahead of Arsenal's FA
Cup clash against Manchester City at the weekend.
Following the
cup clash United host Bolton on March 19 with Arsenal travelling to West Brom — both these sides have caused problems in the past but the mystic in me suggests Sir Alex and
Arsene will come out on top.
Arsene Wenger described Jack's injury as a» 4 - 5 day» injury, and that seems about rights as he could potentially play in the FA
Cup against Blackburn, though he is likely to be rested for that game in preparation for the titanic
clash (I'm allowed to call it that) with Bayern on Tuesday.
Arsene Wenger has revealed the latest injury news ahead of Arsenal's FA
Cup clash with Blackburn.
Read extra quotes from
Arsene Wenger's press conference before the FA
Cup fourth - round
clash against Burnley:
Arsenal prepare for a must win
clash against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday and one can be sure that manager
Arsene Wenger will be looking to field his strongest possible lineup for the
clash, having rested a number of key players for the 2 - 1 FA
Cup 3rd Round victory over Preston North End last weekend.
As for Mohamed Elneny, who suffered an injury in the FA
Cup clash against Sutton on Monday, the Egyptian midfielder will have a scan on his damaged ankle and manager
Arsene Wenger will surely hope that the results are positive, especially with Santi Cazorla out for the rest of the season.
With the stakes being raised significantly, it is believed that manager
Arsene Wenger could go with a very strong team on the night but the Frenchman has insisted that the loss against Bayern will not have any bearing on his team selection for the FA
Cup clash against the minnows.