Lets move our focus to
midweek fixtures Arsenal against Watford, Liverpool - Chelsea are where my interest shall lie.
Not exact matches
After a terrible new year
fixture schedule that saw
Arsenal, who have already had the drawback compared to Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool of having to play the six extra
midweek games in the Champions League, have to play two games in two days and get the shortest recovery time of all the clubs chasing the EPL title, we now have a well needed breather before the next league match.
There is a full Premier League
fixture list scheduled for
midweek, and
Arsenal boss Wenger may opt to rotate some players as they host Huddersfield on Wednesday.
After the
midweek monstrosity,
Arsenal face a trip to Wales for their Super Sunday
fixture.
Following
Arsenal's
midweek half - triumph in Munich, experienced midfield Mikel Arteta has issued a rallying call to the rest of the troops encouraging them to put their continental disappointment to the back of their minds and full focus all energy on finishing in the top four to qualify for next season's European Cup, Arteta also guarded his
Arsenal teammates of the dangers of heading into Saturday's
fixture with Swansea in the wrong frame of mind «On Saturday, if we are not at it, we are going to face a really difficult team which is Swansea away from home.»
The
midweek round of
fixtures worked out well for
Arsenal with City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton all dropping points, but Walcott, who was made captain in the absence of Laurent Koscielny, claimed they are not looking at the table despite having just nine games to play.
Fresh from their Carabao Cup victory, Manchester City found themselves playing against
Arsenal once again this
midweek, this time in the English Premier League
fixture and same result happened for Pep Guardiola's men.
Contrasting results earned by
Arsenal and Liverpool this
midweek on their English Premier League
fixtures as Gunners suffered a shock defeat from Swansea while The Reds Thumped Huddersfield Town.
Cazorla will be out again for
Arsenal on Wednesday night as The Gunners host Southampton in a
midweek Premier League
fixture.
After their success in reaching the UEFA Champions League knock out stages for the 13th time in a row this
midweek, confidence is running high at
Arsenal camp ahead of their weekend Premier League
fixture.
What a batch of
midweek fixtures it was as Bournemouth slaughtered Chelsea, Swansea tripped up
Arsenal, Everton purchase Theo Walcott bagged a brace...
However, their abysmal record against the top teams this season combined with their
midweek fixture in Spain, and their general malaise in the second half of the season opens the door for
Arsenal.
Arsenal and Bolton both secured wins in their
midweek Carling Cup
fixtures and were looking to gain some momentum in this game.