But as if that were not enough, Liverpool may lose next
weekend against Stoke to, Who suffered a hamstring stretch in the right leg.
Pretty down to earth and sobering stuff from the Spaniard, who is also certain that Spurs have to get in the winning groove
this weekend against Stoke.
Following on from Mustafi's injury concern that he picked up at
the weekend against Stoke City, Gabriel had the opportunity to slot into his more favoured position at centre back.
With Alexis Sanchez due back in action either
this weekend against Stoke City or the next game after and with our England international forward Danny Welbeck finally back in training after his long injury lay - off, the boss feels that the Gunners have plenty of options up front, and as reported by The Mirror he feels that he will not find any better options than what he has in the January transfer window.
With a match next
weekend against Stoke looming large, the club would do well by making sure they focus all their positive energy on getting at least a draw to get things back in the right direction.
Not exact matches
Arsenal simply have convert more of the 100s of chances they create instead of missing them all like we did
against Stoke last
weekend....
Harry Kane also had a good
weekend, netting a hat - trick
against a dismal
Stoke City side today, leaving himself one behind the leading duo's tally of 17, and he joined Chelsea's Diego Costa, who also scored his 16th league goal of the current campaign.
Stoke City host Hull City today at the Britannia Stadium after securing a win
against struggling Aston Villa at Villa Park last
weekend.
I can almost bet he will start
against Stoke city at the weekend, if only to boss Joe Allen and «stoke» the flames of the Shawcross tackle in the home f
Stoke city at the
weekend, if only to boss Joe Allen and «
stoke» the flames of the Shawcross tackle in the home f
stoke» the flames of the Shawcross tackle in the home fans.?
Wenger may use the European clash as an opportunity to rest players, with a home clash
against Stoke City on the horizon the following
weekend.
Coutinho, who scored the winner for Liverpool
against Stoke City last
weekend, is the highest profile English - based absentee from the squad as his new teammate at Anfield Roberto Firmino is included alongside Chelsea trio Ramires, Oscar and Willian.
We did it last week and it worked well, so I am at a loss as to why Wenger played exactly the same team, except for starting Bellerin, that played
against Stoke at the
weekend.
But Newcastle United have a shocking record
against the Gunners, just like we have
against last
weekend's tormentors
Stoke City, so hopefully that will not change.
But that game, along with the
weekend just gone which saw Lukaku devour Arsenal while Torres went scoreless
against Stoke City, has breathed new life into a debate that has been rumbling along for most of the season.
Wonder what the mood will be like if after this shambles of a transfer window we drop points
against Stoke next
weekend?
so lets hope the players continue feeling positive and make up for the lost points
against Stoke at the
weekend....
Much of the attacking attention has been focused on Alvaro Negredo, with the Spaniard having gone seven games without a goal since opening the scoring
against Stoke City on the opening
weekend of the season.
Alexis scored the winner for Chile in their friendly
against Paraguay at the
weekend, so he will be feeling a lot better about life and has a week before he takes the field
against Stoke.
So when we saw Diego Costa pull up after just 12 minutes of Chelsea's narrow win
against Stoke City last
weekend, it appeared likely that the Brazilian born Spanish international would probably miss the rest of the season, or most of it at least.
Despite
Stoke City's abysmal record
against Arsenal away, where their last win was actually at Highbury back in 1981, their manager Mark Hughes believes that his team is now ready to put that jinx to bed this
weekend.
Ndidi has also scored two goals, including a stunner
against Stoke City at the
weekend, and it appears as though his form is attracting unwanted attention from a Leicester perspective as he continues to impress and prove that he's capable of dealing with the demands of the English top flight.
He might not be available for the visit of Southampton on Wednesday, but then we have
Stoke next
weekend with games
against Newcastle, Liverpool, QPR and West Ham before the new year.
The former Arsenal and England forward Alan Smith was clearly not as disappointed as some Gooners with the away point
against a difficult and in form
Stoke City side at the
weekend, especially as the Gunners were without two of our best attacking players in Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
Our boys will also be thriving on their
weekend's 4 - 1 victory, in which we ran
Stoke absolutely ragged, and the prospect of continuing that goalscoring prowess
against a downbeat Sunderland side is very possible.
After Arsenal conceded four goals in our first two games
against opposition that are not exactly world beaters in Leicester and
Stoke City you can certainly see his point and Wenger himself was scathing about our defending last
weekend.
It seemed like an impossible task just a couple of weeks ago, but wins
against two bogey teams in Man United and Southampton will give us even more confidence when we go to
Stoke this
weekend.
But once again this
weekend Stoke were a shadow of that side as they meekly allowed Man City to win and score four goals without reply, just as they did
against another of our main rivals Tottenham on Monday.
Arsenal's brilliant win over
Stoke yesterday was exciting and exhilirating, and has put us in with a small chance of still making the Top Four, but only if Liverpool fail to get a win either
against West Ham today or
against Middlesbrough next
weekend.
Wojciech Szczesny is still out after suffering a hip injury
against Manchester United, but may return
against Stoke City at the
weekend.
Indeed, should the Blues lose, it remains to be seen how long the Portuguese coach could hold on to his job, having lost
against West Ham United last
weekend and
Stoke City in the Capital One Cup in midweek.
Wife of the Arsenal FC fan who slumped and died in Owerri, the Imo state capital during last
weekend Premier League game
against Stoke City, has opened up on how her husband, a «die - hard» supporter of the Gunners, died.
United dropped their first points of the season
against Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium last
weekend in a 2 - 2 draw, getting back to winning ways on Tuesday beating FC Basel 3 - 0 in the first group stage match of the UEFA Champions League.
Following a comfortable 4 - 0 victory away at
Stoke over the
weekend, Spurs enter their first Champions League Group Stage match on a high as they prepare to line - up
against their French opponents Monaco.
You can argue that Bournemouth were unlucky to get something out of their trip to Anfield last
weekend, and it was only the heroics of Coutinho that ensured they picked up three points
against Stoke.
Team News Arsenal have been rocked by the news that Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Debuchy are to be sidelined for three months, with the latter picking up a dislocated shoulder during last
weekend's victory
against Stoke City.
The Tottenham forward went to great lengths to claim his side's winner
against Stoke last
weekend, with the Premier League's dubious goals panel awarding him a goal that keeps him within four strikes of Salah in the race for the Premier League golden boot.
He made a mistake during the 3 - 1 win
against Chelsea for Alvaro Morata's goal and could also have done better for Mame Diouf's goal at
Stoke last
weekend.
Returning to the side
against Cardiff, van Persie wasted no time in finding his scoring form and is set to play
against Stoke this
weekend.
After a promising opening -
weekend display at
Stoke, the Croatian was shaky again
against Bournemouth.
Dropping back into the bottom seat of English Premier League standings, Crystal Palace are keen on re-starting their survival mission by targeting all three points
against Stoke City this
weekend.
After earning only a single point
against Stoke City last
weekend, Manchester Unite returned to winning ways by beating Basel in the Champions League.
The young defender helped Everton reach this
weekend's Barclays Asia Trophy final after playing in Thursday's penalty shoot - out win
against Stoke and he expressed his contentment at the club following the game.
The Reds squeaked one out at
Stoke last
weekend and they still remain somewhat vulnerable
against sides beneath them in the table.
The Hammers will hope the good vibes of the last two weeks continue in their road to safety, when they face off in another «six pointer»
against desperate
Stoke City next
weekend.
After impressing on the left wing for Arsenal
against Stoke City in a 3 - 0 win last
weekend, Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang could now play more regularly in that position with the return of Alexandre Lacazette from injury now complete.
The Trotters are still nursing an FA Cup semi-final hangover it would seem, losing 5 - 0 to
Stoke last month to miss out on the opportunity to feature in this
weekend's show - piece
against Manchester City, and are now finishing a campaign full of promise with a real whimper, with last week's 2 - 1 reverse to Sunderland at home their third consecutive defeat following disappointing outcomes away at first Fulham (3 - 0) before helped Blackburn, who were previously without a win for ten games, to end their barren streak (1 - 0).
Arsenal were finally able to show some promise over the
weekend with a strong attacking performance
against Stoke.
Oh well news coming in as of now that RVP has pulled out of the international game due to some Flu, lets hope either this was wengers idea to save him from being injured or get well soon and be ready for the
weekend clash, Dj is going to be a big miss, but i really do not think so, we missed song more than anyone else over the
weekend, so if he is back which he should we should be able to prevent the thuggery over our next set of games
against wolves,
stoke and the brums (CL).
The Foxes will have been disappointed with a 1 - 1 home draw
against the relegation - threatened
Stoke last
weekend, but now have the chance to make immediate amends as they play host to Bournemouth.
After Chamakh's vanishing act
against Stoke at the
weekend, I was looking forward to see if Park could give Wenger a selection headache, a good one for once at least, which he definitely did.