By now, 35 points wasn't looking as if it would be enough but
a win against Stoke and a draw at Middlesbrough took us to 36 with six still to play.
Easy wins against Exeter and Brighton were followed by a gritty
win against Stoke and a pretty comfortable win at Chelsea (3rd win in a row too!).
Earlier this year, after a dominant 3 - 0
win against Stoke in.
Meanwhile Tottenham have no key injuries and suspensions and are bouncing with confidence following an emphatic 4 - 0 away
win against Stoke City.
Burnley returned to winning ways tonight with a 1 - 0
win against Stoke but they were three points that Stoke boss Mark Hughes didn't think we deserved.
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 Gunners extended their unbeaten run with a convincing home
win against Stoke City as they now wait for Chelsea and Liverpool to be in action on Sunday.
I was made up to start the week with a 4 - 1
win against Stoke City.
We have been smashing in the goals with an early Christmas present of 3 points from our 4 -1
win against Stoke City then o
We have been smashing in the goals with an early Christmas present of 3 points from our 4 -1
win against Stoke City then our Premier League clash against Manchester City on New Year Eve ended in a 1 - 0 win and another 3 points for the Reds with Wijnaldum scoring the winner with a header!
Our remaining fixtures are not the easiest but a home
win against Stoke in the next round of matches should see us virtually safe with five games to go.
Imagine what the atmosphere at The Grove will be like if we fail to
win against Stoke a week on Saturday.
Everton actually began the season well with a 1 - 0
win against Stoke in the opener, followed by an even more impressive draw at Manchester City in their next match.
The Reds looked like a team that had lost its identity in the latter stages of Brendan Rodgers» reign but now, following their recent 4 - 1
win against Stoke City, Liverpool look like a side with confidence flowing through their veins.
Gerrard ruined their top 4 chances last season, but they started with
a win against Stoke at the Britannia which is an awful place to go.
wenger keeps playing us We get mauled by a Bayern today, then he compensates us with
a win against Stoke and we shout «in arsene we trust «wake up guys
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.
Let's start with a home
win against Stoke.
The win against Stoke was accomplished with goals from his forwards Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud.
There's a problem when a manager begins to compare failure («why did Man city not
win against Stoke?»).
The win against Stoke City has definitely enthused Arsene Wenger as much as it enthralled the fans.
«Why did Manchester City not
win against Stoke?
If
we win against stoke then we will regain a 2 Point lead over Leicester and maintain a 3 points lead over man city..
A win against Stoke may make forget the liverpool draw, that draw hurts more than anything.
we will lose to mancity 3 nill lose to broghton draw against Watford
win against stoke Draw against southampton loose to newcastle
we usually never
win against Stoke.
Sure, even Barcelona players are part of the selfie movement, but Barcelona players do it after winning trophies for several years, not after
winning against Stoke.
Lets go for City, Chelsea and United then we can see if we are good enough... We have not had that many problems beating smaller teams in our EPL history so
winning against Stoke at Home is not the gauge of our brilliance.
Don't forget Wolverhampton won against Liverpool away,
won against Stoke away.
Liverpool FC
won against Stoke City 3 - 0, it really was a great game.
United sit top of the pile, undefeated with ten points and 12 goals to their name from four games; their visitors, after a positive start,
winning against Stoke City and drawing away to Manchester City, are riding a four - game winless streak in all competitions.
Now, in their last match in Premier League, Manchester City
won against Stoke City through Silva's double.
Manchester City
won against Stoke City 2 - 0 at the bet365 Stadium.
Not exact matches
Wouldn't you agree that if a couple of pieces had fallen the other way
against Stoke, Arsenal would have two
wins from two games and we wouldn't even be having this conversation?
The Blues sit top of the Premier League table by a huge seven points at present, with Liverpool able to close that gap to only six points should they
win this evening
against Stoke City.
But there is current form in our favour, with
Stoke's only
win in the last 9 games was
against relegation candidates Hull City, and they have nothing left to play for.
As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League game in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that
won our last Premier League game
against Stoke City.
Two of our
wins have come
against teams really struggling in
Stoke and Newcastle, while our goal return compared to the amount of possession and chances created is less than impressive.
The other games following our Champions League matches are
against Bournemouth,
Stoke, Burnley, Middlesborough and Hull City and those are all games you would expect us to
win.
So
winning against 19th place soon to be relegated
stoke city makes Wenger the best manager in the world right?
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And our worst nightmare is now looking decidedly possible after Tottenham took advantage of Leicester's draw
against the Hammers with a thumping
win away to
Stoke last night.
It's you guys that have been going on about Arsenal having much possession and losing games, but now we have 35 % possession
against teams like Villa, Swansea,
Stoke, Palace, Spuds etc but
win the games» blah blah.
Stoke midfielder Stephen Ireland is likely to be fit enough to start
against Norwich despite limping out of the club's Capital One Cup
win over Tranmere Rovers on Wednesday night.
Arsenal have to secure the attack and get Alexis ready for the match
against Barca and the remaining fixtures
against top premier league sides.The team has to
win against Barca and then beat them at Nou - Camp causes it really is irritating to see Wenger playing bad players in the big matches in the past, Arsenal have allowed themselves to be weak where Wenger is after the league means these Southhampton,
Stoke, Chelsea get the luck
against this side.
Stoke City host Hull City today at the Britannia Stadium after securing a
win against struggling Aston Villa at Villa Park last weekend.
Don't forget that the scousers only
won their first, dismal, game
against Stoke with a Coutinho wonder strike.
Moses Dive: (Video)
Stoke forward Victor Moses dives to
win a penalty
against Swansea.
This is the difference... Man city score 6
against Watford & Ars score 1... Now we have lost 2 games which we should have
won, 1
against Stoke & the other today.....
After ostensibly dropping two points
against Liverpool last night, Arsenal could really do with getting back to
winning ways
against Stoke City on Sunday and banishing the frustration from last nights game.