Chelsea dominated Unai Emery’s Arsenal team in the first half, and only a save from the spot by Petr Cech saved us from going further behind. But the boys fought back in the second half and got a last minute equalizer through Alexandre Lacazette, and we went on to win an exciting penalty shoot out… […]
Video Extra – Arsenal v Chelsea full highlights – Gunners Penalty shoot out for a change
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Arsenal v Chelsea – A game of two halves and a great finish to prepare for Man City opener
This was the proverbial game of two halves as Chelsea dominated Arsenal in the first half and should have put the game to bed. Arsenal were the fitter side though and the second half was all Arsenal and it finally paid off in the last minute when Lacazette poked in the equalizer. The French hit […]
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Arsenal v Lazio review – Easy win for relaxed Gunners – Go Iwobi!
Arsenal started with a completely different side than the one the faced Chelsea. with Leno, Lichtsteiner, Chambers, Holding, Maitland-Niles, Nelson, Xhaka, Torreira, Iwobi, Lacazette and Nketiah starting the game. It looked like a second string with our returning World Cup stars like Alex Iwobi, Torreira and Lichtsteiner, but the rest were lots of youngsters dying […]
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Arsenal v Man City Review – Spirited Gunners still have a lot to learn from Emery
Unai Emery’s firsrt Arsenal game strted in a positive fashion with Aaron Ramsey getting a look on goal after just a couple of minutes, but then City settled and started to take control with Mahrez getting lots of space on the left. Inevitably, it seems, Raheem Sterling put the visitors ahead after just 14 minutes […]
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After all the changes, it’s the same old Arsenal
After all the changes, it’s the same old Arsenal. by Konstantin Mitov Beaten by ourselves again. We lacked confidence, tried to play a style that doesn’t suit us and we lost. It is not exactly the start we needed. I don’t understand why we play out from the back when we don’t have the players […]
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Was it the defence or attack that condemned Arsenal to Man City defeat?
Arsenal’s new team under Unai Emery was not quite up to speed as they succumbed meakly to Pep Guardiola’s admittedly superior team of Champions. Petr Cech did extremely well to keep out the City strikers but we didn’t really do enough to test the City defence either. Sokratis and Mustafi were our centre-back pairing and […]
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Arsenal losing to Man City didn’t bother me, but our attitude did…
Expensive players are only part of the story by Neil Watson Like everyone who watched yesterdays game I’m bitterly disappointed with the result but more in the manner in which we played. An opening match against last years record breaking champions is the most extreme baptism of fire imaginable for Emery and our new acquisitions. […]
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Arsenal v Man City Player Ratings – An excellent insight to the future despite loss
So here with have our first Arsenal player ratings of the season, and despite the defeat we were nowhere near as bad as in the same fixture last season and there were many performances that give us hope for the future. Even if we lose again next week I am certain we will will start […]
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Arsenal v Man City Review – Promising performance against great opponents…
Arsenal v City Match review…. after the dust settles by Tom Ramsay, Mhki and Auba were our top 3 pressing group, while Ozil sat deeper with Xhaka and Guendouzi – which was good to see. And as much as the start was impressive from Arsenal… on the 9th minute City started to purrrrr. When City […]
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Reality Check – Arsenal were playing World-Beaters but still improved as the game went on
So Unai Emery lost his first Arsenal game, and everyone is predicting relegation or worse for the Gunners after losing to the CHAMPIONS Man City with a new team, new tactics and a new philosophy. Maybe a little reality check is needed? Man City have been learning Pep Guardiola’s tactics for two years and now […]
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Should Emery have been more adventurous against Man City?
Arsenal’s new coach Unai Emery was brought in to replace Arsene Wenger amid much rejoicing from Arsenal fans, with the promise of new ideas, tactics and improvements to our rickety defence. But his first game against Man City only saw him give debuts to Sokratis and surprise-package Guendouzi, and he started with just Aubameyang up […]
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Chelsea v Arsenal Review – Alonso breaks Arsenal’s hearts with late winner
Well what can you say about this game, definitely a lot more exciting than the Man City game! It started quite similarly to our pre-season friendly with Chelsea going for all out attack and their pressure paid off in just 9 minutes as just after Arsenal got their first chance when Ozil shot past the […]
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Arsenal rue missed chances against Chelsea but must focus on the positives
Arsenal lost 3-2 to Chelsea in a thrilling game, but Alex Iwobi thinks that if we had converted our chances, especially in the first half, we should have gone away from the Bridge with all three points. “For the neutral fans watching, it was an amazing game but for us Arsenal fans and players it’s […]
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Arsenal v West Ham Review – Welbeck seals Emery’s first points
Despite the loads of new players (and the two managers) that have changed from last season’s meeting here, the game panned out pretty much the same in the first half, with Monreal and Arnautovic giving us a 1-1 draw at half-time. The West Ham goal exposed the lack of organisation of our defence again but […]
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Arsenal are still improving – but Emery is using his subs very well indeed
Arsenal made hard work of the first half against West Ham, and could easily have conceded many more goals, but you also must agree that our old keeper Fabianski had another great performance against us. We improved in the second half and although we still made defensive errors we were much more positive going forward […]
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Same old Arsenal – Still waiting for Emery to fix our schoolboy defending
Points finally on the board, but a lot of work to be done still. by Konstantin Mitov Hello lovely Arsenal people. We beat West Ham! And in typical Arsenal fashion, we made it difficult. We conceded some pretty silly chances. If this was a better team we would’ve suffered. This is the part of Arsenal […]
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Arsenal v West Ham Player Ratings – Emery’s Subs make the difference
Despite Arsenal’s massive possession stats, we were actually lucky to beat West Ham on chances created. This sounds familiar doesn’t it, and also the fact that we were creating many chances but our defending was comical at times. We are obviously still a work in progress and the three points were very welcome – but […]
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There is no quick fix to replacing Arsenal’s lost identity – but we are not doomed
This is no quick fix, Patience is key. by Sean O’Hara This was always the way we were going to go when replacing Arsenal Wenger after 22 years with Unai Emery, in that we were going to struggle the 1st season under the new era at The Emirates. We have lost our identity so to […]
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Cardiff v Arsenal Review – Arsenal struggle but hang on for crucial away win
With Arsenal’s terrible away record we were all hoping for a fast start at Cardiff to settle the nerves, and the Gunners tried to get at the Bluebirds right from the start. Aaron Ramsey scored twice on his last visit to his old club and he nearly opened the scoring again after 10 minutes, but […]
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Once the Arsenal players start following Emery’s instructions we’ll be fine
Yet again Arsenal made hard work of winning and conceded another two goals, making 8 in our first 4 games. That is not acceptable, but at least we scored more than Cardiff today and took the 3 points to put us back in the top half of the table despite losing our first two games. […]
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