Our last two trips to Craven Cottage have been deeply frustrating affairs. We're a better side than Fulham, there's no question about it, but they have found a way of late to outsmart us when it matters. Be it smart defending, wily transitional play, ruthless finishing or all of the above, the Gunners simply haven't … Continue reading Fulham vs Arsenal: Time to banish ghosts of recent past
It's hard to forget those rock-bottom years when Pep Guardiola would lavish Arsenal and Mikel Arteta with sickly sweet praise.
It's probably too early in the season to call this game a title-decider but that doesn't mean it won't have all the blood and thunder of a pivotal fixture. Under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal have an exceptional record against 'big six' sides in the Premier League and that has largely been built on the 'do-or-die' culture … Continue reading Liverpool vs Arsenal: Expect aggro at Anfield
I won't look back on this game with any great fondness. The only thing of importance or interest to emerge from it was the three points and, at this stage of the season, that's all that matters. With the league title race over, our focus is now on keeping those sides below us firmly where … Continue reading Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0: A bad game, a good result
We're not going to win the Premier League this season. It's a bitter pill to swallow but most rational, right-minded Arsenal fans have made their peace with it now. Our focus must turn to more realistic goals. The first priority with the title gone is to secure our spot in next season's Champions League and … Continue reading Arsenal vs Chelsea: Focus must be on top four
It wasn't even a bad performance at the City Ground on Wednesday night. The team was clearly better motivated, more ambitious, more aggressive and more incisive in its efforts to get forward. It was a 100 per cent improvement on the dross we were served up on Saturday against West Ham. And yet, despite all … Continue reading Nottingham Forest 0 Arsenal 0: No light at the end of the tunnel
You don't have to cast your mind back far to recall the sort of beatings we used to take at the hands of Manchester City. In fact, in the oil money era, we became a bit of a whipping boy for City, regularly coming away from the Etihad on the end of ignominious defeats as … Continue reading Arsenal 5 Manchester City 1: A long overdue thumping
It takes a lot to surprise an Arsenal fan these days. So often are we on the receiving end of 'never-before-seen' refereeing that it's become almost another challenge for us to plan for, mitigate and overcome during the course of a match. It was genuinely shocking once upon a time but now it's become part … Continue reading Wolves 0 Arsenal 1: A precedent for the unprecedented
In the end, all that matters is that we took the three points. After a lousy few weeks littered with bad results and bad injuries, it was a relief to finally get a win under our belts again, even if it wasn't the picture perfect result we were looking for. We'd already passed up two … Continue reading Arsenal 2 Spurs 1: Just about enough
We've had a terrible week, there's no getting away from it. Missed penalties, open goals, long-term injuries; everything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong for Mikel Arteta's men and, perhaps worst of all, they haven't even performed that badly. Despite being shorn of several key squad members and the accumulated fatigue of a … Continue reading Arsenal vs Spurs: We can’t afford to miss this chance
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