ARSENAL Invincible Gilberto Silva has warned Mikel Arteta’s stuttering title-chasers: “Every game is a final now.” The Gunners are already NINE points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool after suffering from injuries and three controversial red cards in their first 11 league ga...
We try to help every player to improve, first of all to feel that we trust them. They can make mistakes, of course, but if they are willing and they are happy to try again, I think they will get the rewarded and Musti’s attitude, his training, attention levels, the questions he’...
Mikel Arteta was happy for his side to part with £42million for the 22-year-old defender, who is yet to make 100 first team appearances in his career. But the Gunners boss is building an impressive resume when it comes to recruiting and developing defenders. The Roma aca...
That wasn't the plan [to sit back in the second half], I have to admit, but at the moment we are suffering a little bit to maintain the intensity we had in the first half. I think it will come, it is part of the process, the way we train, but at the moment we don't have...
After a positive start, it didn’t take long for Arsenal to continue to put their springtime woe behind them after Tavares poked home beneath the summer sunshine inside the first five minutes. Yet, one swallow doesn’t make a summer. Both before and after Saka won and ...
Martinelli was back in the starting line-up after a long-suffered injury last season. He made his comeback off the bench against Everton but the Carabao Cup bout with Manchester City was his first start. Almost one hour after the team sheets were brandished out on social media, Arsenal wer...
The starting point for Arteta's revolution is high work-rate, a trait he no doubt picked up working as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City for three-and-a-half years. He recognised that the Gunners were not pushing themselves hard enough, with and without the ball, and immediately...
Defeat means Arsenal, who can still qualify for Europe by winning next month's FA Cup final against Chelsea. will now end the season outside the top six for the first time since 1995. "The Kroenkes and the board and the sporting director, I have their full backing. I...
Three weeks ago, after starting the season with three defeats, nine goals conceded, none scored and two dozen players used, it felt like the first move Mikel Arteta needed to make to save this season was find consistency in selection. The criticism thrown at him during h...
"It is a second phase set-piece and we were disorganised. We don't reorganise quick enough." Chelsea are in the Premier League's top three for the first time since the final day of the 2021-22 season, when they finished third behind Manchester City and Liverpool. ...