It was a brave move for Mikel Arteta to place so much faith in his younger players when his job was effectively on the line earlier in the season, but he’s been rewarded for making that choice. It’s not just a case of them fitting into the team and helping out – it’s actually reached …
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A victory always makes everything so much better, so the mistake from Dani Ceballos tonight should be forgotten about fairly quickly. He allowed Benfica to go 2-1 up tonight as a short header back to the keeper allowed the striker to go round the keeper and score, but it was also needless and a case …
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One problem with loanees is you worry that they won’t really care or be that passionate about the club as they simply look to get some game time, but the early signs are positive when it comes to Martin Odegaard. He’s still working his way into the team but he’s having a bigger impact on …
Arsenal survived huge scare to progress into last 16 of the Europa League. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang double and Kieran Tierney strike keep silverware hopes alive after two Dani Ceballos errors gifted Benfica the advantage and very nearly cost Arsenal dear. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rescued Arsenal’s Europa League campaign from the jaws of defeat as his late winner …
Match statistics: Arsenal 3-2 Benfica (4-3 on aggregate) Read More »
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s double has assured Arsenal of a place in the next round of the Europa League, but it was an assured team performance that deserves immense credit. The Gunners started the match brightly. They were enjoying comfortable spells of possession, and were looking comfortable as they work their way up the field. The breakthrough …
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Elite. Just like Aubameyang’s first of the night, a VAR check followed, but the effort was eventually awarded.
It’s bizarre that away goals could settle this tie when neither team has played a home game, but Arsenal are right back in this after Kieran Tierney came up with a goal. Benfica went 2-1 up after a bad mistake from Dani Ceballos so it looked like Arsenal would be done, but this strike from …
The scoreline is now level at 2-2 on aggregate, with both sides holding an away goal each, this knockout tie is proving to be much more difficult than the Gunners ever expected.
In the 20th minute of this evening’s Europa League encounter between Arsenal and Benfica, Martin Odegaard shifted the ball to Bukayo Saka and a wonderful moment soon followed. Saka controlled the ball and created space from his man with some tidy dribbling, the 19-year-old then showed his fine ability by splitting Benfica with a drilled …
So, here we go with Arsenal’s biggest game of the season so far, and Artea has made a few changes from the game against Man City. The boss has kept faith with Captain Aubameyang to lead the line despite his awful performance in Rome, but we do have Luiz and Gabriel back in defence. If …
‘It’s not a problem when you win. If you lose everyone hates you’
