As was hoped, Mikel Arteta made 7 changes to his starting line up as the Gunners travelled to St Gallen to face FC Zurich in our opening Europa League game. Zurich have had an awful start to their season in Switzerland and are yet to win a game, and to be honest they hardly even …
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Mikel Arteta is set to face the press after his side’s 0-0 draw with Villarreal at the Emirates Stadium in their Europa League semi final second leg which saw them go out 2-1 on aggregate. The Gunners went close on a few of occasions as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck the woodwork twice but ultimately hardly laid …
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Bernd Leno: Some smart saves when called upon but not really too much to do on the night. Decent playing out from the back when required. 6.7 Hector Bellerin: Was deservedly given the nod after a strong display against Newcastle but did little to reward his manager’s faith. Gave the ball away frequently and awful in …
Villarreal are on the verge of their first major trophy after a goalless draw with Arsenal sealed a 2-1 aggregate win and set up a Europa League final against Manchester United. Beaten in both of their previous appearances in the Europa League semi-finals, Villarreal finally came good under three-time winner of the competition Unai Emery, …
Arsenal have named their starting line-ups for Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg at Emirates Stadium. Xhaka at LB, with Saka in the Ceballos role? Or Saka at LB with Xhaka back in midfield? Source: arsenal.com Villareal Line-up: 13 G. Rulli – 2 Mario Gaspar (c) – 3 Albiol – 4 Pau Torres – 24 Pedraza …
Arsene Wenger has predicted Arsenal’s game vs Villarreal at the Emirates later today. The Gunners faces Unai Emery’s side, hoping to reach the final of the competition. They lost the first leg in Spain 2-1 and they will want to make their away goal count for them in this return leg. The game is arguably …
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Alexandre Lacazette and Kieran Tierney were seen at Arsenal training on Wednesday ahead of their Europa League semfinal against Villarreal. Both striker Lacazette and fullback Tierney are fitness doubts for the game tonight, but they looked sharp in training at the club’s London Colney base. Tierney particularly appeared ready to play after taking part in …
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Alexandre Lacazette and Kieran Tierney both returned to full training with the rest of the Arsenal squad yesterday, just two days before our all-important Europa League semi-final clash. The Gunners will play host to Villarreal on Thursday knowing they need to overturn a 2-1 deficit to reach the final of the competition, which could be their second …
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Despite the the poor performance Arsenal managed to get an all important away goal through Pepe penalty. Here are the ratings: Bernd Leno – 6.8 Can’t blame him for the goals and pulled off a great save that kept Arsenal in the game. Calum Chambers – 5.2 Very average performance by the Englishman. Pablo Mari – 5.0 …
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Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat to Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final tie on Thursday. A tense encounter in the province of Castellon saw both sides finish the match with ten men, as Villarreal boss Unai Emery managed to upset his former employers. Five minutes …
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Martin Ødegaard making his return to the starting line-up in the place of Eddie Nketiah as Mikel Arteta has made one changs from the side that lost 1-0 to Everton last Friday. This will be the first time that the Gunners have come up against their former manager Unai Emery since he quit the club …
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The Gunners’ 4-0 rout of Slavia was one entertaining game. As a result, we have the most number of players in the best XI this week! Ask any Arsenal fan who they were impressed by in the 4-0 win over Slavia Praha and the names Nico [Nicolas Pepe], Laca [Alexandre Lacazette] or [Bukayo] Saka will probably come up. It’s no surprise …
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