Match Report

Arsenal sent out a title warning after Martin Odegaard’s double sent them five points clear at the top of the Premier League. The captain’s second-half brace earned a 2-0 win at Wolves and showed Manchester City their crown is under threat. Mikel Arteta’s side are genuine contenders, grinding out a victory to put daylight between them and …

WOLVES 0-2 ARSENAL: ODEGAARD BRACE KEEPS GUNNERS TOP OF THE TREE AT CHRISTMAS Read More »

When Gabriel Jesus failed to make enough contact on Gabriel Martinelli’s 29th minute cross, I had mixed emotions. First, frustration that we had missed a very good chance to take the lead at Stamford Bridge. Jesus held up his thumb and forefinger to indicate ‘This much …’, and nobody would have been able to argue …

Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal: F*ckin’ unbelievable … Read More »

Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League after an emphatic 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest, with a major contribution from an unexpected source. When Bukayo Saka had to come off in the first half because of injury, I was a little surprised to see Reiss Nelson get the nod. His last Premier League …

ARSENAL 5-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: REISS LIGHTNING HELPS FIRES THE GUNNERS BACK ON TOP Read More »

As we have done more than once this season, Arsenal started yesterday’s match brightly and got on top of the opposition quickly. Inside 11 minutes Gabriel Jesus was put through but flagged for offside; Bukayo Saka fizzed in a really dangerous cross; Granit Xhaka forced the keeper into a good save; and Martin Odegaard clipped …

SOUTHAMPTON 1-1 ARSENAL: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FRUSTRATION Read More »

Arsenal remain top of the league after taking three hard-earned points on an extraordinary afternoon at Elland Road. The game was barely a minute old when it was stopped. A power cut apparently caused the referee communications systems to break down, there was no link to VAR HQ, and after a bit of time on …

Leeds 0-1 Arsenal: Saka’s superb finish delivers 3 points on a day of drama Read More »

In Sunday’s preview I wrote about the Liverpool game being one which you use as a marker for progress. After what we saw at the Emirates yesterday, we can be confident that this Arsenal team is going places. There’s still a long way to go this season, you don’t win anything in October, but we …

ARSENAL 3-2 LIVERPOOL: MARTINELLI AND SAKA SHINE IN HUGE WIN Read More »

Arsenal remain top of the Premier League, despite a frustrating day at Old Trafford yesterday. Mikel Arteta restored Oleksandr Zinchenko to the side in place of Kieran Tierney but other than that we were unchanged from Aston Villa. United started quite well in the opening ten minutes or so, but the game changed when Arsenal …

MAN UTD 3-1 ARSENAL: ALL KINDS OF FRUSTRATIONS Read More »

Arsenal made it five wins from five with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa last night. In the absence of Mohamed Elneny and Thomas Partey, Albert Sambi Lokonga was handed his first start of the season, and his first start since Southampton away last season. A show of faith from the manager, even if he …

ARSENAL 2-1 ASTON VILLA: DOUBLE GABRIEL ALL THE WAY … Read More »