Morning all. Arsenal take on Sporting Lisbon tonight in the Champions League. Portuguese clubs are invariably difficult to play against as they often use any and every trick in the book to stop their opponents from finding any kind of rhythm. At the beginning of this month, Sporting battered Man City in Portugal but […]
Morning all. I thought Mikel Arteta was brave yesterday. Very brave. His starting 11 was so very different to what I expected to see that’s for sure. No Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz or Gabriel Martinelli although all four were on the bench. Instead, in came Jorginho, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard, the latter […]
Morning all. 250 Premier League fixtures up for Mikel Arteta today which is amazing really in this day and age when managers come and go at the first sign of trouble. Mikel Arteta has been through a lot since taking over from Unai Emery nearly five years ago, the biggest challenge being overhauling the […]
Morning all. Probably not the finest moment in Martin Keown’s Arsenal career but as a fan, I absolutely loved it. That’s passion. I can remember the game as if was yesterday. Van Nistelrooy had got Patrick Vieira sent off and then when the ghastly Dutchman had a chance to win the game from the penalty […]