All posts tagged "Arsenal"

  • Arsenal seek moral victory in Barcelona

    In the build-up to Arsenal’s Champions League Round of 16 second leg matchup with Barcelona tomorrow, Arsene Wenger has been unusually chipper.  In his pre-match press conference, he was less moody, less brooding than in recent weeks,...

    • Posted March 15, 2016
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  • Wenger laments “farce” as Arsenal fall to Watford

    At Arsenal Football Club, “you’re always in the middle of drama,” sighed manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners are back in the headlines again after a 2-1 loss to Watford in the FA Cup quarterfinals, an upset Wenger...

    • Posted March 13, 2016
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Arsenal

    They billed this North London Derby to be the first in many a decade to have the potential to be a head-to-head decider in the title race.  The match lived up to its expectations, although neither Tottenham...

    • Posted March 5, 2016
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  • Can Arsenal salvage their title campaign against Tottenham?

    Anxiety stalks Arsenal. It stems from their years of third and fourth-placed finishes and fantastic mid-season collapses. One night they might be world beaters and they have the capacity to spectacularly fall apart the next weekend. Last...

    • Posted March 3, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal

    Four days ago, Marcus Rashford was an eighteen-year-old boy, a hopeful English youth international who was one of many peers to graduate from Manchester United’s famed academy.  His mother has reportedly been a regular at Old Trafford...

    • Posted February 28, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 0-2 Barcelona

    Luis Enrique’s gameplan against Arsenal was brilliantly simple.  “I tell them “Abracadabra,” and the magic sparks, that’s all I do,” he joked ahead of the match. “It’s quite simple, in situations of the game, you don’t have...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Arsenal look to replicate resilient 2011 performance against Barca in UCL clash

    The Emirates Stadium has rarely seen a more thrilling night than that of February 16, 2011.  One of the greatest football teams, Barcelona, at the peak of their powers in Pep Guardiola’s’ reign at the Nou Camp...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • A Sunday to shape the Premier League title race

    Perhaps more so than any other Sunday in the Premier League, February 14th has the potential to shape this season’s title race. League leaders Leicester City visit third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates and fourth-placed Manchester City host...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • Arsenal announced as 2016 MLS All-Star Game opponents in San Jose

    The 2001 MLS All-Star Game was the last All-Star game held in the Bay Area. That match featured East versus West at Spartan Stadium, the San Jose Earthquakes’ home from 1996 to 2005. MLS Deputy Commissioner Mark...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea

    In years past, Didier Drogba always seemed to save his best for meetings with London rivals Arsenal. In his nine years at the club over the course of two separate spells, the Ivorian striker netted fifteen goals...

    • Posted January 24, 2016
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