All posts tagged "Arsenal"

  • MOTD: Manchester United 1-2 Arsenal

    Manchester United have tried most everything to make their star-studded attack work this season. Countless formations and combinations, with Louis Van Gaal even being accused of long-ball football. It’s a testament to Arsenal’s defensive solitude that today,...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • Arsenal: The perpetual nightmare?

    Arsenal’s recent loss to Monaco was just one of many poor performances. Once again Arsenal seemed stretched, without structure and without bite. This is just one of the many losses to add to Wenger’s list of woes....

    • Posted March 1, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 1-3 AS Monaco

    Arsene Wenger has a habit of making a hash of landmark occasions. His 1000th match in charge of Arsenal: a 6-0 loss to Chelsea; his 900th match at the club: a 3-3 draw with Norwich City; his...

    • Posted February 25, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough

    Arsenal can almost touch another trophy. Heading into the FA Cup Sixth Round — the quarterfinals — the only Premier League sides remaining in the competition are West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool, relegation-threatened Aston Villa, and most likely...

    • Posted February 15, 2015
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal

    Arsenal’s performance didn’t offer too much to complain about tonight. Perhaps their team was too defensive, but isn’t that exactly what many fans have so long desired: the proverbial Plan B? It was this Plan B that...

    • Posted February 7, 2015
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  • MOTD: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 Arsenal

    View image | gettyimages.com How had Arsenal lost control of this match twice? Twice when they looked to have put the result to bed Brighton came back out of nowhere, and on a weekend of giant killings...

    • Posted January 25, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City

    Arsenal; aren’t they the team that usually seem to value possession and creative midfielders over anything else? Aren’t they the team that always lose in the big matches? These two characteristics are correlated. Arsenal has never before...

    • Posted January 18, 2015
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  • Arsenal’s midfielders need to score more

    How do you compare two forwards against each other? The obvious starting place is to head to the scoring charts. Diego Costa, then Sergio Aguero, the Premier League scoring charts are topped by the league’s highest acclaimed...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-0 Hull City

    The date January 4th has again served as a bellwether of Arsene Wenger’s success in the transfer market the previous summer. One year ago today it was Mesut Ozil making his FA Cup debut, which has largely...

    • Posted January 4, 2015
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  • January Transfer Window: Who needs what

    For Premier League managers, Christmas comes in January, not December. Unless you were very very bad, like Barcelona over in Spain, who have just had an appeal for their two-window transfer ban rejected, those managers get their...

    • Posted December 30, 2014
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