Arsene Wenger: I want Manchester United or Chelsea in the next round of the Champions League
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is fully aware of the fact that even if the Gunners are still fighting for both the Premiership and the Champions League, there is still something missing this season after they ... ...Continue Reading
[Video] Arsenal vs Porto: Match Video Highlights, including Nicklas’ hat-trick and Samir’s super goal!
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Arsenal vs Porto, 5-0: Full time analysis and player ratings
The Game It had to be Nicklas Bendtner. Those asking for the 22-year old to be sold or saying that he is not good enough for Arsenal after Burnley will find it difficult to speak after ... ...Continue Reading
Arsenal vs Porto: Team line-ups, half-time thoughts and match chat
The Game Arsenal have to overcome the 2-1 defeat of a fortnight ago if they want to move through to the next stage of the Champions League. Captain Cesc Fabregas is out injured but the Gunners ... ...Continue Reading
Arsenal vs Porto, watch it LIVE: Streaming links
Kindly find below links for websites providing streaming services for the Arsenal vs Porto Champions League game. These links will be updated before and during the match so make sure to refresh the page if ... ...Continue Reading
Porto Preview: Need to overcome 1st leg loss for first time in 30 years
Tonight is a massive game but it hasn’t really sunk in for me yet. We haven’t overcome a 1st leg defeat in 30 years and if we don’t keep a clean sheet tonight we need to score three to go through. When you look at it like that tonight is going to be really tough. Either way tonight is going to a memorable night. Last time Porto came to the Grove we beat them 4-0 without much ofContinue Reading
Porto Preview: In Cesc’s absence, Nasri and Campbell must shine
It won’t surprise many of you to know that Arsene Wenger has deemed fielding Cesc Fabregas against Porto too great a risk. The logic is simple: if Fabregas does any further damage to his hamstring tonight, it could rule him out of our Premier League run-in - and what a run-in that looks to be. As the end of the season creeps closer, our title chances seem to improve. With fourteen league goaContinue Reading
FC Porto Preview
Porto arrive at The Emirates, defending a one-goal advantage, on the back of a poor record when visiting London. The Portuguese champions have not won on their last six visits, indeed losing them all. If Arsenal are to progress that record must continue. It is the night when comic pundit Ian Wright ‘feared‘ that Arsenal’s season would be over. Perhaps he should return to the compContinue Reading
Arsenal v Porto – Match Preview
Well the big day is here, Arsenal v Porto for a place in the Champions League quarter finals. It’s a massive game for Arsenal – win and we’ll be in the draw for the last 8, with a good chance of going further in the competition. Lose, and we’ll only have to the Premiership to go for and people will be saying we’re not the team we think we are. Team news is that from tContinue Reading
Wenger – With Gallas out I will rotate Campbell and Silvestre
Arsene Wenger has already said that he will be playing Sol Campbell alongside Thomas Vermaelen in this evenings game against Porto, but the Arsenal boss is aware that he cannot expect the 35 year-old to play twice a week at the top level. He says that he will have to rotate Sol with Mikael Silvestre in [...]...Continue Reading
Porto preview - we can do it
Morning all, whatever little chance Cesc had of playing tonight evaporated as soon as he went for a scan yesterday. Arsene Wenger revealed they couldn't even think about taking a gamble, playing him tonight could have put him out for a much longer period. Cesc said: I wanted to play but the doctors recommended I rest and avoid any risk. I am sad to miss out because Porto is important to us. IContinue Reading
The big one arrives but who will play? I know what I’d do… Winning the Olympics is a clue!
So this is it, our defining moment, but who will play? Well yesterday I dared to suggest a midfield of Rosicky, Nasri and Diaby, and outside of Cesc, our most skilful midfield, a few people suggested I was as mad as a March Hare not suggesting Song. I am amazed that people would find that midfield not the best we have, Nasri can mix it and for me takes over from Cesc, Diaby can be the enforcer andContinue Reading
Arsenal linked with young Serie A striker
There are very many stories appearing linking Arsenal with yet another striker, despite the near certainty of Marouane Chamakh arriving from Bordeaux in the summer. This time at least it is a very promising young starlet from Palermo, called Abel Hernandez, who has scored four goals in 16 appearances for the Serie A side. That may [...]...Continue Reading
Mohamed Zidan confirms Arsenal’s interest
The Egyptian striker Mohammed Zidan, who scored Egypt’s only goal against England last week, has revealed that Arsenal have been watching him play lately. Zidan is currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundseliga, but, according to his father, he has a clause in his contract which allows him to talk to any big clubs that [...]...Continue Reading
Wenger – I pushed Gallas too hard, and now he has gone backwards again
Arsene Wenger last night revealed that William Gallas will miss tonights game for Arsenal against Porto, and probably at least another month after that. He was thought to be close to recovery from his calf injury, but when pushed in training this weekend, he is now back to square one. Wenger said: “We were a little [...]...Continue Reading
Arsene Wenger’s injury update ahead of tonight: Cesc Fabregas, William Gallas, Sol Campbell
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided a last injury update ahead of tonight’s Champions League against Porto. The Gunners need to overcome the 2-1 defeat of a fortnight ago and will have to do so without ... ...Continue Reading
Swiss defender Sead Hajrovic: I now know Arsenal scouts watched me for two years
Hoping not to end like compatriot Philippe Senderos, 16-year old Sead Hajrovic was speaking to Arsenal’s official website about what it meant to him joining Arsenal. The Bosnian-born defender revealed scouts from the North London ... ...Continue Reading
Arsene Wenger on Samir Nasri, “He can play defensive midfield, attacking midfield and on the flank”
With Cesc Fabregas ruled out of tonight’s game against Porto at the Emirates, French midfielder Samir Nasri could be the one to play in central midfield, just as he did against Burnley at one stage ... ...Continue Reading
Fabregas out of Porto game, Gallas still at least a week off
There was some team news today ahead of tomorrow’s 2nd leg against Porto and I’m afraid it’s not good news: “Cesc is ruled out for tomorrow’s game. He has a hamstring problem and we could not even take a gamble with him. I was hoping [he would recover] after the game because we were cautious with him. He was not adamant about coming out of the team but still he has dContinue Reading
Cesc Misses Porto
There will be a proper pre-match preview tomorrow so I’ll keep it brief today. The big news of the day is that Cesc Fabregas misses the Champions League 2nd leg tie with Porto as a result of a hamstring injury which appears to be more serious than first hoped. It is a blow, no doubt, because you always want your biggest players available for games like these. Whilst we have Song available agContinue Reading
Arsenal vs Porto preview: Next test is to win without Cesc, plus favourite line-up
Speaking to The Times in a recent interview, Thierry Henry said that it is amazing what Arsenal have done this season, that is, still fighting for the Premiership despite missing Robin van Persie for months. ... ...Continue Reading
Thierry Henry: Don’t rule Arsenal out for the Premier League title this year
Ex-Arsenal striker Thierry Henry believes the Gunners can lift the Premiership title, despite missing key players like Robin van Persie. Speaking to The Times and referring to his old club by using the words “we” ... ...Continue Reading
Champions League or Premier League – Arsene Will Show His Priorities Tomorrow
Cesc’s hamstring is dominating the lead up to the encounter with Porto, Arsene has to decide whether or not the risk of aggravating the injury, and potentially the title challenge, is outweighed by the requirement to retrieve a one-goal deficit. It is all reminscent of the first Champions League campaign hosted at The Emirates, PSV Eindhoven held a similarly slender lead – although ArsContinue Reading
Samir Nasri floats like a butterfly but Walcott provides the sting
Theo Walcott roundly answered his critics with a fine performance but Samir Nasri also stepped up to the plate following the injury to Cesc Fabregas. __ Somewhere in his dorm in Paris, with a telescope by one side, a silver-haired, rectangular-rimmed spectacled man was frantically searching the night sky for some answers. Destiny has always been bestowed upon him but he has never fully felt in coContinue Reading
Walcott – I won’t get carried away, and I can still improve!
The Arsenal winger Theo Walcott at last put in a scintillating performance against Burnley at the weekend, which he crowned with an excellent goal, but he refuses to get complacent as he realises he still made a few mistakes during the game. “Hopefully this is a kick-start for me,” he said. “But the thing about me [...]...Continue Reading
No need to risk Cesc v Porto - Theological
Morning all, how nice to go into a week concentrating solely on the football and not anything else. The weekend's win over Burnley has restored a bit of the feelgood factor and provided a timely boost ahead of tomorrow's crucial Champions League game over Porto. The injury to Cesc Fabregas will be assessed today and Arsene Wenger says he'd be prepared to take some risk with the captainContinue Reading
The BBC sums up what is wrong with the EPL, Terry, Cole and the moral compass.
So I turn on the BBC news this morning at 5.58, eagerly anticipating my quick dose of the news and the ManU appreciation society. So what do I get? 7 minutes of the American oscars, what the hell is that all about, do I care? A bunch of actors, blowing smoke up themselves with their customary annual pat on the back, and the BBC use my money to send out a star struck twit bird, who’s old enouContinue Reading
Chamakh confirms Arsenal move
The Daily Mirror has announced this morning that the Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has confirmed that he is moving to Arsenal in the summer, and he will be facing “the biggest challenge of his career”. The Morrocan striker refused to go into details as he says he prefers to concentrate on trying to win the Champions [...]...Continue Reading
Arsenal v Porto team news – Campbell and Song to return, Gallas still out, Cesc doubtful
Arsenal prepare to face Porto in the must-win Champions League match tomorrow night, and although their captain Cesc Fabregas is a doubtful starter, Arsene Wenger has a larger than usual squad to choose from. Alex Song missed this weekends game against Burnley through suspension, but as it only applies to domestic games, he will be fit [...]...Continue Reading
Andrey Arshavin gives good news ahead of Porto, “My leg does not hurt any more”
It doesn’t take much for Andrey Arshavin to shine for Arsenal and on Saturday afternoon against Burnley, the Russian only needed twenty minutes to get chances and score. The 28-year old was coming back from ... ...Continue Reading