A Derby to Forget for Arsenal | Three Crucial Lessons Learnt From the 3-0 Loss to Tottenham

by Ashwin Varkey - 16/05/202216/05/2022

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There are three notable things we got to see as Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 3-0 to stay in the race for the fourth Champions League spot. The Spurs needed the victory on Friday to reduce the gap between fourth-placed Gunners and them. Now, they are just a point behind Arsenal

Poor Defensive Display And Zero Offensive Intent in the Most Important Match of the Season | How Arsenal Players Fared Against Tottenham

by Vikram Gupta - 16/05/202216/05/2022

Arsenal took on Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday. With just two rounds of games remaining in the Premier League season, the two North London clubs locked horns one last time. It was the '4th place decider' game for the Gunners as they could have put the season-long

Three Very Essential Points Arsenal got Right in Their Win Against West Ham as They Reclaimed Top-four Spot

by Ashwin Varkey - 04/05/202204/05/2022

We learnt three things as Arsenal clinched a vital victory in the race for fourth place in the Premier League by beating West Ham United 2-1 at the London Stadium on Sunday. Mikel Arteta made three changes to his Arsenal side from their win over Manchester United with Takehiro Tomiyasu

The Key Reasons Behind the Dreadful Performance in the FA Cup Against Nottingham Forest

by The Highbury Flyer - 16/01/202215/01/2022

The dreadful performance by Arsenal and shock defeat in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest was met with anger on social media with many wanting Mikel Arteta sacked but hold on. The week before, fans were congratulating that same manager for a stellar performance against Guardiola’s City and there

Three Players who Need to Step-up Big Time to Earn a Place in the Arsenal First Team

by Chintan Devgania - 09/10/2021

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Mikel Arteta has been making constant personnel changes to get the best possible lineup for the Gunners. The variations have helped Arteta to find out which players in his squad he can rely on for a positive outcome by the end of this season and has derived some idea about the best

Arteta’s Team Selection is Becoming Questionable as Pressure Intensifies And Here is Why

by The Highbury Flyer - 26/09/2021

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Mikel Arteta’s team selection for the Manchester City vs Arsenal game was positively baffling. I’ve no axe to grind with the Spaniard, but honestly, he doesn’t help himself at times with his erratic selection process. Sead Kolasinac, Calum Chambers and Rob Holding in the defence had disaster written all over

Predicted Lineup and Team News as Arsenal Face League One Side AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup

by Yash Bisht - 22/09/2021

With the absence of European football, a good run in the FA Cup, as well as League Cup, is not a desire, but a necessity for Arsenal. Mikel Arteta will be asking himself various questions before settling on a starting 11 that will head out on Wednesday night against AFC Wimbledon.

Key Takeaways as Chelsea Outclass a Stretched And beleaguered Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 22/09/202126/09/2021

For about 15 minutes in the first half, Arsenal looked spirited and determined but as the game developed, it was abundantly clear that Chelsea would finally reach a gear that took them past the finishing post. Arteta’s men gave everything they had but they lacked resilience and craft, they knocked on the

Four Brilliant Players Being Targeted, Yet Neither Close to Completion; Why Arsenal Need to Complete a Move For a Right Back The Earliest

by The Highbury Flyer - 29/07/2021

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Things are looking good thus far under the dynamic duo of Edu and Arteta with three very decent additions to the squad in Ben White, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares, but without sounding like the family member who complained about their gift at Christmas, a really high-quality right-back is absolutely

If Arsenal Are Looking for a New CBs, What Happens to Saliba And Mavropanos?

by The Highbury Flyer - 15/06/2021

News that Technical Director Edu is searching for a new centre-back isn’t entirely a surprise, but it does present questions over the futures of Rob Holding, Pablo Mari, Callum Chambers, William Saliba, and Konstantinos Mavropanos. I’ve not included Gabriel in that list because he is surely beyond reproach after numerous praise-worthy

Manchester City remind Arsenal that there’s a long way to go before they are ready to challenge for the premier league

by The Highbury Flyer - 24/02/2021

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At times, in the first 45 minutes of the Arsenal v City game, you could be forgiven for thinking the visitors had 15 players on the pitch, such was their ability to surge forward, keep possession, win the ball back, and completely overrun their hosts. Arsenal could barely get beyond the

Arsenal Finally Find Their Form and the Net in the Chelsea Drubbing

by The Highbury Flyer - 29/12/202029/12/2020

Those that read my pre-match review must have thought I’d been at the Sherry after I claimed that Arsenal could get a much-needed win against Chelsea. Rather than a claim, I had some form of insight, the result seemed almost inevitable after a poor run of results and dire performances. Weeks of

Arteta looking down the barrel of gun after another defeat to ordinary Everton

by The Highbury Flyer - 21/12/202022/12/2020

It’s hard to find new ways to write a reasonably enthusiastic review after another loss and another poor performance. Just where the 2-1 loss in the Everton v Arsenal game fits into the greater scheme of things is hard to say because, after a while, it becomes difficult to apply any sort

Five Part Action Plan : Major Tactical Overhaul And Remodelling That Arteta Needs to Make at Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 03/12/202003/12/2020

Initially, Mikel Arteta managed to cast a spell on the players left behind by Unai Emery and after securing two trophies, signing Thomas Partey and extending the contract for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, things looked as if they were on track at Arsenal. Fast forward 10 games into the new season and Arsenal look less likely than

Brutal Action Required : Where do Arsenal go From Here

by The Highbury Flyer - 16/11/202016/11/2020

Let’s be realistic about Sunday’s embarrassment faced by Arsenal against Aston Villa. It was a mauling! A comprehensive whopping where the Gunners displayed zero quality or resilience. The Gunners were awful and not one player avoided the considerable negative attention of fans and critics. I couldn’t remember a more insipid performance from

Reasons to be Cheerful After An Absolutely Resolute Performance at Old Trafford

by The Highbury Flyer - 04/11/202004/11/2020

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The Gunners grabbed all three points from the United v Arsenal game after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a second-half penalty for the visitors. The Gabonese forward ended a run of five games without a goal as he sent De Gea the wrong way and put the Gunners ahead on 69 minutes. The

Predicted Lineups, Team News and Predictions as Arsenal Look to Kill Off a Wounded West Ham For Maximum Points

by The Highbury Flyer - 19/09/202019/09/2020

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Arsenal v West Ham is always a mouth-watering game and early form will count for nothing in a game where David Moyes’ side will want to finally get their campaign underway with a point or all three. West Ham, in their previous Premier League outing against Newcastle, had periods that should

Impressive Gabriel, Auba again and Fulham’s centre-back crisis: Tactical breakdown of Arsenal’s win over Fulham

by Gnaneshwar Rajan - 19/09/2020

The first game of the new season, Fulham away and easy three points. The Fulham vs Arsenal was an easy game for us and the Gunners earned a deserving 0-3 win. Arteta decided to take a gamble on Gabriel, who had just arrived at the club and had a couple of

Looking Out for an FA Cup Hero to Follow in the Footsteps of Aaron Ramsey

by The Highbury Flyer - 01/08/2020

The FA Cup is just around the corner and as Arsenal prepare to tackle their in-form fellow Londoners Chelsea, fans are looking at the players that could probably turn the game on its head. Aaron Ramsey was the ultimate FA Cup hero for Arsenal after a decade at the club and

Predicted Line-up and Teams News as Arsenal Face Another Uphill Battle Against City

by The Highbury Flyer - 18/07/2020

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Fresh from pulling a rabbit out of a hat against Liverpool, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal face the former Premier League champions Manchester City in the first leg of the FA Cup semi-final. The same Manchester City that beat Liverpool 4-0 at the Etihad just weeks ago. Arsenal have a history of doing things