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Havertz sent for scan after pulling up in Amsterdam
Kai Havertz has been sent for a scan after pulling up in the first half of Germany's Nations League draw with the Netherlands in Amsterdam. A suspected hamstring. No word yet on how long, and until the scan comes back there isn't much point guessing. You'd take a bad feeling into it anyway. A player… Continue reading
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Le Fée penalty should never have been given, panel finds
A five-person panel has gone back over the penalty Sunderland were given against Arsenal on 12 September and decided, unanimously, that it shouldn't have been awarded. The same panel decided VAR was right to leave it alone. Both findings, in the same breath. David Raya saved it anyway. Enzo Le Fée took it on 56… Continue reading
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Arteta agrees new Arsenal deal expected to run to 2030
Mikel Arteta has agreed a new contract. The three-year deal he signed in September 2024 was due to expire at the end of this season, so this was the year it had to be sorted. It's expected to keep him until 2030, which would take his reign past a decade, and The Guardian says he… Continue reading
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Rice withdraws from England squad as workload managed after 55-game season
Declan Rice has pulled out of the latest England squad, his workload being managed after a season that ran to 55 games for Arsenal. Then he played seven of England's eight World Cup matches with nerve pain in his hamstring. Three weeks off, and much of pre-season gone with it. You'd rather this happened in… Continue reading
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Holmberg equalises in stoppage time as Arsenal Women draw with United
Arsenal Women 1-1 Manchester United, and it took until the fifth minute of stoppage time to get it. Smilla Holmberg got the goal. She arrived from Hammarby in January and that's her first for the club. Renée Slegers' verdict was "we wanted to be more clinical", which is the polite version of what the table… Continue reading
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Brighton blow Arsenal away 3-0 as unbeaten start ends
Brighton 3-0 Arsenal, and the scoreline was the flattering bit. Pascal Groß and Charalampos Kostoulas both hit them from distance before the break, and Cheme Andrés made it three just after the hour. Arsenal's first defeat of the season, and nothing about it was close. Arteta called it a big lesson and said his side… Continue reading
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Arsenal open to loaning Max Dowman out to aid his development
Three days after Max Dowman scored twice at Ipswich, the BBC reports that Arsenal would let him go out on loan this season if the right situation came along. Right circumstances being the key phrase, and the club deciding what those are. I can see the logic and I still don't love it. A 16-year-old… Continue reading
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Arsenal Women can equal club-record unbeaten run against Manchester United
Manchester United at the Emirates on Saturday, 17:30, and there's a club record sitting on it. Win and Renée Slegers' side equal the longest unbeaten run in the club's history, set between 2011 and 2012. Not a bad carrot after a week of hearing about a goalless draw. Slegers' line is "we are looking to… Continue reading
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Arsenal drawn away at League Two Fleetwood in Carabao Cup fourth round
Fleetwood Town away, at Highbury Stadium, in the week starting 26 October. That's the reward for Tuesday's 4-2 at Ipswich. League Two, a small ground, a long trip north. You know exactly how this one gets written up for a fortnight beforehand, and you also know Arsenal have just put four past a Championship side… Continue reading
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Dowman scores twice as Arsenal ease past Ipswich into fourth round
Ipswich 2-4 Arsenal, and a 16-year-old ran it. Max Dowman opened the scoring after seven minutes, winning possession in midfield, exchanging a pass and finishing it himself. Noni Madueke made it two on sixteen. Dowman got his second two minutes into the second half, and Merino's strike off the post made it four before the… Continue reading
