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Arsenal demand Pro Ref meeting over Konsa penalty at Sunderland
Arsenal contacted Pro Ref on Monday asking for a meeting about the penalty given against Ezri Konsa at Sunderland. John Brooks gave it for Konsa grappling with Dan Ballard under a long throw. Arteta's word for it was "unacceptable at this level". They won the game 2-0 and David Raya saved the thing, which makes… Continue reading
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Arsenal Women held 0-0 by Crystal Palace on first home outing
Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace, and newly promoted Palace went home from the Emirates with a point they'd have taken before kick-off. Over 25 shots, and by Arseblog News's count very few of them were clear-cut. Palace were happy to sit in. Arsenal didn't find a way through them, which is a sentence WSL watchers have… Continue reading
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Raya save and Bruno’s first Arsenal goal settle it at Sunderland
Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal, and the game turned in 121 seconds. Enzo Le Fée had a penalty in the second half after Ezri Konsa and Dan Ballard grappled under a long throw. David Raya went the right way and turned it onto the post. Two minutes later Bruno Guimarães took a pass from Declan Rice twenty-five… Continue reading
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Arteta close to signing a new Arsenal contract
Mikel Arteta is close to finalising a new deal. His current contract already runs to 2028, so this isn't a club scrambling to keep hold of a manager who might walk. It's a title winner being paid like one. Seven years in December, a Premier League trophy last May, three wins from three and a… Continue reading
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Ødegaard’s late strike wins it in Naples as Arsenal begin with three points
Napoli 0-1 Arsenal, and it was Martin Ødegaard again. Fifteen minutes from time, the only goal of a night Arsenal should have won by three or four. Twenty-six efforts, eight on target, 57% of the ball. That's not a smash-and-grab in a hostile stadium. That's a side bullying Serie A's second-best team and then finding… Continue reading
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Timber travels to Naples as air chaos wrecks Arsenal’s build-up
Napoli away tonight, and Arsenal got there late. Airport chaos across the UK delayed the flight, the squad reached their hotel in southern Italy behind schedule, and Arteta's press conference at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona was cancelled. Not ideal for the opening game of the league phase. The better news is who was on… Continue reading
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Tzolis and the diagonal: how Arsenal’s £34m winger has changed the shape
Nobody was thrilled with Christos Tzolis as the sum total of the summer's attacking business. Three games in, he's changed how Arsenal move the ball. The Did You Notice piece on The Athletic argues the £34m signing from Club Brugge has unlocked the switch of play — the long diagonal to the far side, a… Continue reading
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Ødegaard settles it as Arsenal come from behind to beat Chelsea
Two down inside two minutes, and it still finished 2-1 Arsenal. Morgan Rogers scored early for Chelsea, Kai Havertz levelled on 25 and Martin Ødegaard put it away five minutes into the second half, Havertz teeing him up. Three from three. The opening half-hour was the best football at the Emirates in a while. Chelsea… Continue reading
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Arsenal ran a 20-name shortlist and signed none of the forwards
Twenty-plus names on the shortlist, and the front line finished the window exactly as it started it. The account on BBC News of how Arsenal tried to cash in on the title is the most useful thing published about this club all summer, because it puts a number on the width of the net Andrea… Continue reading
