Lee Hurley Archives: 02/2016

[This post was originally published 14th Jan 2015. It is still painfully relevant today] We all have habits. Some of them we are only too…

Marcus Rashford was the scourge of Arsenal on Sunday as yet another teenager did things he shouldn’t be able to do in his first league game for United. Remind you of anyone? Here’s a quirky stat for you.

Arsenal somehow contrived to go to Old Trafford with their strongest team in years to play the weakest United team in living memory and lose. This is why that happened.

Theo Walcott faced the ire of Gooners everywhere for what was an awful display against Manchester United on Sunday. Standing head and shoulders above the…

Where do you even begin with Theodore Walcott? The frontman/winger was taken off against United with 63 minutes on the clock, despite his side being…

Arsene Wenger had one regret after Arsenal’s latest humiliation at the hands of Manchester United – that they conceded goals. Well, perhaps I’m being a…

Louis van Gaal admitted that he felt ‘proud’ after his side beat Arsenal at Old Trafford. Hear what else he had to say as well as Wenger’s catty reply about the side that just bested him here.

It’s finally here! Arsenal have arrived at Old Trafford and will be looking to pick up only their second league win there in a decade.…

There was a bit of a panic in play on Saturday as some eagle-eyed person noticed that Mesut Ozil had sat out Arsenal’s final training session before their game against Manchester United.

Alexis Sanchez has told the media that he is happy, having fun and that Arsenal are now his family, in a statement that should put…

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been ruled out until the end of April according to reports this morning. The 22-year-old picked up knee ligament damage and Arsene…

Arsenal may be favourites for Sunday’s game against Manchester United, but the Arsenal boss knows that it takes something ‘special’ to get a win up…

On Saturday afternoon there were loads of reports around that Arsenal were prepared to sell Alex Oxalde-Chamberlain and that West Ham were possible suitors, so is it true? We take a look.

We all know that Mesut Ozil is amazing. Be it juggling with chewing gum or creating chances for Arsenal for fun, he makes the football…

It’s almost time for Arsenal’s game at Old Trafford on Sunday where the Gunners will be favourites for the first time in the Premier League…

You probably don’t need to be told that Arsenal haven’t won at Old Trafford in the Premier League in ten years. Unless you’re a bit…

Jesse Lingard believes that even without half their squad, United still have enough in their ranks to beat Arsneal on Sunday.

Louis van Gaal has admitted that Marcus Rashford, who scored a brace on his debut during the week, will not start against Arsenal on Sunday at Old Trafford, so who will?

With the game just hours away, we thought we’d have a closer look at just who out of the United squad we’d take. Long gone…

Football matches aren’t won or lost on paper, but the stats behind any meeting always fascinate me. So, in that vein, here are how Arsenal and United look on paper.