Lee Hurley Archives: 10/2022

Bukayo Saka has moved to the top of the Premier League Power Rankings after his goal was the difference between Arsenal and Leeds United at the weekend.

Juventus apparently want to give Arsenal Weston McKennie in order to sign Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Two Arsenal players are at risk of a domestic suspension due to an accumulation of yellow cards and it speaks to Granit Xhaka’s reformation that he is not one of them.

After 10 games of the league season, Arsenal are the top performing side across the top five European Leagues.

Arsenal’s win at Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday meant that Arsenal stretched their lead at the top of the table to four points but it was a result that also brought up a couple of other milestones.

With their 1-0 win over Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday, Mikel Arteta’s men set a new Arsenal league record as they became the first side in the history of the club to win nine out of their first 10 league games.

Mikel Arteta was impressed with Arsenal in the first half against Leeds but wasn’t best pleased with what he saw from his side in the second half of the match at Elland Road.

Aaron Ramsdale was Arsenal’s Man of the Match in their game against Leeds on Sunday that was one of their toughest test of the season and believes his balls made the best save of the day.

A report in Sport.fr claims that Alexandre Lacazette has ‘alienated his entire club’ after comments he made about the Lyon head coach, Peter Bosz.

According to a report from Italy, Arsenal have made contact over a move for Juventus midfielder, Manuel Locatelli, and the Old Lady could be open to letting him go.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Rami Shaaban is currently running a fruit and veg business in Sweden which seems to be taking off in a big way.

Chris Kavanagh sent Gabriel off in injury time of the second half of Arsenal’s game against Leeds United but then overturned it and gave him a yellow with some wondering why it didn’t stay red, anyway?

Hector Bellerin did not take any part in El Clasico as he picked up a calf injury ruling him out of his side’s 3-1 defeat at the Bernabeu.

Arsenal were more than a little fortunate to get away with the points at Elland Road but the referee was proved right to wait almost 40 minutes to get their tech working as he got both penalty calls wrong and needed VAR to save him.

Kevin de Bruyne knows Mikel Arteta well and he is delighted to see how well it is going for his former coach with Arsenal, but also hopes that the Gunners will not be good enough for City this year.

Nuno Tavares is following in William Saliba’s Marseille footsteps by impressing while also enjoying his time there but will his loan spell result in an Arsenal return or exit as he’s tipped to become one of the best in his position?

Earlier this year, Gabriel Martinelli made a big claim about the future of this Arsenal side, so with the team sitting on top of the Premier League table, having won 11 of their 12 games in all competitions, was he right?

Mikel Arteta has been complimented for his respect in victory by the Bodo/Glimt manager who specifically referenced Jose Mourinho’s lack of it when his Roma side lost 6-1 in Norway.

David Seaman has been talking about how nice Gabriel Martinelli is, a trait the Daily Mirror says hints at a ‘future captaincy’ for a player who wants to be Arsenal captain.

Former Arsenal youngster, Sebastian Larsson, will retire from playing football next month when the Swedish season ends.