Lee Hurley Archives: 10/2016

During Arsenal’s game against Swansea I pondered if some imposter had murdered Theo Walcott and has been tearing up the Premier League this season wearing a Theo skin suit.

Was Jon Moss right to send off Granit Xhaka?

Arsenal were able to close the gap with ‘imperial’ Manchester City to zero points (and just one goal) after Pep Guardiola’s men missed TWO penalties to draw 1-1 with Everton.

Arsenal’s win over Swansea at the Emirates on Saturday moved them to second in the table, one point ahead of Tottenham who almost lost to West Brom at the Hawthornes.

After what was the worst defence of a Premier League title by the champions last season, Leicester showed that they are likely to take that accolade from Chelsea this campaign after they were brushed aside by Antonio Conte’s men at Stamford Bridge.

Carl Jenkinson made his return for Arsenal, playing 70 minutes as the u23s drew 0-0 against Southampton. Here are the best shots from the game

Arsene Wenger admitted that his side got a bit lucky on Saturday against Swansea but also said that there was only one real winner on the pitch.

Arsene Wenger has admitted his side got a bit lucky against Swansea and bemoaned how a positive afternoon almost turned into a nightmare.

Arsenal returned from the international break and picked up where they left off – with all three points despite Jon Moss’s efforts to ensure Swansea left the Emirates with something.

The tedium of the interlull is finally over and Premier League football is back with us.

Diego Maradona seems to have a fondness for Arsenal gear and Arsenal in general

Joel Campbell won and scored an injury-time penalty to give Costa Rica a dramatic 4-3 win over Russia in a friendly that took place on Sunday.

On Sunday it was being widely reported that Bayern Munich and Real Madrid were getting ready to move for Mesut Ozil if Arsenal fail to meet his wage demands which are said to be around £250k.

Arsenal have been linked heavily with a move for Juventus’s defensive midfielder, Mario Lemina, but the Italians have no intention of selling him to anyone.

Hector Bellerin is ‘ready’ to face Estonia on Monday night after shaking off the ankle problem that saw him substituted in their win over San Marino.

Per Mertesacker has taken some time out from speaking about his own future to discuss that of his countryman, Bastian Schweinsteiger.

It’s not often Arsenal come out of an international break with fewer injured players than they started it with, but that looks like it will be the case this time as Lucas and Francis Coquelin both returned to training.

If you saw the headlines, you were no doubt expecting something immense from Michy Batshauyi’s ‘brutal takedown’ of an Arsenal fan on Twitter. You would be disappointed.

Arsenal are said to be ready to double Alex Iwobi’s wages despite giving him a payrise earlier in the year.

Arsenal are reportedly keeping a close eye on Genoa’s striker, Leonardo Pavoletti, a player who once held talks with Leeds and had a tour of their facilities in 2014.