After an encouraging goalless draw away against Paris Saint-Germain’s u19 side last time out, Arsenal’s crop of talented youngsters were eager to kickstart their UEFA Youth League campaign with a home win over Basel on Wednesday.
After Arsenal’s excellent performance against Chelsea on Saturday, it’s back to the rigours of Champions League football for the first team in midweek.
Wojciech Szczesny was on the losing side as Roma suffered a surprise 3-1 away defeat at the hands of Torino on Sunday afternoon.
It was a morale-boosting victory over our fierce west London rivals Chelsea on Saturday evening, but what did we learn from the match?
Arsène Wenger has said that our 3-0 home victory over Chelsea should give the players “the taste to want more” over the coming months with plenty of important fixtures coming thick-and-fast in all competitions.
After their unbeaten start to the campaign was ended by Chelsea last weekend, Arsenal’s u18 side returned to winning ways in emphatic style with a fantastic 5-0 thrashing over Leicester City on Saturday.
AC Milan forward M’Baye Niang has made public the fact that both Arsenal and Everton were close to signing him in the past, before he rejected both and opted to join AC Milan four years ago.
Eddie Howe has publicly shown his belief that Jack Wilshere can be a brilliant player for Bournemouth whilst on loan with the Cherries this season.
Alex Iwobi has emerged on the first-team scene this year and is currently enjoying his football, competing against the top sides and keeping a composed head on very talented shoulders.
The talented 19-year-old Atalanta midfielder, who has scored four goals in five Serie A matches this term, is a highly-rated young prospect with plenty of European sides interested in keeping tabs on his progress.
Theo Walcott, who himself was impressive and enjoyed a good game, has publicly said he felt Arsenal’s team effort overpowered Chelsea and consequently lead to a convincing 3-0 home victory at the Emirates.
One blot from our convincing 3-0 victory over Chelsea on Saturday evening was the fact that Francis Coquelin sustained a knee injury, which forced him off in the 32nd minute.
Jack Wilshere started and played 75 minutes as Bournemouth registered their second Premier League victory of the season at home against Everton, consequently ending their unbeaten streak.
It was a frustrating debut for Calum Chambers as he was unable to stop Middlesbrough from succumbing to a 2-1 home defeat against Tottenham in one of Saturday’s 3pm kick-off’s.
There were mixed feelings for two of Arsenal’s loanee players over this past week, with Joel Campbell’s poor performance against Rio Ave meaning he was left on the substitutes’ bench for Sporting’s 4-2 win against Estoril Friday evening.
It was another excellent performance from the talented Chilean, who showed his world class quality in a number of different situations against a Chelsea side who came but were ultimately unprepared for Alexis’ tireless running and admirable workrate.
Arsenal’s u23 side bounced back to winning ways in impressive style at Stamford Bridge on Friday evening, with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Adi Viveash’s side.
Arsenal play Chelsea this weekend and it’s a big one, as well as an important fixture.
Wojciech Szczesny kept a well-earned clean sheet in his best display thus far this term as Roma stormed to an impressive 4-0 home victory on Wednesday against newly-promoted Crotone.
A trip to the City Ground awaits for our upcoming fixture, an away EFL Cup clash with Championship side Nottingham Forest.