Mosope Ominiyi Archives: 10/2016

After a hard-fought draw and impressive home win in our two group stage fixtures to this point, all signs are leading towards another Champions League victory for Arsenal.

Alex Iwobi has been far from shy in regards to his praise for senior team-mates, and how training alongside quality players relates to improved performances from him on a personal level

Wojciech Szczesny played the full 90 minutes as Roma prevailed in an impressive 3-1 away win against title challengers Napoli.

Arsenal were forced to share the spoils in an entertaining but frustrating 1-1 draw with Fulham on Saturday morning.

Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Swansea on Saturday afternoon was more nervy than it needed to be, especially with Theo Walcott netting two first-half goals.

In his post-match press conference, Arsène Wenger confirmed that Arsenal will not appeal Granit Xhaka’s contentious sending off, and he will speak to the player.

Mesut Özil netted a well-taken volley with aplomb on a memorable birthday for the creative midfielder.

Takuma Asano came on as a second-half substitute, but was unable to help influence a comeback as VfB Stuttgart were comprehensively thrashed 5-0 away from home at the hands of Dynamo Dresden.

Carl Jenkinson started and played just under 70 minutes in the u23s’ goalless draw at home against Southampton on Friday evening.

It was a hard-fought goalless draw for Arsenal’s u23 side as they were effectively stifled by a high-quality Southampton team at Meadow Park.

With the international break finally over, it’s back to business for Arsenal ahead of an intriguing month, not only for title aspirations, but equally a direct aim to finish top of Group A in the Champions League.

As we previously reported, VfL Wolfsburg’s creative midfielder Julian Draxler is set to leave the club at the end of the current campaign if his agent is to be believed and here’s why Arsenal should be on red alert.

The 24-year-old full-back, who was heavily linked with a switch to the Emirates in the summer transfer window, has publicly revealed he snubbed a proposed move to join Arsenal.

According to the Express, Arsenal are considering what has been described as a ‘shock move’ for Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente.

Every week, at least one or twice, we feature loan reports on the site and it seems that this season, our players are finding it hard to get minutes under their belts.

In the post-match interview following our narrow victory away against Burnley, Arsène Wenger admitted that Arsenal’s stoppage-time winner courtesy of Laurent Koscielny was “a little fortunate” as the hosts’ defensive work out of possession wasn’t rewarded with at least one point on the afternoon at Turf Moor.

David Herd, who played for Arsenal, Manchester United and Stoke City in the First Division, has sadly died at the age of 82.

Arsène Wenger praised Alexis Sánchez’s progress in a new central striker role for Arsenal, likening the Chilean to Barcelona forward Luis Suárez.

France’s weekly football show Telefoot, have recently sat down with Florentin Pogba, brother of Manchester United’s Paul, and the 26-year-old defender has revealed where his Premier League allegiances lie.

Arsène Wenger has publicly revealed why he feels the centre-back partnership between Laurent Koscielny and Shkodran Mustafi has been so effective since the latter’s arrival in the summer transfer window.