Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 09/2016

Granit Xhaka got a start against Basel in the Champions League in light of Francis Coquelin’s injury and the Swiss set about impressing against his old side.

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.

In the first of his regular post-match tactics pieces, Amrit Rae explains why it’s taken so long to integrate Granit Xhaka at Arsenal

Theo Walcott and Laurent Koscielny spoke to BT Sport immediately after Arsenal’s win against Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday and, just like their boss, they weren’t letting themselves get carried away with the result or the performance.

Arsene Wenger met with the press after his side’s comprehensive win over Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Arsene Wenger was keen to downplay any excitement after another great win, this time over Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Santi Cazorla once again proved to be a passmaster against Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Theo Walcott put on another superb display in the Champions League against Basel on Wednesday night, scoring a brace and tearing the visitor’s defence apart.

Basel at home is done and dusted, an easy 2-0 win for the Gunners!

Arsenal were the dominant team during their Champions League clash with Basel and the scoreline probably flatters the visitors.

Stephen is joined by Football Manager’s Swiss researcher Oliver Zesiger, to discuss Arsenal’s next Champions League opponents. Eder Balanta and Breel Embolo get mentioned A…

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.

Basel are in fine form at the moment but can they continue against Arsenal?

Champions League time again and this time our first ever game against FC Basel and Granit Xhaka’s brother.

Alexis Sanchez has been called up for Chile’s World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru, which means he could miss our Premier League clash against Swansea.

Arsenal and Reading fans will pay just £10 or £20 (or £5/£10 if under 16 or over 65) for the EFL cup game on 25 October.

If there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that Arsenal battered Chelsea, so it’s somewhat surprising to see Petr Cech, who faced only two on-target shots in 90 minutes, included in Garth Crooks BBC Team of the Week.

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.

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.

Despite not having the sharpest accuracy during Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday evening, Mesut Ozil was still one of our stand-out pass-masters.