Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 04/2018

Three Arsenal players have been selected by UEFA for their Europa League Team of the Week despite their poor showing in Moscow on Thursday night.

Diego Costa is aiming to be fit for Arsenal’s first leg clash against Atletico Madrid at Ashburton Grove on 26 April as he tries to recover from a ‘slight’ hamstring strain.

Arsenal’s match against Burnley has been moved from Saturday 5 May to Sunday 6 May with a 4.30pm kick-off while dates for Arsenal’s youth cup finals have also been announced and Saturday night fixtures are set to increase.

Mark Hughes is furious that Mohamed Elneny had his red card overturned, claiming bias in favour of the big clubs but his own player was lucky to escape two red cards in the same game for awful challenges that make Elneny’s stroke look like a kitten toying a baby.

Arsenal shook off a comeback scare to progress to the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-2 draw against CSKA Moscow on Thursday night.

On Friday, Arsenal will hopefully be in the Europa League semi-final draw along with three other clubs from around the continent, so here’s the lowdown on what to expect from each one.

Charlie Nicholas predicts Arsenal will draw the second-leg of their tie against CSKA Moscow on Thursday night, and Aaron Ramsey will add to his brace from last week.

Arsenal face CSKA Moscow on Thursday night at the VEB Arena in Russia, with a three-goal lead and a place in the Europa League semi-final on the line.

After Tottenham Hotspur released their 2016/17 financial results, let’s take a look at how the big-six clubs compare in terms of wages.

Arsenal and Manchester United are well behind the rest of the big-six when it comes to length of player contracts, and Arsene Wenger’s side just barely make the top 50 in Europe.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s 28th minute strike against Southampton on Sunday has been named as Goal of the Weekend by the Guardian.

Arsenal made heavy work of their win over Southampton but with Chelsea’s draw against West Ham, the Gunners are now closing in on fifth place. But how did the players do individually?

Arsenal go into their game on Sunday against Southampton knowing that there is little to play for in this match.

Mesut Ozil collected two assists against CSKA Moscow, probably should have had at least five and generally strutted around the Ashburton Grove pitch with a swagger his talent deserves, so of course the first thing you will want to do when talking about him is tell everybody he is a flattrack bully, right?

David Ospina was dropped rather than injured ahead of Arsenal’s Europa League clash against CSKA according to a report in today’s Daily Mil.

Arsenal came flying out of the tunnel like a team with a point to prove and a competition to win on Thursday night. It was a display from this side that we know they are capable of but see far too rarely. It finished 5-1 but in reality it should have been at least double that. So how did the players do individually?

If you thought that Jack Wilshere had a poor game against CSKA Moscow while Aaron Ramsey blew them away then you are clearly not a reporter for the Mirror because they think the two players were at the same level on Thursday night.

A number of media outlets are reporting this morning that Arsene Wenger will do the sensible thing and opt for Petr Cech against CSKA Moscow rather than his cup keeper David Ospina.

Arsenal face CSKA Moscow on Thursday night at Ashburton Grove and will be hoping to put the tie to bed before a tough trip to Russia next week.

Arsenal had four players outperform everyone else to make the Team of the Weekend – more than any other side