Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 10/2019

Martin Atkinson will take charge of his fourth Arsenal game of the season this weekend when he turns up at the Emirates on Sunday for the match against Crystal Palace.

Arsenal staged a late comeback on Thursday night thanks largely to Nicolas Pepe, coming from behind to beat Vitoria 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium.

Nicolas Pepe arrived in North London on Thursday night with two delightful free-kicks to save Arsenal – and Unai Emery’s – blushes, but the match leaves more pressure on Unai Emery and fans even more certain he isn’t the man for the job.

It’s Arsenal fun matchday time before we return to the drudge that is Arsenal in the league, so let’s take a look at how the sides line-up for tonight’s Europa League group game against Vitoria Guimaraes.

Arsenal are set to face Vitoria at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday, looking to bounce back from defeat on Monday and keep their perfect Europa League record going.

Two of Vitoria’s regular starters are set to miss their clash with Arsenal on Thursday through injury, according to reports in Portugal.

#EmeryOut quickly began trending on Twitter after Arsenal slumped to a dismal 1-0 defeat at Bramall Lane on Monday night.

Arsenal put in a limp performance against Sheffield United on Monday as they suffered a 1-0 defeat away from home.

Mike Dean didn’t even bother to check with VAR to see if Sokratis had been fouled to earn Arsenal a penalty so it’s no surprise he got such a bad match-rating.

Unai Emery, to nobody’s surprise whatsoever, believes Arsenal didn’t deserve to lose against Sheffield United despite the fact this result has been coming all season.

Arsenal lost 1-0 at Sheffield United in yet another limp performance that simply must have the Arsenal board questioning Unai Emery’s future.

As kick-off approaches, the confirmed team news is in from both sides.

Arsenal face Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Monday, in their first game after the latest international break.

Arsenal put in a professional performance to claim a routine 4-0 win against the Championship’s bottom team with Beth Mead in superb form, scoring a superb goal and two assists as the perfect preparation for next week’s league showdown.

Sheffield United’s striker, Oli McBurnie, has reportedly been charged with drink driving after being arrested in the early hours of Friday morning.

Unai Emaery is expecting a tough trip on Monday night as he gets ready to set his team up like they are 15th in the league and not their opponents.

Pep Guardiola is whinging again and, while I agree with what he’s saying, I can’t help but be reminded of how the press treated Arsene Wenger when he complained about similar things.

The Premier League will introduce specially-designed footballs to be used over the next two weeks as they hope to show their commitment to fighting racism with some more trinkets.

Arsenal travel to Aldershot to face Chelsea’s u23 side in the Premier League 2 on Friday, playing their first match after the international break.

Arsenal did a professional job away to Slavia with a 5-2 win and all but secured qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals to be played next spring.