Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 12/2016

Should this tackle on Alexis Sanchez have been a penalty?

Everton boss, Ronald Koeman, was full of praise for Arsenal despite his team beating us 2-1 on Tuesday evening.

I forgot how to write miserable player ratings.

Despite Arsenal losing against Everton 2-1 on Tuesday night, Granit Xhaka was still the passmaster, completing the most passes out of anyone on the pitch.

Arsene Wenger believes that Arsenal lost to Everton on Tuesday night because they didn’t take their chances.

Apart from a strong opening 15 minutes, Arsenal looked tired and confused for most of the game at Goodison Park.

After a satisfying home victory against Stoke on Saturday afternoon, it’s another away trip for Arsenal as they face an Everton side eager to make amends for a collectively poor defensive display in their 3-2 defeat against Watford this past weekend.

It’s likely that the side Arsene Wenger fields against Everton on Tuesday won’t be much different to the one that beat Stoke 3-1 at the weekend.

Everton currently sit in ninth place in the Premier League table with 20 points while Arsenal are up in second, just behind Chelsea.

Like clockwork, Arsenal drew Bayern Munich in the knock-out stages of the Champions League but at least most Gooners saw the funny side.

All players take an undetermined amount time to return to their best form after coming back from injury.

Arsene Wenger has praised Chelsea on their nine-game winning streak but can they continue?

Despite a tense afternoon on Sunday lunchtime, Chelsea fought hard and eventually snatched a 1-0 win over a resolute West Brom side, who defended well collectively for sustained periods but were punished for a costly second half mistake.

Arsenal have drawn Bayern Munich in the Champions League…AGAIN.

Hector Bellerin has more assists since making his Arsenal debut than Bacary Sagna had during his entire final five years at the club.

After an impressive display against West Ham last weekend, it came as a surprise to me that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain didn’t start against Basel in midweek.

Stoke boss, Mark Hughes, unsurprisingly agrees with Lee Mason’s penalty decision during his team’s trip to Arsenal.

A hat-trick from Jamie Vardy, as well as a well-taken strike courtesy of Andy King from range helped Leicester to an unlikely home victory against Manchester City in Saturday’s evening kick-off.

Alexis Sanchez didn’t score against Stoke City but he created the most chances out of anyone else on the pitch.

Theo Walcott is now a member of the 100 club.