Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 02/2017

Arsene Wenger met with the press ahead of Arsenal’s game at Sutton United on Monday night and gave updates on his team

Arsenal’s fundamentally sound gameplan was undone by a series of individual errors in a 10 minute period as the Gunners slumped to a very different 5-1 defeat at the Allianz Arena than the one they had suffered last season.

Arsenal’s 5-1 loss away to Bayern Munich probably wasn’t David Ospina’s finest 90 minutes yet he didn’t actually have too bad a game compared to the rest of the team.

It was no coincidence that as soon as Laurent Koscielny was subbed off at the start of the second half against Bayern Munich, everything fell to pieces.

For anyone who cares for Arsene Wenger (regardless of stay or go), watching him give interviews after the Bayern match was even more painful than the Arsenal result.

Shall we just copy paste the ratings from last season when we lost at the same place with the same result?

Laurent Koscielny revealed that he felt pain in his right thigh before the end of the first half against Bayern Munich but tried to play on.

Arsenal completely fell apart in Munich after the loss of their captain to injury and now face yet another Last 16 Mission Impossible to qualify for the next round.

Arsenal face Liverpool on Saturday 4 March hoping to get their own back for the 4-3 defeat at the Emirates on the opening day of the season.

After Bayern Munich, Arsenal face Sutton United away in the FA Cup on 20 February.

After Arsenal’s initial trip to Germany, the Gunners host Bayern Munich on 7 March.

Most Arsenal fans were pretty chuffed with a draw away to the current title holders, Leicester City, earlier in the season but now it’s not looking like such a great result.

Arsene Wenger told the media at his pre-Champions League press conference that Arsenal ‘are capable of dealing’ with the German giants.

Bayern Munich. Don’t we already know all this?

After a two-month hiatus, a tricky return awaits Arsenal in the Champions League against Bayern Munich this week.

After a two-month break, the Champions League is back with Arsenal’s annual trip to Bavaria.

Xabi Alonso has made a miraculous recovery after having to be helped from the training pitch on Monday and now looks in contention to feature against Arsenal.

Per Mertesacker has stated the obvious by telling Arsenal they need to get better defensively but at least he didn’t sugar-coat things.

Shkodran Mustafi is confident that Arsenal can get a result when they face Bayern Munich in the Allianz on Wednesday night showing just how new he is to life in the last 16 of the competition with Arsenal.

Bayern Munich look like they could well be without Xabi Alonso after the midfielder picked up a knee injury in training on Monday.