Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 09/2016

Arsenal have confirmed that Theo Walcott has not been dropped but rather has suffered a ‘mild knee injury.’

Well, it’s Champions League time once again and this season we will surely be trying to make it further than the last 16, if for no other reason than it’s just boring now.

Reports from France are claiming that Olivier Giroud will not start tonight against PSG and a tweet from Lucas makes it seem as if he will.

Hector Bellerin is sure that whomever is tasked with marking Angel Di Maria will be more than up for the task when Arsenal meet PSG in Paris on Tuesday evening.

Arsene Wenger has told the media that he feels this is the strongest squad he’s had in a while but ‘always believed we had a chance’ when he played the youngsters in the Champions League.

Ahead of Arsenal’s game in Paris against PSG to get their Champions League group stage under way, we’ve put together everything you need to know about our opposition so you can impress your mates.

What, already? UEFA Champions League football is back and Arsenal travel to the Parc des Princes on matchday one.

With Arsene Wenger throwing us a few curveballs against Southampton on Saturday, how can we expect the Gunners to line up against PSG in Paris?

Unai Emery is ‘convinced’ that his side will respond against Arsenal in Paris when the two sides meet on Tuesday night and that, given the chance, everyone would like to be Arsene Wenger.

Virgil van Dijk has admitted his frustration with the Arsenal groundsmen after he was unable to destroy the penalty spot prior to Santi Cazorla giving Arsenal the lead against Southampton in the closing moments of Saturday’s game.

PSG have dropped Hatem Ben Arfa, with the player absent from the squad’s training session on Monday evening ahead of the match at Parc des Prince on Tuesday evening.

Shkodran Mustafi’s debut performance for Arsenal came in for some criticism in parts of the media after he made the mistake of actually playing football unlike Danny Rose who was named in the Team of the Week despite not playing a single minute.

With the Champions League almost upon us, Stephen is joined by French football expert Lana Dawood to talk about Paris Saint-Germian post-Zlatan, and how she expects the game to go.

Garth Crooks left Santi Cazorla out of his BBC Team of the Week despite him outscoring Adam Lallana according to whoscored.com.

With all eyes turning towards the start of this year’s race to be knocked out in the last 16, a competition others call the Champions League, Olivier Giroud has admitted that Arsenal are not favourites to win the group.

Aaron Ramsey and Laurent Koscielny both trained with Arsenal today ahead of the Champions League match against PSG, however the Welshman is not expected to make the trip.

Arsenal will pose a tougher test for Paris Saint-Germain than Chelsea have in previous seasons, according to defensive midfielder Thiago Motta.

Going to Paris on your own or with just a couple of you? Don’t fancy getting bevvied up with the away fans? Having just been to Paris a month or so ago, I thought of some things to check out that might not make it to a tour guide or on a fan’s itinerary.

As Arsenal travel to Paris this week to face PSG in the Champions League group opener, here is a short guide on Paris from a local.

Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal with a big price tag and a reputation as a ball playing centreback, so is he? Is that what we saw against Southampton on Saturday at the Emirates?