Arsenal face Preston North End in one of this weekend’s FA Cup third round ties and after a frantic fightback from a three-goal deficit on Tuesday against Bournemouth, they’ll be eager for a much smoother ride against the Championship outfit.
With most of Arsenal’s first team obviously feeling complete cream-crackered after so many fixtures in such a short space of time, it’s very likely that we’ll see a rotated side picked to face Preston North End in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Arsenal are expected to make a number of changes for the game against Preston at the weekend with Laurent Koscielny and Alexis being rested.
For the fourth straight year, Arsenal’s festive fixtures featured a frustrating display on the South coast.
Preston North End should welcome Arsenal to Deepdale on Saturday for their FA Cup tie with no injured players in their squad.
Bournemouth are appealing Sam Francis’s red card, picked up for a terrible tackle on Aaron Ramsey on Tuesday night.
What did Arsenal learn from their rather embarrassing loss way to Bournemouth?
Olivier Giroud once again made a pretty solid case for a new contact during Arsenal’s 3-3 draw against Bournemouth.
Coming off of a brilliant performance against Crystal Palace, the Arsenal players managed to play like zombies for most of the game; why is this happening?
Eddie Howe basically passed his job interview as Wenger’s successor after dropping 3-0 lead at home.
Despite getting off to a shaky start out wide, Aaron Ramsey managed the most successful passes out of any other player during Arsenal’s 3-3 draw against Bournemouth.
Arsenal dropped points in yet another winnable game, allowing the Premier League title to slip further from their grasp… but at least we got a point.
Despite beating Swansea on New Year’s Eve 3-0, Bournemouth will have their work cut out against Arsenal on Tuesday night.
Having prevailed with a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day, Arsenal will be looking to secure their third successive Premier League win when they travel to the Vitality Stadium with Bournemouth up next.
Michael Oliver has been chosen to referee Arsenal’s Premier League match away to Bournemouth, which isn’t exactly fantastic news.
Just two days after Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Crystal Palace at the Emirates and THAT Olivier Giroud goal, the Gunners travel to Bournemouth hoping for a similar performance.
Alexis Sanchez put in an almost complete performance against Crystal Palace – all that was missing was the goal that eluded him.
As usual with Premier League referees they regularly bring controversies and the Arsenal v Palace game saw some errors as usual.
After Arsenal’s win over Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, Sky Sports spoke with Olivier Giroud and showed him his own goal.
Happy new year! 3 points, a clean sheet, great performance and goal of the season on the first day of 2017 – not a bad way to start.