Pre-season Archives: 07/2017

Antonio Conte has admitted that his Chelsea side are ‘tired’ ahead of their Community Shield clash with Arsenal.

Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois insists that the Blues are ‘ready’ to face Arsenal in the Community Shield.

It might only be pre-season but it’s never pleasant to lose, is it?

Despite Arsenal losing 2-1 in the Emirates Cup to Sevilla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was one of the best players on the pitch.

Arsenal won the Emirates Cup despite losing to Sevilla and here are the Arsenal player ratings. There were certainly a number of concerns raised – like will the midfield be more solid by next week – but how did the players get on individually?

Sevilla gave Arsenal a far tougher test on Sunday compared to Benfica in the Gunners’ second Emirates Cup clash.

Despite Alexandre Lacazette barely playing quarter of an hour against Benfica, Arsenal fans have already made up their minds about the former Lyon striker.

Arsenal thrashed Benfica in their opening Emirates Cup game in what was the most enjoyable game of pre-season so far. So how did the players do? Here are their player ratings

Despite a bit of a defensively dodgy first half, Arsenal managed to romp to a comfortable win over Benfica in the Emirates Cup.

Theo Walcott has said that winning the Emirates Cup could help Arsenal get off to a quick start this season.

With the Emirates Cup taking place this weekend, Arsene Wenger claims that he’s happy to have it back.

Several first-team players are set to feature in an Arsenal XI team to play Boreham Wood tomorrow.

Arsene Wenger has admitted he deliberately played a number of players with no experience in certain positions to see how they coped with it against Chelsea.

Apart from the fact that Arsenal need to go back to the drawing board on a number of issues ahead of the new season, what else did we learn from the Gunners’ 3-0 pre-season loss against Chelsea?

Although it was only a pre-season match, some form of cohesion would have been nice.

Well that could have gone better…

Arsene Wenger insists that Arsenal’s pre-season clash against Chelsea on Saturday is far more than just a friendly.

Laurent Koscielny has given a positive injury update ahead of Arsenal’s pre-season clash against Chelsea at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Bejing.

Petr Cech had some wise words for the younger Arsenal players following their win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

According to Petr Cech, it’ll take more than dodgy stomachs to derail Arsenal’s pre-season tour.