Premier League Archives: 01/2019

Arsenal managed to grind out a victory over Cardiff City on Tuesday night, but it wasn’t as easy as it should’ve been for Unai Emery’s side.

It’s been a lingering question about Arsenal for a number of years – are they just a collection of idiots, incapable of following basic instructions when they take to the football pitch? On Saturday we got a resounding answer – no!

Laurent Koscielny made Garth Crook’s BBC Team of the Week as well as Jamie Redknapp’s Daily Mail team while Hector Bellerin also made an appearance.

The S*n had a nice big piece trashing Per Mertesacker for attending a basketball game instead of an Arsenal youth match, but they’ve got so much wrong it makes my head hurt.

Laurent Koscielny was the stand-out player for Arsenal against Chelsea, scoring a goal and putting in a masterful display that earned him the Man of the Match award, so how come he only got a 6 in the Mail on Sunday’s ratings when they gave Cesar Azpilicueta a 7?

Arsenal bounced back from a disappointing defeat against West Ham United to beat Chelsea convincingly at the Emirates Stadium and keep their top four hopes alive.

After a few misses against Fulham, the S*n laughably called Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang ‘the most wasteful Prem top scorer ever’ and I couldn’t help but be reminded of that as I saw stats today saying the complete opposite.

Granit Xhaka may have shown marked improvement since the arrival of Unai Emery but the Swiss midfielder still makes more errors that lead to goals than any other player in the Premier League.

This season was always going to be a gimme at Arsenal for Unai Emery, but we’re long enough into his time at the club now that we have every right to start raising an eyebrow and asking ‘what’s the plan here?’

Arsenal were utterly flat in a deserved 1-0 defeat in the early kick-off against West Ham on Saturday.

Arsenal have been boosted by the news that six of their crocked stars have returned to training ahead of their Premier League game against West Ham on Saturday.

West Ham have been given a huge boost ahead of this weekend’s game against Arsenal with the news that forward, Marko Arnautovic, has been passed fit.

Arsenal finished their first game of the new year 4-1 winners against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium, a scoreline which doesn’t quite reflect how close the game was at times.