Premier League Archives: 09/2022

Mikel Arteta met with the press ahead of Arsenal’s match against Tottenham on Saturday and gave the latest team news.

Antonio Conte is hopeful that Hugo Lloris will return to the Spurs team on Saturday, but he wouldn’t reveal much about their other injury sufferers.

Arsenal have issued a warning to fans to be careful when buying tickets for the Premier League game against Tottenham this weekend.

Anthony Taylor will take charge of Arsenal’s match against Tottenham while Jarred Gillett is, once again, on VAR for a game at the Emirates.

Matthew and Paul get together to discuss Arsenal’s emphatic win over Brentford and compare the view from the TV to the view from the stands.

A lot has been made of Ivan Toney’s tweet after Brentford beat Arsenal last season but Gabriel has used it to get a laugh after Arsenal demolished them on Sunday.

Ahead of their game against Arsenal, Brentford’s manager, Thomas Frank, has called the Gunners ‘remarkable’ as he talks up their title chances.

Arsenal return to action this weekend with a trip to Brentford for a 12pm kick-off on Sunday, so which officials have been charged with messing things up?

Arsenal received £145.699m from the Premier League for finishing fifth last season – the fifth highest amount handed out.

Mikel Arteta has been named manager of the Month for August after guiding his team to five straight wins at the start of the season.

Arsenal’s game against Tottenham on 1 October looked like it would be the next match after the Queen’s death was announced at half-time of the game against FC Zurich on Thursday but the game against Brentford will go ahead with a rearranged kick-off time.

Arsenal’s match against Everton will not take place this weekend as all football in England is cancelled, from the Premier League down to the National League, while the women’s season opener against Manchester City will also not take place.

Arsenal’s afternoon might have unfolded differently if Greater Manchester’s Lee Mason on VAR hadn’t told Salford’s Paul Tierney to have a look at Christian Eriksen falling over and even Martin Odegaard has no clue why it was called back.

As if Arsenal’s afternoon was bad enough, losing 3-1 against Manchester United at Old Trafford despite being the better team for most of the game, they also look like they might have lost Emile Smith Rowe ahead of the Europa League starting this week.

On Wednesday, as most outlets focussed on Bukayo Saka saying he was confident he would agree a new deal with Arsenal, the Telegraph ran an interesting piece showing how the Arsenal youngster is treading a very dangerous burnout line.

Arsenal have received a massive boost with three players who were doubts for the game travelling to Manchester.

Over the course of three hours football at the Emirates in the last week, the Arsenal have showed an impressive resilience to go with an increased level of control in their game with five wins out of five, but can they make it six against Manchester United?.

Manchester United welcome Arsenal in the Premier League this weekend for what will be the Gunners’ biggest test of the season, so how is their squad doing in terms of injuries and fitness?

Paul Tierney has been appointed referee for Arsenal’s trip to Manchester United this weekend and it will come as something of a surprise to learn that he hails from just three miles away from Old Trafford, but that’s the least of Arsenal’s problems with him.

Matthew and Paul discuss the end of the transfer window, both from an Arsenal perspective and where it leads us, and more widely around the league.