Arsenal News Archives: 09/2017

Hector Bellerin has admitted that there were doubts in the squad following Arsenal’s poor start to the season.

Theo Walcott has joked that it’s his team-mate’s fault that he was constantly offside against Cologne.

Jack Wilshere made his first Arsenal appearance in over a year on Thursday night.

Per Mertesacker is under no illusion what Arsenal need to do to make sure they take their Wembley form against Chelsea to Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal and Cologne have both been charged by UEFA after crowd trouble caused their Europa League kick-off to be delayed by 60 minutes.

Five fans were held by police following the crowd trouble at the Emirates Stadium last night. 

Alexandre Lacazette has claimed that nobody is hungrier than him to win the Europa League.

Hector Bellerin has given his verdict following Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Cologne last night.

Bundesliga journalist, Archie Rhind-Tutt, has taken to Twitter in an attempt to change the narrative building around Koln fans that they went on a ‘rampage’ through London, saying that the overwhelming majority enjoyed the game peacefully and were not aware that stadium arrangements in England were different to what they are used to in Germany.

Arsenal have issued a club statement to try and clarify events on Thursday night which saw kick-off delayed by an hour and FC Koln fans invade all sections of the Emirates.

Mohamed Elneny got a rare start for Arsenal against FC Koln on Thursday night and the Egyptian spoke after the game about the delay, the competition itself and facing Chelsea this weekend.

Arsene Wenger said that his side ‘waited patiently’ for kick-off in their first ever Europa League game, which was delayed by an hour as the German fans caused all sorts of chaos inside and outside the stadium.

Ex-England and Arsenal defender Alex Scott believes the Lionesses should be looking to win the 2019 World Cup in France.

Arsenal’s game against Koln has been delayed by at least one hour after thousands of German fans turned up without tickets, blocking Arsenal fans from entering the stadium.

Arsenal fans are predicting a win for the Gunners against FC Köln in the opening match of their Europa League campaign.

FC Köln captain Matthias Lehmann admits that Arsenal are big favourites to win Thursday night’s Europa League meeting.

Former Arsenal and FC Koln forward Tony Woodcock has backed the Gunners to beat his other old club in this evening’s Europa League meeting at the Emirates.

Danny Murphy thinks Mesut Özil would be better off at one of Arsenal’s title rivals, such as Manchester United, Chelsea or Tottenham Hotspur.

Arsenal fans think the Gunners have a better chance of winning the Europa League than finishing in the top four of the Premier League this season, according to a Twitter poll.

Arsène Wenger says his preferred method of qualification for the Champions League would be to finish in the top-four of the Premier League, rather than risk qualification by winning the Europa League.