Arsenal News Archives: 01/2020

After celebrating his loan extension with Doncaster Rovers earlier this month, it’s back to the grind for Arsenal man Ben Sheaf.

Arsenal played the majority of their match against Chelsea with just 10 men yet some how the Daily Mail managed to come up with player ratings that just don’t make sense.

Mikel Arteta picked out Alexandre Lacazette for special praise after Arsenal’s battling 2-2 draw at Chelsea with just 10-men.

Frank Lampard says Reece James is in contention to face Arsenal after scans on a knee injury didn’t reveal any serious damage.

Arsenal were soundly beaten 4-1 at home to Chelsea on Sunday and dropped to second in the league and opening the door for the Blues to overtake them with their game in hand.

William Saliba visited Arsenal for testing by club doctors this week, which is why he didn’t feature in Saint-Etienne’s squad at the weekend.

Emile Smith Rowe should have had an assist after an eye-catching second-half performance on his debut for Huddersfield Town on Saturday.

Tyreece John-Jules scored one and made one goalline clearance for Lincoln City as they won 1-0 against Blackpool on Saturday.

When Arsenal played Sheffield United back in October, 76% of fans believed Mike Dean robbed us of a penalty, something he did again when the sides met this weekend.

Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Arsenal fans after their 1-1 draw against Sheffield United on Saturday.

Folarin Balogun scored his first Arsenal u23 goal after injury on Friday, and it was quite the finish to get his scoring run going again.

Even though Arsenal weren’t at their best against Sheffield United on Saturday, had they been given a stonewall penalty when they were 1-0 up then the result would have been a different matter altogether.

Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa was left to regret his decision not to use Eddie Nketiah more this season as his side lost to QPR and wished the forward was still at the club.

Nicolas Pepe thinks he can do more in the second half of the season, and he’s looking to improve between now and May.

Arsenal will face Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon with Mike Dean in charge, Lee Mason as the fourth official and Martin Atkinson running the VAR.

Jurgen Klopp thinks Arsenal are a really good side capable of making the next step, but only if they sort out their defensive organisation.

Gabriel Martinelli admits he still needs to decide whether he’s going to play for Brazil or Italy in the future, even though his dream is a call-up to the Selecao.

Mesut Özil says he’s happy with his contract at Arsenal and he plans to stay for this season and the next, after which it expires.

Tyreece John-Jules picked up a bit of a groin injury on his debut for Lincoln City, but his manager hopes he’ll return this weekend.

Arsenal will hold a press conference at 2.30pm today with one editor whipping the fanbase into a frenzy by calling it ‘unusual’ until another journalist clarified it had been scheduled all week.