Arsenal News Archives: 10/2022

Beth Mead finished as runner up in the Ballon d’Or as the winners were announced on Monday night.

Two Arsenal players are at risk of a domestic suspension due to an accumulation of yellow cards and it speaks to Granit Xhaka’s reformation that he is not one of them.

After 10 games of the league season, Arsenal are the top performing side across the top five European Leagues.

Andy Robertson thinks Arsenal look amazing this season, believing that a number of teams have closed the gap on Manchester City and Liverpool.

Arsenal loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles thinks Southampton need to be braver after their draw against West Ham United this weekend.

Arsenal’s win at Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday meant that Arsenal stretched their lead at the top of the table to four points but it was a result that also brought up a couple of other milestones.

Mikel Arteta has admitted his side were ultimately thankful for the long delay to Sunday’s match, as they needed VAR to overturn a late penalty.

The Arsenal u18s drew 3-3 against FC Koln in a friendly at the weekend, but there were certainly positives to take from a frustrating result.

With their 1-0 win over Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday, Mikel Arteta’s men set a new Arsenal league record as they became the first side in the history of the club to win nine out of their first 10 league games.

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Magalhaes made it into the various Premier League Teams of the Week for their performances against Leeds United.

Mikel Arteta was impressed with Arsenal in the first half against Leeds but wasn’t best pleased with what he saw from his side in the second half of the match at Elland Road.

Aaron Ramsdale was Arsenal’s Man of the Match in their game against Leeds on Sunday that was one of their toughest test of the season and believes his balls made the best save of the day.

Folarin Balogun says he isn’t closing any doors on his future for club and country, with the 21-year-old performing well on loan.

Albert Sambi Lokonga has admitted he’s been unhappy with his Belgium national team involvement, particularly the March international break this year.

Chris Kavanagh sent Gabriel off in injury time of the second half of Arsenal’s game against Leeds United but then overturned it and gave him a yellow with some wondering why it didn’t stay red, anyway?

Bukayo Saka has admitted that Leeds United put Arsenal under a lot of pressure, but he thinks the team are showing they can win no matter what.

Arsenal were more than a little fortunate to get away with the points at Elland Road but the referee was proved right to wait almost 40 minutes to get their tech working as he got both penalty calls wrong and needed VAR to save him.

Kevin de Bruyne knows Mikel Arteta well and he is delighted to see how well it is going for his former coach with Arsenal, but also hopes that the Gunners will not be good enough for City this year.

Catalin Cirjan, Bradley Ibrahim, and 16-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly all joined Khayon Edwards in first-team training with Arsenal on Saturday.

Gabriel Jesus has been spotted on the way to Leeds ahead of Arsenal’s game against Leeds United, amid the doubts surrounding his fitness.