Arsenal News Archives: 09/2016

Francis Coquelin said he was “screaming at Granit to shoot” in the seconds leading up to the Swiss midfielder’s excellent strike from distance against Mike Phelan’s side on Saturday.

Goals from Josh Benson and Jordi Osei-Tutu were not enough to stop Chelsea from ending the u18s unbeaten start to the new season at Cobham.

None of Arsenal’s players out on-loan, bar Jack Wilshere, started for their respective sides across the European leagues on Saturday.

Jack Wilshere made his first competitive start for AFC Bournemouth following his season-long loan move, but was restricted as Manchester City scored early on and were able to dictate the pace of play for much of the match afterwards.

Takuma Asano showed plenty of promise during his performance for loanee side VfB Stuttgart, as they prevailed with a slender 1-0 victory away at Kaiserslautern in Germany’s second division non Saturday.

Alex Iwobi got two assists against Hull City on Saturday but still felt robbed of an actual goal.

Theo Walcott spoke after Arsenal’s 4-1 win against Hull in the Premier League and praised the whole team’s performance.

It seems that Arsene Wenger is just as confused about Alexis Sanchez taking a penalty during our match against Hull as we are.

Jack Wilshere is reportedly going to get his first start of the season for Bournemouth against Manchester City.

According to Le Parisien, Marco Verratti has had his second yellow card from the Arsenal clash revoked.

Arsene Wenger hailed Mike Phelan ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Hull on Saturday.

Manager, Mike Phelan, hailed Arsene Wenger’s achievements in the Premier League ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Hull.

Arsene Wenger has shed some light on what’s happening behind the scenes with Per Mertesacker’s contract and it seems that, according to the boss, the ‘situation’ has not been dealt with.

Hector Bellerin has challenged Usain Bolt to a race (again) but Arsene Wenger doesn’t appear to have high hopes for the right-back.

Hector Bellerin has encouraged David Ospina to learn from Petr Cech.

Takuma Asano has revealed that he admires Thierry Henry and would love to learn from him.

Former England striker, Brian Deane, is pretty adamant that Bournemouth boss, Eddie Howe, won’t be the man to take over at Arsenal once Arsene Wenger steps down.

On this day 20 years ago, Arsene Wenger was confirmed as Arsenal manager after a year-long stint at Nagoya Grampus Eight.

Arsenal fans are beginning to fret at the news that Arsene Wenger could stick with Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla in midfield against Hull on Saturday.

Arsene Wenger admits that he prefers Granit Xhaka as a box-to-box midfielder.