Arsenal u21s: Who shone against Aston Villa?

Arsenal u21s secured promotion via the play-offs on Tuesday evening, beating Aston Villa 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium to return to the top flight of u21 football in England.

Cazorla: That’s what Ozil and I do best

Santi Cazorla has been on fire recently. Back to his sublime best, he is flourishing in a deeper role for Arsene Wenger's side, Cazorla has...

Pellegrini says Arsenal don’t need Özil

If Arsenal have the best playmaker in the Premier League, Manchester City have his biggest rival. And vice versa. Mesut Özil and David Silva are both...

Walcott and Welbeck – can our wandering wide forwards coexist?

Arsene likes wide men who wander. When you look at the players who have featured on the wings for our long-serving manager, there is always...

Player Focus: Crowley impressive despite Everton defeat

Daniel Crowley, Arsenal's 18-year-old creative midfielder, started for Barnsley on Wednesday night, but his impressive display was not enough to see his side progress to the...

Player focus: Ramsey finds himself in new system

Aaron Ramsey loves the FA Cup and, once again, he was a crucial player for Arsenal against Chelsea in the final.

Why Theo Walcott must start against Aston Villa

Ahead of Saturday's FA Cup Final, Paul Williams examines Theo Walcott's chances of a place in the starting line up Three days until Wembley, are...
Harry Maguire and Theo Walcott

Player focus – Walcott anonymous against Hull

The only thing that I really remember Theo Walcott doing against Hull on Saturday was starting a fight with Harry Maguire.

Ozil: Criticism? Just look at my stats

Round here at Cannon Towers we've been fighting a war against stupid people. These are the people who claim that Mesut Ozil is 'nicking a...

Can Joel Campbell be a new Wreh of sunshine?

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis,...

Player focus: Walcott produces mixed performance at Hull

The Arsenal winger played 87 minutes against Hull mainly as an inside forward rather than a classic winger and produced a mixed performance.

Infographic: Tomas Rosicky – 10 Years A Gunner

It's the last match of the season, and that means it's the last match for Tomas Rosicky as an Arsenal player. This is being written...

Wenger says he will rotate Walcott and Giroud

Arsenal's 2-0 defeat of Stoke City on Saturday afternoon saw both Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud on the scoresheet. Both forwards have been criticised for...

Alexis fails to inspire team in Liverpool humiliation

Alexis was one of many players who struggled for Arsenal on Sunday, after returning to the side from injury.

Player focus: A frustrating night for Arsenal and Alexis

Tonight's game against Barcelona ended up with a defeat and a frustrating feeling for Alexis Sanchez against his former team. He started in his favourite...

At least Alexis is back

At least Alexis is back, though he struggled to improve anyone's mood on Sunday. The Chilean played for the first time in two months as...
Granit Xhaka v Bournemouth

Granit Xhaka’s personal highlights v Bournemouth as midfielder impresses

Granit Xhaka finished Sunday's game with some impressive stats.

Eyes wide shut

With an abundance of central players, Arsène Wenger has been turning a blind eye to width so far this season. The Arsenal manager has too many...

Player Focus: Oxlade-Chamberlain dumbfounds Chelsea

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain impressed against Chelsea, scoring the winning goal and earning Man of the Match.

Arsène Wenger wins 15th career manager of the month award

Arsenal's terrific Premier League form has seen Arsène Wenger win the manager of the month award for October. Playing four Premier League games during the...
Alexis Sanchez

Player focus – Alexis dribbles all over Lincoln

Despite a slow start, Alexis Sanchez finished Arsenal's 5-0 FA Cup win over Lincoln as the best player on the pitch - nothing new there.

Player focus – Alexis brace masks mediocre performance v Hull

Despite being Arsenal's highest rated player on WhoScored.com (9.0) after scoring a brace against Hull City, Alexis Sanchez still wasn't in top gear at the Emirates on Saturday.

Player focus: Coquelin continues to improve and impress

Francis Coquelin is an odd player. He's one that divides the fan base, with many seeing him as a brilliant defensive midfielder while others believe...

Wenger: Chambers will develop at Arsenal

by Lewis Ambrose During Tuesday's press conference Arsène Wenger dismissed a rumour linking Calum Chambers with a loan move away from the club. Chambers signed for...
Arsenal stats

Deeney and Ighalo’s dreadful 2016

Throughout the first half of the season, Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo scored regularly and made Watford one of the surprise packages of the...

Injury update: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been speaking about his latest injury setback and how he's coping with it.

Former Arsenal number 10 hails Özil

Paul Merson wore the number 10 for Arsenal for much of his 11 seasons at the club, eventually relinquishing it for Dennis Bergkamp. The former...

Mesut Özil’s best assists of 2015

It's been one hell of a year for Mesut Özil, particularly since the start of the new Premier League season. An incredible number of assists...

How to be a speedster by Hector Bellerin

Hector Bellerin has revealed the secret of his speed – he was born that way. Hardly a revelation in itself, I think most of us...

Özil back to his best to inspire Arsenal to win

When Arsenal win, it's almost invariably thanks to Mesut Özil, and Sunday was no different. That's not strictly true of course, but it feels a...

Player focus – Rusty Ramsey returns as passmaster v Ludogorets

Despite putting in a rusty performance against Ludogorets in the Champions League, Aaron Ramsey showed plenty of signs that we have lots to look forward to.

Player focus: Mohamed Elneny shines at Camp Nou

It should come as no surprise now, but Mohamed Elneny is really quite good. As if shining in a full Premier League debut against Tottenham...

Aaron Ramsey, the all-round star has nothing to prove

After goals against Sunderland and Aston Villa, Aaron Ramsey received huge praise. A return to a central midfield role gave him freedom to roam and...

Thinking outside of the Ox?

by Lewis Ambrose If you count the Community Shield as a competitive match pre-season is now over and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has reaffirmed the idea that...

Poor conversion rate makes Özil look bad

by Lewis Ambrose It's plain for all to see that Mesut Özil had a superb second season for Arsenal, but is he being let down by his...

Player focus: David Ospina v Tottenham

When we heard that Petr Cech was injured for the north London derby we all felt like crying. Not only would we be going to...

Player focus: Ainsley Maitland-Niles makes step towards senior squad v Reading

Ainsley Maitland-Niles was rewarded after an encouraging display in the previous round against Nottingham Forest with a further starting berth, this time alongside Mohamed Elneny in central midfield as Arsenal hosted Reading in their EFL Cup tie.

Video: Mesut Özil v Manchester United

What a game Mesut Özil had on Sunday. The midfielder was perfect. An assist was swiftly followed by a goal, and Arsenal were 2-0 up...

Should Arsenal sell Cazorla? The case for and against

Santi Cazorla has been linked heavily with a move to Atletico Madrid but should Arsenal let him go? It seems like a no-brainer, right?
Lucas Perez v Southampton

Player focus – Lucas proves influential again

Lucas Perez made another appearance in an Arsenal shirt against Southampton on Saturday and was once again hugely influential.