FC Basel

In the first of his regular post-match tactics pieces, Amrit Rae explains why it’s taken so long to integrate Granit Xhaka at Arsenal

Santi Cazorla once again proved to be a passmaster against Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Theo Walcott put on another superb display in the Champions League against Basel on Wednesday night, scoring a brace and tearing the visitor’s defence apart.

Basel at home is done and dusted, an easy 2-0 win for the Gunners!

Arsenal were the dominant team during their Champions League clash with Basel and the scoreline probably flatters the visitors.

Basel travel to north London in hope of slaying another English team in the Champions League, while Arsenal will be hoping to build upon their emphatic win over Chelsea at the weekend.

Basel Captain, Matias Delgado, appears quietly confident going into the Swiss team’s Champions League clash with Arsenal at the Emirates.

Stephen is joined by Football Manager’s Swiss researcher Oliver Zesiger, to discuss Arsenal’s next Champions League opponents. Eder Balanta and Breel Embolo get mentioned A…

After Arsenal’s excellent performance against Chelsea on Saturday, it’s back to the rigours of Champions League football for the first team in midweek.

Basel are in fine form at the moment but can they continue against Arsenal?

Champions League time again and this time our first ever game against FC Basel and Granit Xhaka’s brother.

Arsene Wenger spoke with the press on Tuesday afternoon, giving updates on Francis Coquelin and Olivier Giroud’s injuries, claiming he’s aiming to top the Champions League group and commenting (barely) on the Sam Allardyce story.

Urs Fischer admitted in his press conference ahead of Basel’s trip to north London that the Swiss team feel “courage” due to their positive results against English teams in recent years.

Granit Xhaka’s older brother, Taulant, says that facing Arsenal with Basel will be a childhood dream come true.

Arsene Wenger revealed that he’s targeting the top of our Champions League group and so he should.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Carl Jenkinson and Mathieu Debuchy were all in Arsenal training ahead of our Champions League clash with Basel on Wednesday.

Arsene Wenger is wary of Basel after the Swiss team beat both Manchester United and Chelsea in recent years.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that although Olivier Giroud would miss out on the Basel clash on Wednesday through suspension anyway, he’ll also most likely miss out on our Premier League match with Burnley on Sunday.

As was previously reported by L’Equipe, it seems as if Francis Coquelin’s knee injury sustained against Chelsea at the weekend isn’t as serious as was first feared but he will miss our Basel clash on Wednesday.

Granit Xhaka is looking forward to facing his brother, Taulant, when Arsenal face Basel in the Champions League.