Player ratings vs Cardiff: Arsenal grind out 2-1 win despite shaky performance
Arsenal managed to grind out a victory over Cardiff City on Tuesday night, but it wasn’t as easy as it should’ve been for Unai Emery’s side.
Arsenal managed to grind out a victory over Cardiff City on Tuesday night, but it wasn’t as easy as it should’ve been for Unai Emery’s side.
Arsenal are looking to bounce back from their FA Cup exit against Manchester United with victory over Cardiff City in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Arsenal face Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday, coming off the back of a league victory over Chelsea.
Arsenal bounced back from a disappointing defeat against West Ham United to beat Chelsea convincingly at the Emirates Stadium and keep their top four hopes alive.
After a few misses against Fulham, the S*n laughably called Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang ‘the most wasteful Prem top scorer ever’ and I couldn’t help but be reminded of that as I saw stats today saying the complete opposite.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has sent encouragement to Marvin Ducksch at Fortuna Dusseldorf who has recently lost his place in the starting lineup of his side and hasn’t scored since October.
Arsenal have four players in the top 100 most valuable in Europe’s top-five leagues, according to the CIES Football Observatory, with Lucas Torreira shooting up the list since joining.
Not all of Wenger’s departing squad will fit into whatever Emeryball turns out to be, much as, frankly, it didn’t really suit Wengerball by the end. With this in mind, and with half the season gone, let’s have a look at where things stand.
Arsenal finished their first game of the new year 4-1 winners against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium, a scoreline which doesn’t quite reflect how close the game was at times.
The S*n don’t care much for facts so it’s no surprise that they’ve turned on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang once again with a load of nonsense.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in the final three for the CAF Player of the Year for 2018, alongside Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
Arsenal can’t dwell on their defeat to Liverpool for too long, as they have a game against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to kick off 2019.