Talk about being on a roll…
Arsenal added to its momentum with an intense 5-0 win over Porto. We could get into the ins and outs of the match, but I think it bears noting that Arsenal is on a roll of their own in the Premier League as well.
The club heads back to England having already put themselves into the Quarterfinals of the Champion’s League AND they have 3 easily winnable matches on their docket.
Hull City, West Ham, and Birmingham might want to take note and gird their loins–because Arsenal is coming for them. Read more... (313 words, 4 images, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)
Another week and another huge game for the Arsenal. This time it is in the Champions League as Arsenal try to overcome a 2-1 deficit and defeat Porto to move into the quarter-finals.
Arsenal will have to do it the difficult way, without inspirational leader Cesc Fabregas who will miss the game due to a hamstring injury, as well as William Gallas who will also miss the game due to a calf injury.
But the good news for Arsenal is that Sol Campbell has recovered from the groin problem that kept him out at the weekend, and with Arshavin, . But with Arshavin, Nasri and Walcott all fit, Arsene Wenger will have a good squad to pick from. Read more... (578 words, 2 images, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)
Arsenal have overtaken Chelsea in the ‘rich list’ of European clubs. Moving up to fifth place on the list.
The Deloitte Football Money League has Real Madrid and Barcelona in the top two spots but mainly due to the continuing decline of the pound against the euro. The Deloitte list is based on clubs’ revenue excluding transfer fees.
Arsenal moved ahead of Chelsea as the Gunners recorded a 7% rise in revenue to £224 million compared to Chelsea’s’ £20 6million – a 3% fall in revenue.
Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said: Read more... (287 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)
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This is not good for TV…
Arsenal fought back against Stoke and won a very tight match 3-1, but in the match they lost Aaron Ramsey on really bad tackle and now they are stuck without Aaron Ramsey and all the pressure of this club rests on Cesc Fabregas. I’m not saying that Fabregas can’t handle it, but… Read more... (335 words, 4 images, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)
On the day that Portsmouth announced they were going into administration Arsenal announced that they have reduced the clubs debt by almost 40% to £203.6 million by selling more of the apartments it built at Highbury.
The sale of some 261 units meant that Arsenal made a pretax profit of £35.2 million for the six months ending Nov. 30.
Arsenal has sold 524 of the 655 Highbury Square apartments and non-executive chairman Peter Hill-Wood said
“The next couple of years will see our property activities delivering surplus cash.“ Read more... (231 words, 2 images, estimated 55 secs reading time)
For those Arsenal fans who have clamored for Arsene Wenger to replace Almunia, now we know why he kept with him. Because Fabianski is not up to the job.
Fabianski made two school boy errors as Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Porto in the Champions League. The first after 11 minutes when he palmed a cross from Silvestre Varela into his own net. A simply horrible error.
Then six minutes into the second half, Fabianski outdid himself as he picked up an ill-judged back pass from Campbell inside the penalty box. Then he gave the ball straight back to the referee and Porto promptly quickly took the free-kick and Falcao scored from six yards out. Read more... (311 words, 2 images, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)
Arsenal’s trip to Portugal has got tougher as Arsenal’s injury list means that they will be without five regulars tomorrow night. Andrey Arshavin and Alex Song got injured against Liverpool last week and have not recovered while William Gallas, Eduardo and Manuel Almunia will also miss the game.
“William Gallas has a calf injury. Alex Song has a knee injury. Andrey Arshavin has a hamstring injury,” said Wenger before leaving for Portugal. Manuel Almunia has a finger injury, and the hand is quite useful for goalkeepers. He had already a twisted finger and he made it worse and I didn’t want to take a gamble on it. Eduardo has a recurrence of his hamstring injury.” Read more... (489 words, 2 images, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)
Manchester United swept aside title rivals Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium to move within a point of leaders Chelsea, although Chelsea have a game in hand.
Arsenal, who started the match five points behind Chelsea ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge next weekend, began well and Andrey Arshavin posed a threat.
But United, slowly started to gain the upper hand before Nani created the opener after 33 minutes. The winger skipped easily in between two defenders and chipped the ball back across goal where Manuel Almunia could only push it inside his far post. Read more... (227 words, 3 images, estimated 54 secs reading time)
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Sol Campbell has returned to Arsenal in a bid to get back to playing for the English National Team and to get back to “premier” Soccer. It is true that many times a player (in any sport) will return to their former team and not fair so well, but this time with Campbell might be different.
Campbell has no delusions about how he can be used by Arsenal. He’s even quoted as saying
“I want to play, and I am happy to play in whatever capacity Arsene Wenger asks of me. I hope if all goes well, that I can sign for the club.” Read more... (396 words, 4 images, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)
Wednesday’s Carling Cup semi-final first leg between Manchester City and Manchester United at Eastlands has been postponed because of snow.
The pitch was playable, but Greater Manchester police advised that conditions were too treacherous for supporters travelling to the game.
The first leg will now take place on Tuesday, 19 January. The second leg, which was originally scheduled for that date, will now take place on Wednesday, 27 January.
United’s home Premier League game against Hull and City’s trip to Stoke, due to be played on Tuesday, 26 January and Wednesday, 27 January respectively have been postponed as a result of the semi-final dates moving. Read more... (155 words, 2 images, estimated 37 secs reading time)
