Arsenal kept Liverpool’s Premier League title-winning champagne on ice, but only just, as they were twice pegged back at home by Crystal Palace. This was after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a superb equaliser in a 2-2 draw on Wednesday. First-half goals by Jakub Kiwior and Leandro Trossard looked like being...
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Arsenal staved off Champions League holders Real Madrid’s superstars and rich history of unlikely comebacks to snatch a 2-1 victory on Wednesday and reach the semi-finals with a superb 5-1 aggregate triumph. The Gunners’ 3-0 quarter-final first leg triumph last week gave them a vital cushion in the Spanish...
An Inspector with the Nigerian Police, Stephen Enang on Tuesday night in Calabar died while watching the Champions League match between Arsenal and Real Madrid at a football viewing center. Enang, said to be a diehard fan of Arsenal, was until his death, attached to the Akim Police Division,...
Arsenal stormed to a stunning 3-0 win over Champions League holders Real Madrid as Declan Rice’s free-kick masterclass left the Gunners within touching distance of a place in the semi-finals. Rice scored two majestic free kicks in the second half of the quarter-final first leg at the Emirates Stadium....
Mikel Arteta has no doubt that Arsenal can upset Real Madrid on the “biggest night” of his career in the Champions League quarter-finals. The Gunners have never been crowned European champions and face the 15-time winners in a quarter-final at the Emirates on Tuesday with the return leg in...
Real Madrid’s attacking superstars need no introduction but behind them lies a soft, vulnerable underbelly which Arsenal aim to exploit on Tuesday in a Champions League quarter-final first leg clash. Carlo Ancelotti’s forwards have not always been able to varnish over the team’s defensive deficiencies, as was the case...
Chelsea’s challenge for a place in next season’s Champions League faltered in a toothless 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as Fulham beat Tottenham 2-0. Mikel Merino scored the only goal of a disappointing contest at the Emirates as Arsenal pulled clear in second place and to within 12...
All is set for the Champions League quarter-final battles following the completion of the round of 16 games on Wednesday. Two English sides, two Spanish sides, two German sides, one French team and one Italian team all made it into the quarter-finals. Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain progressed through...
Arsenal’s talented teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri combined on Tuesday to help the Gunners to an imperious 7-1 Champions League last-16 first leg advantage over a shambolic PSV Eindhoven. The Premiership side were on a different level to the struggling Dutch champions, who were condemned to their...
Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge suffered a massive blow as the 10-man Gunners were beaten 1-0 at home by lowly West Ham on Saturday. Jarrod Bowen headed in the only goal just before half-time and an injury-hit Arsenal had no reply after Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off on 73...
Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon fired Newcastle to a second League Cup final in three years as the Magpies secured a thumping 4-0 aggregate win over Arsenal. The win moved Newcastle a step closer to ending their 70-year wait for a domestic trophy. Murphy and Gordon struck either side...
Arsenal on Sunday claimed an emphatic 5-1 victory over defending champions Manchester City at the Emirates to keep pace with Premiership log leaders Liverpool. In the battle between the sides that have finished in the top for the past two seasons, the Gunners prevailed to move within six points...
Arne Slot’s side cruised to their second successive league victory thanks to a first half goal-spree at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai’s 11th-minute opener fizzed past Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton from Ibrahima Konate’s assist. Mohamed Salah doubled Liverpool’s advantage in the 35th minute with a fierce strike for his 23rd goal...
Leandro Trossard transformed the mood at Arsenal on Wednesday with the winning goal as they recovered from an early setback to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home. The result meant the Gunners moved back into second place in the English Premier League. Belgian Trossard fired in just before halftime...
Altay Bayindir was Manchester United’s unlikely hero as the holders held out for over an hour a man down to knock Arsenal out the FA Cup on penalties after a feisty 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Sunday. United’s stand-in goalkeeper saved a penalty from Martin Odegaard in normal...
Arsenal showed they can cope without the injured Bukayo Saka as they began the year in style by recovering from an early sucker-punch to beat Brentford 3-1 away from home. The result ensured that they moved back into second place in the English Premier League on Wednesday. Forward Saka,...
Diogo Jota rescued Liverpool as the Premier League leaders recovered from Andy Robertson’s early red card to snatch a 2-2 draw with Fulham, while Arsenal’s title challenge was dented by a goalless stalemate against Everton on Saturday. With just four minutes left at Anfield, Arne Slot’s side were in...
Mohamed Salah scored in the 81st minute to rescue a 2-2 draw for Liverpool against Arsenal in a pulsating Premier League encounter at the Emirates. Bukayo Saka, absent from Arsenal’s last two games with a hamstring injury, scored the opener after just nine minutes before Virgil van Dijk hauled...
Arsenal needed an own goal to seal a scrappy 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday as they made it two wins out of three in the Champions League. The win is is coming after the blow of their first domestic league defeat of the season at the weekend....
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz maintained his impressive start to the season with the opening goal in a 2-0 home victory against Paris St Germain which kick-started the London club’s Champions League campaign on Tuesday. After drawing away to Italian side Atalanta in their opening game the onus was on Mikel...