Arsenal tied Paris St. Germain in the battle of the Group A favorites in the UEFA Champions League, but it had to survive a first-minute goal by Edinson Cavani. Alexis Sanchez’s second-halfstrike evened the score for the Gunners, who had Frenchman Olivier Giroud was sent off in injury-time.
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Wenger bullish on Arsenal's Champions League chances
Arsenal begins another Champions League full of confidence, though the record suggests otherwise. The Gunners have never won Europe’s biggest title and hasn’t made it past the last 16 since 2010. Still, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his squad is mature enough to win the elusive Champions League trophy. “This is my strongest squad, certainly,” […]
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Life after Ibra at PSG isn't going well
Zlatan Ibrahimovic departed Paris St. Germain after the 2015-16 season following its fourth straight championship. There were a lot of reasons for PSG’s runaway success — it won last season’sLigue 1 title by 31 points and captured all four French trophies in the last two seasons — beginning with the financial resources offered by Qatar […]
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Arsenal acquires Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez
Arsenal reportedly paid $46 million to acquire German 2014 World Cup-winning defender Shkodran Mustafi and $22 million for Spanish striker Lucas Perez from Valenciaand Deportivo La Coruna, respectively. Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said the 24-year-old Mustafi “is at the right age. He has good experience. He is a very focused player who canplay with the […]
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Wenger: Arsenal is ready to spend money
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger rejected former Arsenal star Thierry Henry‘s claim that the Gunners don’t seem capable of attracting top players. Wenger insisted Arsenal isready to spend in the right circumstances. “You are absolutely convinced that I don’t want to spend the money,” he told the media on Thursday. “I would just like to reassure you we areready […]
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Video Pick: Coutinho gets EPL off to roaring start
Arsenal fans won’t agree, but Sunday’s Arsenal-Liverpool match was a great way to kick off the English Premier League season. Seven goals in a 4-3 win for the visiting Reds. The two best were scoredby Liverpool’s Brazilian, Philippe Coutinho, the first on a free kick and the second from close range, completing a 19-pass movement.
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EPL 2016-17: Americans battle for scarce playing time
At least one American has started on the opening day of the English Premier League every year since 2000-01 when Joe-Max Moore, the lone American in the league, came off the bench for Everton. Of the eight Americans on EPL rosters for the 2016-17, only Geoff Cameron is given a good shot at starting, but […]
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Year of the Ox at Arsenal?
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a superb goal in Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Guadalajara in California, faces an “important” season, says Gunner manager Arsene Wenger. “It’sa very important season for him,” Wenger told the Arsenal website. “He has been out for a long, long time.”
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In Wenger they trust
Only Leicester City accumulated more points than Arsenal last season, yet that rendered an otherwise laudable second-place finish an embarrassment in the eyesof many. A two-game North American tour to play the MLS All-Stars and Mexican club Guadalajara, gave head coach Arsene Wenger the chance to affirm the views of chief executiveIvan Gazidis that prudence […]
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What They're Saying: Chuba Akpom
“I was playing against players I played with on FIFA when I was younger — [Didier] Drogba, [David] Villa, [Andrea] Pirlo — players that you watch in World Cups and in bigtournaments. I just think. ‘Wow, I want to get to that standard.’” — Arsenal’s 20-year-old forward, Chuba Akpom, the unlikely MVP of the 2016 […]