Jose Mourinho has responded to Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger’s claim that the Chelsea boss is afraid of failure by calling Wenger a “specialist infailure.” Following a news conference in which Wenger said the Premier League title was “Chelsea’s to lose” and that his rival insisting that Chelsea is not a title contendercomes out of a […]
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UCL Looking Further Away for Man United
Manchester United coach David Moyes says his team will never give up fighting for a UEFA Champions League place, despite falling 11 points behind fourth-place Liverpool onWednesday. United drew 0-0 at home to Arsenal while Liverpool came from behind twice to beat Fulham 3-2 at Craven Cottage. Striker Robin van Persie missed a hat trick […]
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Wenger Defends Struggling Ozil
Mesut Ozil, Arsenal’s record 42.5 million pound ($70 million) signing from Real Madrid last summer, was vilified by some Gunners supporters for his part in Saturday’s5-1 Premier League humiliation at Anfield, particularly for losing the ball in the buildup to the third and fourth goals. On Tuesday, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger leapt to theGerman’s defense. […]
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Ribery to Miss Bayern's Arsenal Clash
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been ruled out of the first game of the defending German treble winner’s two-game UEFA Champions League Round of 16 series againstArsenal in London on February 19th. The France international, who missed Saturday’s 2-0 win at Nuremberg, won’t return to training until the end of next week.
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No rest for feeble Arsenal
[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: Feb. 10-16] Arsenal must get up off the ground quickly as it hosts two huge matches this week at the Emirates: against Manchester United inthe EPL on Wednesday and against Liverpool on Sunday in the FA Cup with a chance for revenge for its 5-1 humiliation at Anfield. WEDNESDAY, February12 — […]
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What They're Saying
“That was f….ing embarrasing! Apologies to anyone who sat through 90mins of that game.” — Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny on his Facebookpage after the Gunners’ 5-1 loss at Liverpool in a game they trailed 4-0 after less than 20 minutes. There was consensus on the Pole’s opinion of the performance. His comment drew more than […]
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Gunners' New Signing Suffers 'Long-Term' Injury
According to reports, Arsenal’s new signing Kim Kallstrom suffered a long-term injury in his first training session with the Gunners, and could miss a large part of histemporary stay at the Emirates. Arsenal signed Kallstrom on loan until the end of the season on transfer deadline day in order to provide cover for the injured […]
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A wacky weekend of soccer in England and Spain
By Paul Gardner Exactly what is going on here? Maybe the soccer planets, if there be such things, are in disarray, not in the right alignment or wherever it is they’resupposed to be. Because things are definitely out of whack. I know that, for sure — and so do you if you were watching any […]
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Oxlade-Chamberlain Fires Gunners into First
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrated his return to the Arsenal starting lineup by scoring both goals in the Gunners’ 2-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. The win propelledthe Gunners back to the summit of the English Premier League and extended the club’s unbeaten streak to 10 games in all competitions, including an eighth win in its […]
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Arsenal deal is huge opportunity for Puma
[SOCCER BUSINESS] Puma will replace Nike as Arsenal’s jersey sponsor, beginning on July 1, in the biggest deal in the history of both Puma and Arsenal, reported toapproach $50 million a year. The five-year deal gives Puma wide-ranging licensing rights to develop Arsenal-branded merchandise on a global basis in addition to producing the playing andtraining […]