A rare case of high-scoring soccer, including Edinson Cavani and Paul Pogba strikes, erupted as Manchester United beat Roma (6-2) and Villarreal downed Arsenal (2-1) in first-leg Europa League semifinal clashes.
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Watch: Arsenal's 18-pass buildup to Auba's FA Cup goal
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s first of two goals in Arsenal’s 2-0 FA Cup semifinal win over Manchester City came after this impressive buildup. Arsenal will face Chelsea, a 3-1 winnerover Manchester City, in the 2020 FA Cup final Aug. 1.
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Watch: How Chelsea won the Europa League final
Alex Iwobi‘s spectacular goal came too late for Arsenal as Chelsea already had a 3-0 lead en route to a 4-1 win in the Europa League final. All five goals came in the second half,with Olivier Giroud, Pedro and Eden Hazard (twice) scoring for Chelsea. The highlights:
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Gideon Zelalem: 'Sporting KC suits my style'
Gideon Zelalem, whodebuted for Arsenal in the FA Cup two days before his 17 birthday, has moved on from the Gunners and joined MLS’s Sporting Kansas City. A career that began with great promise stalled whenhe was injured playing for the USA in the opening game of the 2017 Under-20 World Cup. Two knee surgeries […]
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Watch: Saturday Night Live's (incredibly awful) soccer skit spoofing EPL coverage
Two Sky Sports commentators (Mikey Day and Alex Moffat) are joined by an injured Arsenal defender (Idris Elba) for pre-game coverage.
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What They're Saying: Arsene Wenger
“I have dedicated my whole life to one club — it would be difficult and not well accepted.” — Arsene Wenger, who says he will resume coaching in 2019 — just not in England,where he served as Arsenal’s mananger for 22 years. (BBC Sport)
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What They're Saying: Arsenal Supporters' Trust
“This news marks a dreadful day for Arsenal Football Club.” — The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust in response to the announcement by Arsenal’s majority shareholder, American StanKroenke, that he has offered 600 million pounds ($788 million) to buy the 30 percent interest in the EPL club owned by Russian Alisher Usmanov. That move, which Kroenke says […]
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Watch: Arsenal visit Singapore bird park before routing Paris SG
Mesut Ozil opened the Gunners’ scoring in a 5-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in Singapore after a sighting-seeing included a visit to the Jurong Bird Park, where 19-year-old Frenchmidfielder Matteo Guendouzi, a recent acquisition from Lorient, seemed to have the best time. Arsenal won 5-1 against Paris SG, for which 18-year-old American Tim Weah started […]
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What They're Saying: Ian Wright
“One of the saddest things was Arsenal getting in touch with Patrick was tokenism. To go from Arteta, who I was thinking was getting it, was fine, to approach Patrick like that, a legend of theclub like that, I think that was despicable.” — Former Arsenal great Ian Wright, who described the Gunners’ approach of […]
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By the numbers: Unai Emery coaching career
3 Consecutive Europa League titles by Sevilla with Emery in charge. 4Trophies Emery’s Paris SG won in 2017-18: Ligue 1 plus all three domestic cups. 5-5-7 Sevilla’s La Liga finishes underEmery. 6-3-3-3 Valencia’s La Liga finishes (first while in insolvency) during Emery era. 7 Wins (in 47 games) Emery teams have against Barcelona and Real […]