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Haaland and City bully Arsenal to take control of title race

Haaland and City bully Arsenal to take control of title race

A defiant Mikel Arteta insisted the real title race starts now despite defeat at the Etihad Stadium handing the advantage to Manchester City.  City will go top via a superior goal difference if they beat Burnley on Wednesday and now appear to have all the momentum. But Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was seen telling his team-mates at full-time that it is “not done”. Those views were later echoed by Arteta, who said of his players: “If they need to be more convinced, I think they are now. They were talking about it in the dressing room. It’s a new league now: they have a game in hand, we have a three-point advantage and five games to play. “Everything is still to play for. We know how much we want it and we are not going to stop. We are going to go again, that is for sure. We have full belief that we can do it – it is in our hands and it’s there for the taking.” Guardiola said the result gives hope to …

Unimaginative Arsenal scrape into Champions League semi-final

Unimaginative Arsenal scrape into Champions League semi-final

Both sides emerge from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off at the Emirates. In case you missed it, here is a reminder of how the two sides line up tonight: Arsenal: Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Rice, Zubimendi, Eze; Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres. Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Havertz, Dudziak, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Salmon. Sporting: Rui Silva; Quaresma, Diomande, Inácio, Maxi Araújo; Hjulmand, Morita; Catamo, Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves; Luis SuárezSubstitutes: Virgínia, Vagiannidis, Mangas, Blopa, Debast, Kochorashvili, Bragança, Simões, Quenda, Faye, Gonçalves, Nel. Source link

Arsenal booed off after Bournemouth defeat sets off alarm bells for Arteta

Arsenal booed off after Bournemouth defeat sets off alarm bells for Arteta

On your marks, get set… pray! The starting gun for the Premier League run-in will sound this lunchtime at the Emirates, where most of the crowd will be pleading for a stress-free victory over Bournemouth. It’s easy to forget, given all the recent negativity, that Arsenal’s last Premier League game ended with one of the most euphoric moments of the entire season – the joyous celebration of Max Dowman’s clinching goal against Everton.  That game was almost a month ago. During the Premier League’s spring break Arsenal went out of both domestic cup competitions and Manchester City produced arguably their two best performances of the season to beat Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final and thrash Liverpool in the FA Cup. Arsenal’s short-term priority is to keep the title out of Manchester City’s hands. They are nine points ahead clear with seven games to play, though City have a game in a hand. If Arsenal win today, their trip to the Etihad next Sunday will remain a free hit, or at least a freeish hit. …

Arsenal’s super subs to the rescue again in victory over Sporting

Arsenal’s super subs to the rescue again in victory over Sporting

Sporting  Rui Silva; Fresneda, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo; Morita, Simoes; Catamo, Trincao, Pedro Goncalves; Suárez. Substitutes Virginia, Callai, Debast, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Faye, Braganca, Flavio Goncalves, Quaresma, Nel, Ricardo Mangas.  Arsenal  Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Gyokeres, Trossard. Substitutes  Arrizabalaga, Ranson, Mosquera, Gabriel Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Havertz, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Harriman-Annous, Salmon.  Referee  Daniel Siebert (Germany) Source link