You’ve probably seen the video by now; Pep Guardiola is with Raheem Sterling on the training ground offering, very animated, one-to-one coaching with the winger on how to position his body to r...
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Could this 3-1 win against Chelsea breathe new life into Mikel Arteta’s reign as Arsenal coach and kick-start the season? One would certainly hope so, because all the good things in display in ...
There were 11 passes that led to the goal, however, all but one player featured in the build-up. It was the same story when Arsenal scored two more goals of startling similarity – against Liver...
When Mikel Arteta was assistant coach at Manchester City, he gained a reputation as a master of analysing the fine details. Two months into his new role at the club, Pep Guardiola gave Arteta the...
From the offset, the hiring of Unai Emery as manager of Arsenal Football Club was a curious one. Conversely, he had the credentials; on paper, he was a serial winner, most notably in cup competit...
In hindsight, the recipe for things to bubble over were obvious. It had been leading to a boiling point since the end of last season and as soon as the new one started, it was starting to become ...
Arsenal fans of a certain age will remember the ‘boring, boring Arsenal’ chant that echoed throughout Highbury in the early 1990s. Back then, it was sang with a certain affection (as well as ...
There was something all too familiar about Arsenal’s tame collapse against Watford. Some had maybe thought they had seen the worst of it under Arsene Wenger with Per Mertesacker saying before t...
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The chant ringing around the stadium was familiar, as was the shuffle of the feet that instigated it, the same close control and manipulation of the ball that captivated the Emirates crowd not lo...
So what can we expect from Year 2 of the Unai Emery Project? Well it seems, after Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Newcastle United, just more of the same. Of course, it would be a bit presumptuous t...