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Player Focus: Typical Giroud Must Begin to Show Class When it Matters Most

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Player Focus: Typical Giroud Must Begin to Show Class When it Matters Most They were five days that seemed to sum up Olivier Giroud’s entire career at Arsenal.On Wednesday, with his side losing to Monaco in a Champions League tie that was finally supposed to see them end five years of last-16 frustration, the forward was presented with three big chances. He fluffed t...

Player Focus: Erratic Ospina Justifying Arsenal Starting Spot For the Time Being

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Player Focus: Erratic Ospina Justifying Arsenal Starting Spot For the Time Being Reports of Wojciech Szczesny smoking in the changing room showers after Arsenal’s New Year’s Day defeat at Southampton certainly did not please manager Arsène Wenger, though the incident did little to cover up for the Pole’s shaky display at St. Mary’s. Szczesny was di...

Match Report: Arsenal Made to Rue Missed Chances as Monaco Upset the Odds

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Match Report: Arsenal Made to Rue Missed Chances as Monaco Upset the Odds After finishing second in their group for the third season running in the Champions League it seemed like a stroke of luck that Arsenal had drawn Arsène Wenger’s former club, Monaco. The Ligue 1 outfit had somehow managed to win their group despite netting just 4 goals over the course o...

Player Focus: Cazorla Flourishing in Withdrawn Central Midfield Role

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Player Focus: Cazorla Flourishing in Withdrawn Central Midfield Role It was a moment that required remarkable vision, but was impressively made look so thoroughly routine. By the 26th minute of Arsenal’s FA Cup tie at home to Middlesbrough, the Championship side were seemingly living up to all the praise they had received in the build-up to the game, because th...

Match Report: Hurri-Kane Blows Gunners Away at the Lane

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Match Report: Hurri-Kane Blows Gunners Away at the Lane “When you have scored the number of goals that he has scored, if England don’t put him in there (the national side), somebody else will give him a passport!” Arsene Wenger joked after he was asked if Harry Kane was good enough to play for the Three Lions. It’s probably the on...

Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles

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Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles Only 2 points separate Tottenham and Arsenal coming into the latest instalment of the North London Derby. Saturday’s meeting between the two teams promises to be a hotly contested affair as the teams vie for Champions League football next season.Arsène Wenger appears to have found the r...

Player Focus: Recalling Francis Coquelin Arsenal's Best Winter Business

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Player Focus: Recalling Francis Coquelin Arsenal's Best Winter Business A recent Sky Sports poll saw Gabriel Paulista voted as the best Premier League signing of the January transfer window. The Brazilian joined Arsenal from Villarreal for £10.3m last month, though his topping of a poll ahead of Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Wilfried Bony perhaps merely highlights G...

Fantasy Football: Draft 11 Premier League Tips in Gameweek 24

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Fantasy Football: Draft 11 Premier League Tips in Gameweek 24 WhoScored.com are teaming up with unique fantasy football platform Draft 11 to help you decide who to choose ahead of the weekend's upcoming Premier League fixtures. Draft 11 is different to other fantasy football offerings in that they enable you to choose a new XI every week, with a $100k wage bud...

Match Report: Arsenal Execute 5-Star Gameplan to Despatch of Hapless Villa

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Match Report: Arsenal Execute 5-Star Gameplan to Despatch of Hapless Villa After a 5-0 thumping at the hands of Arsenal in the early kick-off on Sunday Paul Lambert suggested that it was a strange game and one that he didn't think was reflected in the scoreline. On the face of it the Villa boss had a point but in truth it was a result that looked eminently possible from th...

Player Focus: Transfer Rumour Round-Up - Day 22

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Player Focus: Transfer Rumour Round-Up - Day 22 Jordan RhodesFollowing Wilfried Bony’s £28m move to Manchester City, Swansea City have cash to burn. While £5m of that is reportedly going towards securing the signature of Kyle Naughton from Tottenham, the Swans would be wise to invest further forward. Manager Garry Monk has claim...