The sight of a lanky, black Frenchman bossing the midfield evoked a sense of nostalgia for Mark as Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield.
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With both Arsenal and Liverpool in transition expect a hard-fought, high-energy game with plenty of skill errors.
This is the second part of AFCB’s 2010/2011 Season Review, focusing specifically on the players primarily used across the centre of the park this season. Each player has been giving a report card-style rating (ranging from A+ to E-) as well as the justification for their rating based on their progress and overall performance over […]
One: Robin van Persie and Abou Diaby had an altercation in the changing room at half time of the game against Blackpool as a result of the Frenchman’s needless first-half booking for kicking the ball away. Two: Jack Wilshere said that Jens Lehmann was so vocal and passionate on Sunday that it was like having […]
Arsenal became the first side to throw away a four-goal lead in the history of the Premier League as Newcastle fought back to draw 4-4 at St. James’s Park. A delayed journey back from the Olympiastadion for Berlin Derby Day meant I missed the opening half-hour of this game, but upon arriving at the Oscar […]
Since the respective financial rise and fall of Manchester City and Liverpool, the fixture involving Arsenal and the blue half of Manchester has effectively replaced that of the red half of Liverpool. Much as we despise the manner in which their rise has come about the fact is that City are now title contenders and […]
A number of Arsenal players were in action last night as the international break officially came to a close. Abou Diaby and Gael Clichy started for France in their 2-0 win over Luxembourg, with the former in particular impressing in his country’s win. Diaby had a number of efforts saved by the Luxembourg goalkeeper and […]
These are comments made by Paul Robinson, the Bolton defender who almost broke Abou Diaby’s leg with a brutal, shin-high tackle, in reply to Arsene Wenger’s absolutely correct comments about dangerous tackling. “I’m a committed player who wants to win all the time. I don’t go in to hurt people – that’s not my game […]
To pick up right where I left off yesterday, I have to admit I spent most of Monday night checking and re-checking for news about the extent of Abou Diaby’s ankle injury. Yet while I did finally find some sort of answer – two or three games out according to Diaby himself – there was […]
With our first Champions League game of the season against Braga on tomorrow there is only one question on everybody’s mind: how long will Abou Diaby be out for? Unfortunately at this stage there has been no information from the club aside from confirmation that he will not be playing tomorrow night. Not that we […]