I’m not one to get overly concerned by transfer speculation regarding Cesc Fabregas and Barcelona, but the following story from the Guardian has me extremely worried: “Barcelona’s long-running pursuit of Cesc Fábregas appears finally to be nearing a successful conclusion as the Arsenal midfielder has made it clear to Arsène Wenger that the time is […]
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Despite a fierce love of Arsenal, I am first and foremost a football supporter. With two superb Champions League semi-finals on the agenda, that means I’m looking forward to a superb week of football. There is something to like about all the teams remaining in the tournament and to be perfectly honest, I’d be happy […]
Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas share a moment during the Arsenal v Barcelona game at the Camp Nou. Here’s the back story, if you need it. (Thanks to Sam for sending me the image) Have your say on Cesc and Pique by leaving a comment. Loading…
Barcelona 4 (Messi 21, 37, 42, 88) Arsenal 1 (Bendtner 19) Manuel Almunia – Conceded four goals so at the end of the day can’t be rated all that highly. None of them were really his fault but he didn’t step up his game despite the fact that he was playing the best side in […]
Is there a more empty and painful feeling in football than thinking about ‘what if?’ when your team has just lost an important game? Our massive ‘what if?’ moment tonight came when the scores were locked at 1-1 and Tomas Rosicky set Nicklas Bendtner away with only the goalkeeper to beat and Theo Walcott in […]
Had it not been for Nicklas Bendtner’s league-saving goal against Wolves on Saturday I would be feeling very differently about our chances against Barcelona than I do right now. As it is that late goal has kept us in the league and made the Champions League something of a bonus in the grand scheme of […]
Words cannot describe how good a game of football this was. It was an emotional roller-coaster for Arsenal fans from start to finish: from the prolonged onslaught that Barcelona produced in the first half to our miraculously brave comeback which was completed when Cesc Fabregas hammered home his spot-kick. 2-2 it ended and although we […]
Arsenal 2 (Walcott 69, Fabregas pen 85) Barcelona 2 (Ibrahimovic 46, 59) Manuel Almunia – Should have stayed on his line for the opening goal of the match, however without him it could have been a lot worse. Realistically he kept us in the game, making a string of fine saves and keeping the likes […]
Arsenal versus Barcelona is almost upon us and the word ‘excitement’ just doesn’t do justice to how I am feeling. Like Arsene Wenger I feel this tie has the ability to produce something special. So special, in fact, that we might indeed still be talking about it in 10 years time. Barcelona will go in […]
I was hoping to get the Barcelona ball rolling with a pre-preview today. But with Cesc Fabregas’ participation in the first leg still up in the air it all seems a bit pointless (although I am happy to announce that Andres Iniesta definitely won’t be playing). Anyway, I’ll have more tomorrow including (hopefully!) some news […]