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 […]
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It’s been a big weekend for the Arsenal with a terrific win over West Ham and the exciting news of drawing Barcelona in the Champions League. I’ve been a little bit out of it over the past week so I thought I’d do some catching up today with a detailed post on my opinion of […]
Chelsea are out of the Champions League after a comprehensive defeat to Inter Milan. It’s a massive result for Arsenal for two reasons. One, it removes an opponent that has already beaten us twice this season from the competition and two, because it has the psychological potential to derail Chelsea’s Premier League campaign. John Terry’s […]
Real Madrid were knocked out the Champions League last night, leaving the trio of Manchester United, Lyon and Bayern Munich to join Arsenal in the quarter-finals. No-one would argue against the fact that with Madrid topping the Spanish league and players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka in their team they looked a decent chance of […]
Every once in a while I’m lucky enough to be sent matchday photos from photographer and good friend Ryu Voelkel. The latest installment is a terrific set from Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s 5-0 win over FC Porto. Once you’re done falling in love with the photos, be sure to check out Voelkel’s website and Flickr […]
There was not a passenger to be seen in the red and white as Arsene Wenger’s men produced a near-perfect attacking performance to comfortably overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit into a stunning 6-2 aggregate victory. The star men were Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner, who shrugged off an erratic weekend performance against Burnley […]
From villain to hero in the space of four days. Well done Nicklas! Have your say on Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Porto by leaving a comment.
Three weeks ago a disastrous performance by Lukasz Fabianski allowed FC Porto to come away with a 2-1 first-leg lead against us. Tonight our team must overturn that deficit to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and we will have to do it without Cesc Fabregas. The captain’s hamstring tweak means […]
Arsenal were made to pay for two awful defensive errors as they were beaten 2-1 by FC Porto in the Estádio do Dragão. The result leaves Arsene Wenger and our boys needing a win at home in three weeks time to qualify through to the quarter-finals. Injuries meant the team I predicted yesterday started as […]
It’s FC Porto tonight in the first leg of our Champions League knockout clash and inevitably, injuries have struck again. Already denied the services of Andrey Arshavin and Alex Song, our team has now been robbed of William Gallas, Eduardo and Manuel Almunia due to respective calf, hamstring and hand injuries. While Eduardo’s absence shouldn’t affect the […]