4 h. ago Win two tickets to Arsenal v Crystal Palace at the Emirates, courtesy of Betway!

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4 h. ago WSL talking points: Shaw hits century for City as Williamson returns

Khadija Shaw becomes first women to score 100 goals for City while United come from behind against SpursLeah Williamson returned to competitive action for the first time in 139 days on Saturday as she made a return from a knee injury late in Arsenal’s 3-1 victory against Everton. The England captain was brought on to replace Steph Catley as an 82nd-minute substitute at Goodison Park, drawing a roaring reception from the 1,200 travelling supporters. It was the 28-year-old’s first match since July’s Euros final against Spain in Basel. Arsenal are managing Williamson’s return carefully but she could feature again against the Belgian side Leuven in the Champions League on Wednesday. TG Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Guardiola impressed with fighting spirit as City’s title push gathers momentum

Head coach praises ‘real leader’ Dias as defence holds firmWin at Selhurst Park extends Manchester City’s run to fivePep Guardiola has warned that Manchester City are growing in resilience after Erling Haaland and Phil Foden secured the side’s fifth win in succession and maintained pressure on the Premier League leaders Arsenal.City gained revenge for their FA Cup final defeat by Crystal Palace in May with a ruthless 3-0 win at Selhurst Park after they saw off Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek. It means they have won all five matches since enduring successive defeats against Newcastle and Bayer Leverkusen at the end of November and are back to within two points of Arsenal. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Chelsea frustrated by Bournemouth to lose further ground on title rivals

Any momentum Chelsea had picked up in the final week of November, through outclassing Barcelona and matching Arsenal with 10 men, appears to have been stunted in December. After Wednesday’s defeat at Leeds, a point against Bournemouth is no disaster but, with Arsenal’s earlier loss to Aston Villa, it is a chance missed. Eight points separate Enzo Maresca’s side and the top of the Premier League.Bournemouth took a leaf out of Leeds’ book and hounded Chelsea from the start. The visitors, behind within six minutes at Elland Road, were let off the hook twice early on. Antoine Semenyo thought he had given Bournemouth the lead when he pounced on a loose ball inside the area, only for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to intervene because Evanilson was marginally offside from Alex Scott’s incisive pass into the box. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Three things we learned from Arsenal loss as injuries finally take their toll

Fitness woes finally catch up with tired Gunners as last-gasp Aston Villa blow title race wide open

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9 d. ago Villa’s Buendía scores with last kick of the game to stun leaders Arsenal

Mikel Arteta had acknowledged the hazards that awaited Arsenal, the Premier League’s pacesetters, at Villa Park. Aston Villa inflicted irrecoverable damage on his side in January, Unai Emery’s team rallying from two goals down to earn a point at the Emirates Stadium, a result that left Arsenal lagging behind Liverpool and with too much ground to make up in the title race. Two seasons ago Villa did the double over Arsenal, two late goals earning an away victory in the final weeks of the season that paved the way for Manchester City to pip Arteta’s side to the crown.So Arteta and Arsenal knew the challenge of unpicking a Villa side that had won 12 of their previous 14 matches in all competitions, including eight of their previous nine league matches. Emery equally knew the difficulty of overcoming an Arsenal side who had won 17 of their 21 matches this season and seemingly addressed perceived weaknesses in the summer. Even with Cristhian Mosquera absent with an ankle injury, meaning J...

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1 week ago Arsenal finalising deals for twins Edwin and Holger Quintero as Gunners continue aggressive recruitment drive

Edwin Quintero has been likened to former Barcelona and PSG star Neymar

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2 w. ago The US love of football is reaching new levels. Just look at Arsenal super

The New York mayor-elect’s devotion to a north London club shows how the global game is winning hearts across the USBryan Armen Graham is the deputy sport editor of Guardian USWhen Zohran Mamdani made an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show last week, the newly elected mayor of New York was expecting the typical nimble rundown of politics, jokes and conversational detours. What he wasn’t expecting was Ian Wright suddenly filling a phone screen with a congratulatory video. The former England and Arsenal striker saluted him on “what you’ve achieved”, urged him to channel that “winning energy” into the job ahead before signing off with a nod to the Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta. Mamdani cheesed guilelessly as it played before finally blurting out: “I love this man.”For a moment, the incoming mayor of the most powerful city in the United States was simply another geeked-out Arsenal obsessive left weak by one of his childhood heroes. And in that moment lies something revealing about how...

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2 w. ago Mikel Arteta to add two Arsenal players to squad vs Bayern Munich as injury woes finally over

Mikel Arteta's injury crisis is easing ahead of Arsenal's Champions League clash with German champions Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

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2 w. ago Arsenal: Mikel Merino hails 'really complete' Eberechi Eze after historic hat

The Arsenal midfielder has heaped praise on the £67.5million summer signing after a stunning performance in the north London derby

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2 w. ago Mikel Merino hails "complete" Eberechi Eze and reason behind his rapid Arsenal success

Mikel Merino watched on as the brilliant Eberechi Eze carved his name into Arsenal folklore with a stunning hat trick in his first North London derby against Tottenham

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2 w. ago Subbed 18mins into QPR debut to final piece in Arsenal’s title jigsaw – the coaches who’ve helped Eze to the top

EBERECHI EZE went full circle with his blockbuster move to Arsenal - before putting Tottenham in a spin. The boyhood Gunners fan was released by the North Londoners aged 13 and fought his way up the leagues to get a second shot at the Emirates. Tottenham did come calling in the summer. But Eze chose...

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2 w. ago Mikel Arteta Reveals Critical Eberechi Eze Moment in North London Derby Build

Mikel Arteta Reveals Critical Eberechi Eze Moment in North London Derby Build-Up  Sports Illustrated

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3 w. ago Inside Eberechi Eze and Mikel Arteta’s plan that allowed Arsenal to finally click

Eze’s work ethic and desire to fulfil his talent have impressed Arteta’s coaches but patience has been required since his move from Crystal Palace. Against Tottenham, they started to see his impact

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3 w. ago Eberechi Eze adds an ‘aura’ to Arsenal, says delighted Mikel Arteta

‘When a player has such a talent, these things happen’Frank ‘disappointed’ by Spurs’ performance in 4-1 lossMikel Arteta credited Eberechi Eze for adding an “aura” to the Arsenal team after he scored the first hat-trick of his career to haunt Tottenham and send Arsenal six points clear at the top of the Premier League.Eze was close to joining Spurs from Crystal Palace in the summer before they were gazumped by their north London rivals and the England international made them pay after Leandro Trossard had opened the scoring. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arsenal: Mikel Arteta reveals surprise Eberechi Eze decision before north London derby masterclass

Arsenal star stole the show in the dominant north London derby win over Tottenham

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3 w. ago Eberechi Eze asked for extra training before destroying Tottenham in derby

Eze scored a hat-trick as Premier League leaders Arsenal thrashed their local rivals 4-1

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3 w. ago Arsenal vs Tottenham: Final score and recap from the North London Derby

Arsenal vs Tottenham: Final score and recap from the North London Derby  Pain in the Arsenal

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3 w. ago Arsenal destroy Spurs as Eberechi Eze makes history in Mikel Arteta masterstroke

It was the Eberechi Eze derby in north London as Arsenal's brilliant summer signing fired the Gunners one step closer to the title with a magical hat-trick

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3 w. ago Arteta is feeling the heat but north London derby offers chance to reset title push | Jonathan Wilson

Whatever doubts there are for Arsenal, at Tottenham they are far greater – and the similarity between these old rivals is starkTwo goals for Harry Kane, another for Son Heung-min and, to compound Arsenal’s misery, Rob Holding sent off. Tottenham had won the derby and would go on to win their last two games of the season to take fourth place and the final Champions League qualification spot from Arsenal. It was the end of the 2021-22 campaign, and the sixth season in a row in which Tottenham had finished above Arsenal and, for the first time since the 60s, it seemed that they had a definitive superiority in north London.Since when – although Spurs will point out they have won a trophy and Arsenal have not – the pendulum has swung decisively back the other way. Mikel Arteta has remade Arsenal, but the question is whether, after three straight second-place finishes, they can go one better and win the league for the first time since 2004, a drought that itself makes success more difficu...

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