Arsenal overcame an early scare to continue their perfect start in the Europa League with a 4-1 victory over Norwegian side Molde at the Emirates Stadium. Martin Ellingsen’s long-range effort gave the visitors a shock lead in the 22nd minute, but Arsenal, after a rather disjointed first-half performance, were back on level terms just before the break thanks to Kristoffer Haugen’s own goal (+1). The turnaround was complete in the 62nd minute as substitute Sheriff Sinyan also turned into his own net, before Nicolas Pepe (69) and Joe Willock (88) added the gloss to the scoreline for Mikel Arteta’s side. It’s three wins from three in Europe now for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Molde at the top of Group B as they race towards qualification for the knockout rounds. After a slow st...
Arsenal host Norwegian outfit Molde tonight in the third group game of their Europa League campaign, and they will hope to maintain their 100% record having secured victories over Rapid Wien and Dundalk in the opening games of Group B. [embedded content] The Gunners secured their first Premier League win in 16 years at Old Trafford on Sunday at the expense of Manchester United, and they will be in great spirits ahead of tonight’s clash. Molde are level on points with Arsenal having also bagged wins against Rapid Wien and Dundalk, and they will fancy their chances of leaving the Emirates with a result. While they will be naming their strongest line-up, manager Mikel Arteta will be keen to hand some of his fringe players a chance tonight after the first XI’s impressive win at the weekend. Mo...
Arsenal secured back to back wins in their Europa League games, while Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-0 defeat against Royal Antwerp on Thursday. Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk: Mikel Arteta will be pleased to see how his squad players stepped up to the plate and secured all three points to consolidate their top position in Group B. Eddie Nketiah scored from close range to give the Gunners the lead, and Joe Willock scored shortly afterwards. Nicolas Pepe’s brilliant effort just after the break killed off any hopes of a potential comeback from the visitors. AEK Athens 1-2 Leicester: Jamie Vardy scored from the spot in the 18th minute after he was fouled by keeper Panagiotis Tsintotas to give Leicester the lead. Hamza Choudhury doubled the advantage a few minutes later. Althoug...
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-0 defeat against Belgian outfit Royal Antwerp on Thursday in the Europa League. Spurs were in good form ahead of the game but they couldn’t break the Antwerp defence. Jose Mourinho made four changes at the break, but it didn’t alter the result. Mourinho, who was visibly frustrated after the game, used his old tactics of blaming his players when things didn’t go according to his plans. It was a lacklustre performance from Spurs, and Mourinho expressed his reaction on Instagram to let the whole world know that he was frustrated. Gareth Bale was included in the side after not featuring against Bu, while Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Giovani Lo Celso also featured during the game. And Mourinho couldn’t hide his anger as some of the players failed to grasp the o...
Arsenal kicked off their Europa League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Rapid Vienna last week, and they will hope to secure another victory today when Irish side Dundalk come visiting at the Emirates tonight. [embedded content] Leicester City handed manager Mikel Arteta’s side a 1-0 loss at the weekend, and a comfortable victory today will help them bounce back and give them much-needed boost ahead of Sunday’s trip to Manchester United. Arsenal are favourites to top their Europa League group, and Arteta will have the luxury of handing some of the fringe players a chance tonight given the quality of the visitors. TEAM NEWS The Gunners only have two fit centre-backs in Shkodran Mustafi and Gabriel Magalhaes, and they will want both to end the game without a knock. David Luiz sustain...
Tottenham Hotspur return to Europa League action today after securing a 3-0 win over LASK in their opening game of Group J last week, and they will fancy their chances of securing another victory when they visit Royal Antwerp. [embedded content] Spurs left it late to bag a 1-0 win in their Premier League clash with Burnley on Monday, and the squad go into tonight’s clash full of belief having not suffered a loss in their last 10 games across all competitions. Head coach Jose Mourinho has enough squad depth at the moment after his side’s excellent business in the summer transfer window, and he is expected to name a very different starting line-up tonight. Antwerp are unbeaten in seven games in all competitions and are currently top of the Belgian top-flight table after 10 rounds of fixtures...
Fenerbahce are monitoring Mesut Ozil’s situation at Arsenal. Frozen out of both the Premier League and Europa League squads by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, Ozil won’t play any first team football until January – at the earliest. A move to the USA with DC United has been floated for the former Germany international. However, it’s understood Ozil would prefer to remain in Europe and with his contract inside the final 12 months, he would be willing to negotiate an affordable agreement with long time suitors Fenerbahce. For their part, Arsenal would be willing to grant Ozil a free transfer in January if Fener can settle personal terms. Get more stories like this on Twitter You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins...
Arsenal kick off their 2020-21 Europa League campaign with a trip to Austria to take on Rapid Vienna tonight. [embedded content] Mikel Arteta’s side secured a spot in the competition after winning the FA Cup last term, and they will now look to book a place in the last-32 and go far in the competition after crashing out immediately after reaching the knockout stages last term at the hands of Olympiacos. It was a disappointing campaign for erstwhile manager Unai Emery having led the Gunners to the final of the 2018-19 edition, and Arteta will be keen to do better and win the competition in order to secure an automatic Champions League spot for 2021-22. Arsenal have been drawn in Group B alongside Vienna, Norwegian side Molde and Ireland’s Dundalk, and they will fancy their chances of toppin...