It’s The ‘It’s The Champions League & We’re Not In It’ Post
Twenty years. Two decades waiting on Europe’s top table and not even a tip. If it wasn’t for us, Barcelona and Bayern Munich
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Champions League
Champions League and the semi-finals start next week
There are just four heavyweight teams left standing in this season’s Champions League and the semi-finals start this week. It’s an all-Spanish affair
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God Save The Arsenal Because No-one At The Club Will
Arsenal 1 – 5 Bayern Munich Where you begin with last night? The officiating “revolted” Arsène; if that was the case, how did
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Situation No Win In Bayern Hammering
Bayern Munich 5 – 1 Arsenal “Take your mind off the football. Go and listen to a record.” A caring thought from my
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Bayern Munich Preview: A Sense Of Adventure Or Business As Usual?
PSG’s thrashing of Barcelona awoke hope in some people; ‘if PSG can win like that, why can’t we?’. Others wondered why we never
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Ox Talks, Everton and Champions League Thoughts
It’s good to see the club beginning contract talks with the squad, looking to tie down players for the long-term. Of course, it
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Who’s Next In Champions League & Money For Nothing
At this hour of the day, it’s unsurprising that I can’t remember the name of the current UEFA president. I struggle at other
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Champions League Review: Towering Performance Over Basel
FC Basel 1 – 4 Arsenal In 2005/06, the record-breaking run of clean sheets was unexpected. Welcome, but unexpected nonetheless. The same can
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Basel Preview: Fawlty Performance Not Required
In 2010, after decades of searching, a short film turned up in Michigan. Made in 1914, it settled the debate once and for
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Arsenal In Familiar Territory
Arsenal 2 – 2 Paris St Germain So, Arsène, about this ‘big statement’ we had to make last night. Remind me, what was
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Arsenal on course for historic treble after strong early start
Arsenal fans have reasons to be hopeful that their club can deliver some silverware this season after the start the Gunners have made
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PSG Preview – Entrance Exam Awaits
Bullishness from a football manager is the surest sign that the evening is about to hold horribly wrong. I was, very early on,
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Top 5 Most Exciting Arsenal Champions League Games of All-Time
Say what you will about falling short of the ultimate goal, Arsenal’s run of 19 consecutive Champions League appearances is an amazing accomplishment.
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Ramsey & Giroud Cloud Arsène’s Sunday Thoughts
You have to laugh at Tottenham’s woes; you really do. “First night nerves every one night stand” declared in the aptly titled What A
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Mesut Özil: Quite Simply Breathtaking
Ludogorets Razgrad 2 – 3 Arsenal There was but one question which needs answering from last night’s match in Sofia: Is Vic Akers impervious
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Ludogorets Preview: Focus & Rotate – A Delicate Balance
Match day once again and an interesting game from the manager’s perspective. Arsenal sit top of the Champions League group and a win
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Psyche & Ramsey In A Key Week Ahead
It’s famine or feast this week. Tomorrow’s match in Bulgaria is followed by the north London derby and then it’s the tumbleweed of
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Mesut Treble As Round Of Sixteen Looms
Arsenal 6 – 0 Ludogrets Razgrad Am I the only one who thought we didn’t actually play that well? I’m not complaining before
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Ludogrets Preview: Progress On Many Levels
Match day and a team whose name is a dream for anagram lovers. Ludogrets Razgrad are the first Bulgarian team Arsenal have faced
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Champions League Review: Basel Brushed Off
Arsenal 2 – 0 FC Basel Had they won and Granit’s brother nabbed the winner, the headline would have read, “Basel’s Got Taulant”,
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Big Sam Deflated & Basel Preview: Time To Deliver
“So that’s Allardyce sorted. Who’s next?” “Well…” “HOLD THE FRONT PAGES!!!!” “What the…?!?? “We’ve got them! The agents went on tape and named
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False Dawns & Granit’s Rock Solid
Europe takes over this week with the Premier League going into hibernation. Or Burnley as the natives call it; they face Watford tonight
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