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Arsenal Match Reports

Post image for Arsenal 3-3 Norwich: Post-game thread

Our last home game of the season ended 3-3 and now our Champions League qualifications hopes have become precarious. I’ve set up this thread for everyone to discuss the game. Leave a comment below to let us know what you think.

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To Stoke and back

by Mark Thompson on April 30, 2012

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Stoke away has become a strange spot on our fixture list. Since Shawcross broke Ramsey’s leg two years ago this game has boiled down into a weird little bubble, existing within itself, fuelled by hatred and anger. Yesterday it looked like that atmosphere is not receding at all. Wenger was relentlessly taunted by them, Shawcross [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 3-0 Wolves: A walk in the park, so let’s talk about Ramsey

Our victory over Wolves was arguably the most straightforward game this season. It’s rare that a game of football is over after 11 minutes, but that was exactly the case after two goals and red card to Sebastien Bassong ended the contest. Robin van Persie’s penalty kick was impudent and arrogant — something deep down [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: A sweet, title-blocking victory

There are many reasons why Sunday’s victory over Manchester City was such a sweet one. Here’s eight: It ended City’s title hopes As the title of this article says, it has virtually blocked Manchester City, the club that has only risen to title-challenging potential off the back of it’s ridiculously disproportionate spending, from winning the [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle: Gunners getting their groove back

Arsenal are somewhat of a landmark club, often being the first to set many firsts, and against Newcastle Arsene Wenger’s men did it again. After Vermaelen’s last minute strike completed our comeback, we became the first team in the league to win four games in a row after conceding the first goal. It’s debatable whether or not that’s [...]

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Post image for Patrick Vieira – “There was a lack of leadership”

Prior to the game up on the AFC Blog Facebook wall I posted the video of Cesc’s goal last time we played Milan, and after mentioning Henry in 2003 and Cesc in 2008 I asked who our San Siro hero would be tonight. I meant it in earnest; the San Siro has been a welcoming venue [...]

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Post image for 7 Reasons to be a Happy Gooner

It’s always a great feeling to finish the day on the right side of a hammering, so to mirror our drubbing of Blackburn here’s seven reasons to be a happy Gooner. 1. This is a little tongue in cheek but looking back at our dreadful start to this season it’s nice to know we’ve hit [...]

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