I suppose it’s easier to say this in hindsight but I don’t think Arsene Wenger was overly concerned with winning last night. His selection of starting team was far from the strongest – with players like Alex Song, Denilson and Andrey Arshavin given a rest – and I believe he saw this as an opportunity […]
Tag: Shakhtar Donetsk
It’s a very late preview of the Shakhtar game today and I have to apologise for that. Better late then never though, I hope. Tonight’s team will be much changed from the one that snuck a late win against West Ham. Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song, Denilson and Andrey Arshavin are all out with injuries (although […]
Last night’s 5-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk was one of the easiest European victories in recent seasons. We’ve thumped Slavia Prague 7-0, crushed Braga 6-0 and thrashed countless other teams, but it is hard to remember a more comfortable Champions League fixture than Shakhtar, a club that I believed to genuinely threaten us for top […]
Arsenal play host to Eduardo and his new buddies from Shakhtar Donetsk tonight in a game that Arsene Wenger believes will “give us an opportunity to basically think we have qualified” if three points are secured. A quick glance at the table shows he’s probably right: both Arsenal and Shakhtar sit on six points with […]
The AFCB’s newest writer, Andrew Luck, already gave his view from the stands of Arsenal’s important 2-1 win over Blackburn, so it would be redundant for me to run through the whole match again. Instead, I would simply like to give my thoughts on the important points from the contest, focusing on the controversial moments […]
There will undoubtedly be a lot of articles over the next day or so that label Arsenal’s Champions League draw as “easy”. In truth, it is anything but. Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting Braga and Partizan Belgrade are not big names in European football, but once the novelty factor of Eduardo’s early reunion with Arsenal subsides a […]