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Post image for Is Robin van Persie the best player in the Premier League right now?

Where would we be without Robin van Persie this season, eh? The captain was the dominant force against Sunderland, combining class and a devastating ability to find the back of the net to score both goals in a 2-1 win. It begs the question: is there a better player in the Premier League at the [...]

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Post image for Arsenal v Sunderland: Open Thread

Just setting up an open thread for today’s game. Hopefully we can grab a much-needed three points and kick-start the chase for a top four spot. A match report will follow as soon as I can get something posted. Cheers and enjoy! Spread the Arsenal love by leaving a comment.

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Post image for The Short Corner: Koscielny flawless after Song’s departure

AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe gives us his analysis of Arsenal’s draw at Sunderland… Saturday’s match against Sunderland was a hugely frustrating affair. It seemed that the entire world knew that the final whistle would go when the ball was cleared one last time.  A huge sigh of relief was followed by the realization that, [...]

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Post image for Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal: Same old Arsenal? I don’t think so.

The shock of a last-minute setback has an unwelcome habit of skewing the conclusions that can be drawn from a game of football. Indeed, today’s post could probably come with two very different match reports: one written before the goalmouth scramble that allowed Darren Bent to hammer home Sunderland’s equaliser and one written afterwards. The [...]

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Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Sunderland was satisfying, but should have been far less stressful. It took until the 90th minute for Cesc Fabregas to put the game to bed after Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark. But it should have been done and dusted by that point with a host of [...]

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Match review to follow soon. Have your say on Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Sunderland by leaving a comment.

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The Arsenal boys have an opportunity to get over their ill-faited trip to Portugal with the visit of Sunderland to The Emirates. Alex Song and Manuel Almunia are available again, while Abou Diaby is disappointingly omitted having sustained a medial knee ligament injury against Porto. He joins William Gallas, Andrey Arshavin and Eduardo and the [...]

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