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Player Ratings: Barcelona v Arsenal

by Aidan Bennison on April 7, 2010

Barcelona 4 (Messi 21, 37, 42, 88) Arsenal 1 (Bendtner 19) Manuel Almunia – Conceded four goals so at the end of the day can’t be rated all that highly. None of them were really his fault but he didn’t step up his game despite the fact that he was playing the best side in [...]

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Arsenal 1-4 Barcelona: Beaten by the best but wondering ‘what if?’

by Andrew Weber on April 7, 2010

Is there a more empty and painful feeling in football than thinking about ‘what if?’ when your team has just lost an important game? Our massive ‘what if?’ moment tonight came when the scores were locked at 1-1 and Tomas Rosicky set Nicklas Bendtner away with only the goalkeeper to beat and Theo Walcott in [...]

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Arsenal v Barcelona: An epic night of football awaits

by Andrew Weber on April 6, 2010

Had it not been for Nicklas Bendtner’s league-saving goal against Wolves on Saturday I would be feeling very differently about our chances against Barcelona than I do right now. As it is that late goal has kept us in the league and made the Champions League something of a bonus in the grand scheme of [...]

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Arsenal 2:2 Barcelona: The game of the season so far

by Andrew Weber on April 2, 2010

Words cannot describe how good a game of football this was. It was an emotional roller-coaster for Arsenal fans from start to finish: from the prolonged onslaught that Barcelona produced in the first half to our miraculously brave comeback which was completed when Cesc Fabregas hammered home his spot-kick. 2-2 it ended and although we [...]

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Player Ratings: Arsenal v Barcelona

by Aidan Bennison on April 1, 2010

Arsenal 2 (Walcott 69, Fabregas pen 85) Barcelona 2 (Ibrahimovic 46, 59) Manuel Almunia – Should have stayed on his line for the opening goal of the match, however without him it could have been a lot worse. Realistically he kept us in the game, making a string of fine saves and keeping the likes [...]

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An epic Arsenal v Barcelona preview: If this can’t get you excited, nothing will!

by Andrew Weber on March 30, 2010

Arsenal versus Barcelona is almost upon us and the word ‘excitement’ just doesn’t do justice to how I am feeling. Like Arsene Wenger I feel this tie has the ability to produce something special. So special, in fact, that we might indeed still be talking about it in 10 years time. Barcelona will go in [...]

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Hanging on for some Cesc news

by Andrew Weber on March 29, 2010

I was hoping to get the Barcelona ball rolling with a pre-preview today. But with Cesc Fabregas’ participation in the first leg still up in the air it all seems a bit pointless (although I am happy to announce that Andres Iniesta definitely won’t be playing). Anyway, I’ll have more tomorrow including (hopefully!) some news [...]

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Winning with ten men / Worried about Vermaelen appeal / Barca ideal

by Andrew Weber on March 23, 2010

It’s been a big weekend for the Arsenal with a terrific win over West Ham and the exciting news of drawing Barcelona in the Champions League. I’ve been a little bit out of it over the past week so I thought I’d do some catching up today with a detailed post on my opinion of [...]

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It could be a very good weekend for the Arsenal

by Andrew Weber on March 17, 2010

Chelsea are out of the Champions League after a comprehensive defeat to Inter Milan. It’s a massive result for Arsenal for two reasons. One, it removes an opponent that has already beaten us twice this season from the competition and two, because it has the psychological potential to derail Chelsea’s Premier League campaign. John Terry’s [...]

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Some thoughts on Arsenal’s Champions League chances

by Andrew Weber on March 11, 2010

Real Madrid were knocked out the Champions League last night, leaving the trio of Manchester United, Lyon and Bayern Munich to join Arsenal in the quarter-finals. No-one would argue against the fact that with Madrid topping the Spanish league and players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka in their team they looked a decent chance of [...]

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Beautiful Arsenal v Porto photo compilation

by Andrew Weber on March 10, 2010

Every once in a while I’m lucky enough to be sent matchday photos from photographer and good friend Ryu Voelkel. The latest installment is a terrific set from Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s 5-0 win over FC Porto. Once you’re done falling in love with the photos, be sure to check out Voelkel’s website and Flickr [...]

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Arsenal 5, Porto 0. Sit back and enjoy the positive energy.

by Andrew Weber on March 10, 2010

There was not a passenger to be seen in the red and white as Arsene Wenger’s men produced a near-perfect attacking performance to comfortably overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit into a stunning 6-2 aggregate victory. The star men were Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner, who shrugged off an erratic weekend performance against Burnley [...]

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VIDEO: Nicklas Bendtner’s hat-trick goal

by Andrew Weber on March 10, 2010

From villain to hero in the space of four days. Well done Nicklas! Have your say on Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Porto by leaving a comment.

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Nasri’s big opportunity

by Andrew Weber on March 9, 2010

Three weeks ago a disastrous performance by Lukasz Fabianski allowed FC Porto to come away with a 2-1 first-leg lead against us. Tonight our team must overturn that deficit to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and we will have to do it without Cesc Fabregas. The captain’s hamstring tweak means [...]

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Arsenal 1-2 Porto: Fabianski flops but I hope we see more of him

by Andrew Weber on February 18, 2010

Arsenal were made to pay for two awful defensive errors as they were beaten 2-1 by FC Porto in the Estádio do Dragão. The result leaves Arsene Wenger and our boys needing a win at home in three weeks time to qualify through to the quarter-finals. Injuries meant the team I predicted yesterday started as [...]

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Arsenal injuries give Fabianski his chance

by Andrew Weber on February 17, 2010

It’s FC Porto tonight in the first leg of our Champions League knockout clash and inevitably, injuries have struck again. Already denied the services of Andrey Arshavin and Alex Song, our team has now been robbed of William Gallas, Eduardo and Manuel Almunia due to respective calf, hamstring and hand injuries. While Eduardo’s absence shouldn’t affect the [...]

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Nasri set to miss three Arsenal games / Senderos spotted / Champions League thoughts

by Andrew Weber on December 22, 2009

Nasri ban I’ll start with a little bit of a shock today with the news that Samir Nasri is likely to miss the next three Arsenal games for stepping on Richard Garcia’s foot in the win over Hull. Although Nasri received a yellow card for the incident the referee on the night, Steve Bennett, has [...]

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