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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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