Arsenal’s injury woes continued to grow ahead of their clash against Chelsea, as both Clichy and Gibbs were ruled out of the game against the Blues on Sunday. Again, the swollen eye of former Chelsea star, William Gallas, may keep him out of the game.

This is why it is expected that the Gunners side will be coming out with a make shift defense, as Armand Traore might take the field and Mikael Silvestre may partner Thomas Vermaelan in the middle. Read the rest of this entry »

After having a wonderful game against Standard Liege at the Emirates, Denilson believes that his side is ready to take the challenge of the League leaders, Chelsea, on Sunday.

The Brazilian scored a scintillating goal in the Champions League fixture and is now all set to again repeat his feat against the Blues at the Emirates Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Arsenal confirmed their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, after they defeated Standard Liege 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

It was a clinical performance by the Gunners on a day when one of the top BPL sides, Liverpool, was knocked out of the competition. Reds, in spite of their 0-1 victory, were sent packing, as Fiorentina defeated Lyon 1-0 to take both the sides through to the next stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Laszlo Boloni, Manager of Standard Liege, confessed that he admires the way Arsene Wenger handles his troop. However, he feels that the Gunners side is going to fall short of success in the Champions League.

Arsenal was on an unbeaten run of 13 games prior to their defeat in the Premier League encounter against Sunderland. At the Stadium of Lights, Gunners failed to show the class that helped them come from behind and defeat Standard Liege in their opening fixture of the Champions League. Read the rest of this entry »

Arsene Wenger, has come out insisting that his players not allow the thoughts of World Cup 2010 in South Africa pose a distraction on them and take them away from doing their job that the club is paying them for.

Journalists are continuously probing him with questions on how he is going to manage his squad as World Cup is just around the corner and some of his players may leave for international duties.

One of Arsenals great assets, Theo Walcott, is in focus as he has an integral role in Fabio Capello’s World Cup plan.

A furious Manager addressed the press conference, “Players should pay more attention on how they perform for Arsenal, not in the World Cup”.

“They are being paid not to have a big season at the World Cup, but for doing well at the Emirates.”

Wenger added that players should give importance to their country no doubt, but they must also have the people who pay them, on their priority list.