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Senderos – Thanks for the offer Celtic, but no thanks!

The Arsenal defender Phillipe Senderos has admitted that he is flattered by Celtic’s offer to take him to Scotland on loan until the end of the season, but he has other possibilities that he would like to explore before agreeing to a move to Glasgow. “At this moment, I am still an Arsenal player, so they [...]

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Mancini to offer Ferguson peace and pizza

Italian pledges meal if Manchester City win in the Carling Cup Patrick Vieira unlikely to be risked in first legRoberto Mancini has said he will offer Sir Alex Ferguson a special consolation prize should Manchester United fail to make the Carling Cup final. "Does Alex like pizza?" inquired Manchester City's new Italian manager as he pr...

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Duo ease Gunners' injury woes

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger welcomes back Theo Walcott and Denilson for Wednesday's Barclays Premier League visit of Bolton but looks set to be without Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey for three weeks.

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Trial by media is getting to be a major concern – Eduardo/Henry and Sky Sports Justice

It is nearly three years since Arsene Wenger first coined the term ‘Sky Sports Justice’ following the Carling Cup final with Chelsea. That day, in case you’ve forgotten, Adebayor was sent off for slapping Wayne Bridge, when that was in fact Eboue’s action. The press machine went into overdrive, focusing heavily on the ‘brawl’, and Eboue in [...]

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Arsène Wenger calls on Arsenal to seize psychological edge over rivals

Arsenal can go top of table with two-goal win over Bolton Denílson and Theo Walcott both set to return from injuriesArsène Wenger believes that his Arsenal team can strike a psychological blow on Wednesday night by moving to the top of the Premier League table. The manager knows a victory over Bolton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium...

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Theo Walcotts return boosts Arsenals Premier League title challenge ahead of Bolton visit

Arsene Wenger has received mixed injury news for Wednesday night's visit by Bolton, which could see Arsenal overtake Chelsea at the top of the table...

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Arsenals Jack Wilshere still interests new Bolton manager Owen Coyle

Coyle spoke to Arsene Wenger about Wilshere when he was manager at Burnley but a potential loan deal failed to materialise before he left Turf Moor to join Bolton...

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Philippe Senderos asks for more time- Arsenal defender not ready to agree Celtic loan just yet

Philippe Senderos has revealed he is weighing up his options before deciding on a possible loan deal with Celtic...

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Arsenal and Cesc Fabregas revel in turnaround and reveal hunger for the title

Arsene Wenger and Cesc Fabregas reveal a sense of hunger is underpinning the club's Premier League title challenge.

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Arsenal forward Theo Walcott eyeing to return from injury for Bolton Wanderers

Arsène Wenger worried about getting caught in vicious circle with Arsenal's ongoing injury problems, despite forward's return.

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Whites look strong for Arsenal trip

With his players having come through the first game against the Gunners - and Coyle's first in charge - on Sunday without suffering any injuries, the manager is only missing Dan Shittu in the short-term, who is away with Nigeria at the African Nations Cup...

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Senderos: ‘Loan deal would suit me perfectly’

Phillipe Senderos has again declared he is desperate for playing time elsewhere and would not mind another loan move. Arsenal’s out-of-favor centre back has been strongly linked with a move to Celtic over the past few days and the Swiss international has reiterated his desire to leave the club in search of more action. Wenger’s re-signing of [...]

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We're growing up fast!

We're growing up fast!Vitalfootball: Arsenal: 18/01/2010 21:03:00How long can we keep the best of our youth on side?

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Theo and Denilson back, Nik ready for Villa and Robin could see us over the line…..

Don’t all shoot me down, but it doesn’t take Einstein to work out that if we win all our games from now until the end of the season, we will lift the Premiership Trophy. The question is, do we have the mental attitude and squad to do it? Even if we drop a point or two [...]

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Sol Campbell’s shirt number announced

Sol Campbell is now an accepted member of the Arsenal squad. Arsene Wenger made history by resigning a former player for the first time last week as free-agent Campbell arrived as the manager’s sole signing of the January transfer window so far. The 35-year-old impressed for the club’s reserves side against West Ham on last Tuesday and [...]

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Arsenal strike first in the fight for Spanish whizzkid Sergio Canales

Arsenal have held talks with the father and agent of Spanish whizkid Sergio Canales over a potential move from Racing Santander...

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Briefest of posts

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Wenger - Returns will be like new signings

Arsene Wenger believes the return of Theo Walcott could feel like a new signing and boost Arsenal for what is set to be a make-or-break run of games...

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Bolton thoughts: Picking Eastmond, Cesc’s season, Merida’s stockiness

Thoughts on Bolton… Arsene was brave to pick Eastmond… By that I mean brave in a good way. It may well be the case Rosicky had been pencilled in for midfield until Nasri got injured, but whatever the story, it was good to see a home-grown player getting a chance in one of his preferred positions. And [...]

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Cesc Fabregas is the best in the world at the moment

Anyone playing better than him? Don’t think so ….. And that doesn’t even show how much of a brilliant player he is. 13 goals 15 assists in 23 appearances

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Bolton’s day-after thoughts: A very brave display to secure all three points

Just like last season, this year is becoming more and more a roller coaster of emotions for us Gooners, only that contrary to last season, we are still in the title race despite missing key ...

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Arsenal and Bolton part 1: brilliance beats brawn

It was the return of Cesc Fabregas, and didn’t Bolton know it. As expected, Bolton started with a spring in their step and were a danger throughout the game, Ivan Klasnic is by far their best player and that showed on a few occasions. We matched them though, both for quality and their disruptive tactics – whilst [...]

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Sol Campbell added to Arsenal's squad for Champions League

Sol Campbell’s prospects of making an impact on his return to Arsenal have improved after it emerged that Arsène Wenger is planning to add the former England defender to his Champions League squad.

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BBC Match of the Day: Bolton vs Arsenal

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Football Weekly podcast: The tussle for the title and the fight for fourth

James Richardson captains the good ship Football Weekly, and he's joined by best mate Barry Glendenning for the voyage.We start with the Premier League. Chelsea and Arsenal dazzled at the weekend, but none of the sides challenging for fourth looked up to it. Liverpool's miserable 1-1 draw with Stoke City was probably the result Rafael Benítez's bizarre team selection deserved, while Tot...

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Henry escapes Fifa punishment over handball against Ireland

Fifa accept they have no legal right to punish Frenchman 'Blatant unfair play' helped to eliminate IrelandThierry Henry seems certain to escape any kind of sanction for the handball that knocked Ireland out of the World Cup after Fifa said it could not punish the Frenchman retrospectively for the offence.Henry's handball, which ...

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Wenger hails 'general' Cesc

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger heaps praise on 'midfield general' Cesc Fabregas

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Real Madrid Fans Want To See Franck Ribery, David Silva And Cesc Fabregas In White According To Poll (Goal.com)

As if last summer's ambitious spending spree was not enough, the Real Madrid faithful have voted that the top three signings they hope to see at the Santiago Bernabeu next season are Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Valencia's David Silva and Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.

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Nicklas Bendtner set for return next week

For the first time in nearly three months, Nicklas Bendtner may be named in an Arsenal squad when the Gunners visit Villa Park next week Wednesday. The Dane was last seen limping off before half-time in the derby victory against Tottenham on October 31. Bendtner was replaced by Eduardo on that day and another injury blow to [...]

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Arsenal are Fab but I'll stay calm

CESC FABREGAS says Arsenal won't get carried away if they go top of Prem tomorrow

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Walcott and Denilson return for Bolton clash

Bendtner also set for comeback at Aston Villa in 10 days' time

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Van Persie could return for run-in

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hoping Robin van Persie will feature for the Gunners during the run-in to the Premier League title race.

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Cesc holds the key

Alan Smith told Sky Sports News keeping Cesc Fabregas fit will be vital to Arsenal's title challenge.

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Wenger hails 'midfield general' Cesc

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal have a new "midfield general" in Cesc Fabregas and expects the Spaniard to deliver over the next month.

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Real Madrid Fans Want To See Ribery, Silva And Fabregas In White According (Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports)

The Madridistas shortlisted their top three prospects in a Marca poll.

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Arsenal Continue Scouting Christensen After Trial

Esbjerg FB youngster Lasse Vigen Christensen admits his recent trial with Arsenal was a ‘massive experience’ but he’s yet to find out whether it will lead to a permanent move. The Denmark Under 16 captain spent four days at London Colney in December and was due to play in a Under 16 game only for [...]

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Fans Article: Walcott, Will he ever succeed or is he just over rated?

One of G4L regulars, Urakanine asks the Question many of us have mulled over, Will Theo ever succ...

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Wenger on the future of Fran Merida

It remains an uncertainty whether Fran Merida will stay or go but Arsene Wenger is definitely not letting go of the Catalan talent. The Arsenal manager has vowed to keep hold of Merida in the wake of the 19-year-old’s impressive cameo at Bolton which saw him score a fine goal yesterday. Specualtion has surfaced over the past [...]

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Preview: Arsenal v Bolton

Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers will renew rivalries at the Emirates Stadium just three days after they last locked horns...

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Fran Merida will stay at Arsenal says Ars? Wenger

Merida scored for Arsenal in their 2-0 win over Bolton yesterday and is likely to play a major part over the next month following new injuries in midfield to Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey...

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Wenger: Wilshere loan crucial to his progress

A loan for teenage prodigy Jack Wilshere is crucial to the teenager's progression within the team.

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Welcome to Football 3.0 and bid farewell to the old regime.

To recap and explain (or vice versa) Football 1.0 started when Preston North End were thrown out of the FA Cup in 1884 after a complaint from Upton Park FC that Preston had been paying their players. As a direct result of this Preston got together with other northern clubs and formed the Football League wherein [...]

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Euro Watch: Porto held at home

We keep a check on our Champions League opponents' progress

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Loan Watch: Randall and Gilbert make debuts

Our weekly check on the progress of Arsenal's on-loan stars

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Wenger: Let's have a go

Manager Arsene Wenger admits that there is still a long way to go before him and his team can start thinking about winning the league.

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Football Spy daily video: Monday, January 18, 2010

Welcome to MirrorFootball's daily Football Spy transfer video hosted by the Daily Mirror's man in the know, Darren Lewis.On today's agenda: will Kenwyne Jones join Liverpool?Who wants the Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos?And which club is willing to take a risk on Egyptian bad boy Amr Zaki?As well as all the latest from the transfer window, Dazza will be answering your questions.As ever, you can...

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Fran Merida will stay at Arsenal, says Arsène Wenger

Arsène Wenger believes that Fran Merida can still be persuaded to remain at Arsenal when his contract expires.

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Arsenal transfer rumours Jan 18th – Chris Smalling, Mesut Ozil, Senderos and Szczesny

With Arsene Wenger revealing that injuries are taking their toll on his team, the papers are full of Arsenal transfer news this morning. I have already covered the Phillipe Senderos to Celtic story earlier, but there is another couple of bits of gossip around. The newest name to be bandied around is the young Fulham defender [...]

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We're about to find out if Arsene's trust in his players will be rewarded - Martin Lipton's big lunchtime read

Arsene Wenger is not normally disingenuous, except, of course, when it comes to the public on-field indiscretions of his players.Wenger's infamously suspect vision is, of course, all about him finding a way not to criticise the players he asks to perform for him, a deliberate way of avoiding him taking a stand that could cause dressing room discontent and reverberations.But the Arsenal manager's c...

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Arsene hit by fresh injuries

ARSENE WENGER has been hit by fresh injury blows as Arsenal chase the Prem title

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Wenger hit by fresh injuries

ARSENE WENGER has been hit by fresh injury blows as Arsenal chase the Prem title

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Deserve ain't got nothing to do with it Gunners grind it out

Owen Coyle had a startling affect on Bolton, no they haven't stopped being dirty bar stewards, but they did actually attack and have one more chance in total than Arsenal. In the future they will play worse and fare better, but fortunately not in this game.

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Angola 2010: Eboue sees Red

Gunners star sent off in Ivory Coast's 3-1 win over Ghana

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Angola 2010: First victory for Cameroon

Song plays 90 minutes of 3-2 Group D victory over Zambia

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'Van Persie doing as well as can be expected'

Wenger reveals latest on Robin's recovery from ankle surgery

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Wenger prefers Wilshere loan in England

Boss would favour a domestic deal rather than a move abroad

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Wenger impressed by 'interesting' Eastmond

But boss warns midfielder isn't ready to be an Arsenal regular

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The Word is “Character”

Both the players and the supporters have come too far and been through too much disappointment in the last few years to just walk away because of one defeat or even a double-digit deficit. That is not the Arsenal way.

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Arsenal v BOLTON- No change for Coyle with fully fit squad for Emirates visit

Owen Coyle has an almost fully-fit squad to choose from as Bolton prepare to take on Arsenal for the second time in four days on Wednesday night...

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Injuries take shine off Arsenal's title bid

Arsenal's bid to win the English Premier League title threatens to be derailed by a lengthening injury list with manager Arsene Wenger currently without nine first-team players.

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Wenger: Arsenal Pair Samir Nasri & Aaron Ramsey Out Three Weeks (Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports)

Duo face further spell on sidelines.

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Celtic to beat Rangers to Phillipe Senderos?

After all the rumours surrounding the Arsenal defender Phillipe Senderos linking him with Everton and Real Zaragoza amongst a host of other clubs, it now seems that the Scottish giants Celtic are set to pip their great rivals Rangers to the Switzerland international’s signature. According to today’s Scottish Sun, the Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell spent [...]

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VIDEO: Keeping Fabregas fit is key to our title challenge, says Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he cannot afford to lose influential skipper Cesc Fabregas to injury if his side are to maintain their title challenge.

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'Mature Arsenal are growing in strength'

Arsène Wenger heartened by his team's battling win at Bolton

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Arsenal: Wenger puts faith in midfielder

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal must keep Cesc Fabregas fit if the Gunners are to continue their push for the Premier League title.

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Can Merida save us a fortune?

By Avenell Dave I have to say that while I fully expected us to beat Everton last weekend, I didn’t have high hopes of getting a result against Bolton. When it turned out that Samir Nasri was injured and wouldn’t start with Craig Eastmond taking his place, I was even more concerned. With Owen Coyle taking over, the home side would be keen to impress and show ...

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VIDEO Highlights: Bolton 0 Arsenal 2

VIDEO Highlights: Bolton 0 Arsenal 2Vitalfootball: Arsenal: 18/01/2010 10:27:00VIDEO Highlights: Bolton 0-2 Arsenal.

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Wenger – We’ve lost Nasri and Ramsey, we can’t afford to lose Cesc too!

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger praised the contribution of his captain Cesc Fabregas in the 2-0 win over Bolton yesterday, as he returned to the side after missing three games through injury, and said that he couldn’t explain how important Fabregas is to his team. “If you watch the game today it is difficult to say how [...]

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Nasri and Ramsey sidelined for three weeks

Denilson, Walcott have 'a little chance' to return on Wednesday

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“Arsenal always struggle at Bolton”

According to the press, anyway ; until you actually look at the facts and we now have four straight wins at the Reebok in all competitions. Still, why let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh? Maybe now that particular myth can be put to bed ; The beat us twice [...]

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Hybrid option Nicklas Bendtner can present a new dimension to Arsenal’s attack

Karthik (KV) explains how Nicklas Bendtner can bring back a much-needed presence to the Arsenal attack following the injury to Robin van Persie. ______________________________________________________________________________ “I want to be top scorer in the Premier League, top scorer at the World Cup and, within five years, I want to be among the best strikers in the world” were the [...]

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Wenger: We expected Bolton to be physical

Manager Arsene Wenger said that he fully expected the physical approach from Bolton Wanderers in his team's 2-0 win over the weekend.

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Duo ease Gunners injury woes

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger welcomes back Theo Walcott and Denilson for Wednesday's Barclays Premier League visit of Bolton but looks set to be without Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey for three weeks...

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We’re buying… / If Bolton can’t beat you, they’ll kick, scratch and pull your hair.

A two part post this week as I wont be about much… Finance Firstly, may I just clear up some confusion from the other days post about the financial situation. It seems a lot of AKB’s have been getting extremely damp at the prospect of Le Grove admitting that Wenger’s transfer policy has been the right one. [...]

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Arsenal: Wenger disappointed by more injuries

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey could miss the next three weeks through injury.

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FA Women's Cup: Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland

Kim Little nets an extra-time hat-trick to fire Gunners through

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A difficult place to go

As the clock ticked away in the second half at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday afternoon; twenty-five minutes in to be precise, I got a text from Hassan, a lifelong Gooner exiled at Bolton's neighbours, Manchester, for university studies. It simply read: "We need a 2nd goal, I can see Bolton scoring."

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Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal - Gallery

Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal - Gallery

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We’re on a Journey to the Top of the League!

If we win the sequel to yesterday’s game against Bolton on Wednesday night by two clear goals we leapfrog Man U and the Chav’s to go to the top of the Premiership (but we will have played an extra game) we will not be allowed to forget that, just listen out for it, it will [...]

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Senderos to quit Arsenal for Celtic today - Exclusive

Swiss defender to end Gunners nightmare

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Bolton 0-2 Arsenal : Points over performance a good sign

Over the last few years there have been many criticisms of Arsenal, not least of which is the fact that we're a 'soft touch' and that we can't scrap out results when we're not playing as well as we might. Often we've played great football but lost games. Yesterday's game at Bolton was another example of the growing maturity of this team as we battled out a 2-0 win. With van Persie, Walc...

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Fab key to Gunners hopes - Wenger

The Gunners captain was inspirational as he scored one and had a hand in the second for substitute Fran Merida in the 2-0 victory over Bolton at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday...

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Wenger: Fabregas key to Gunners' hopes

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he cannot afford to lose Cesc Fabregas to injury if his side are to maintain their title challenge.

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Football Rumours on Monday 18th January 2010

Transfer rumours, gossip, who is for the chop and other stuff

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Maria Sharapova crashes out in Melbourne

Contrary to what many around Rod Laver Arena believed, Maria Sharapova’s friendly assailant didn’t raise her index finger to her lips and request silence because of the banshee-like shrieking coming from the other end of the court. Neither did Maria Kirilenko make the gesture to mimic the habitual celebration favoured by another of her compatriots, Arsenal’s Andrey Arshavin.

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Arsenal 2-0 Bolton: Not a powder puff in sight

Since Arsenal last won the league in 2004 there have been questions asked about the physical and mental qualities of our players. The general consensus has been that the squads over the past five season have lacked both the mental and physical strength to produce results both against powerful teams and in the biggest games. That [...]

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Bolton 0 Arsenal 2: Trotting Along Nicely

Bolton Wanderers 0 – 2 Arsenal 0 – 1 Fabregas (28) 0 – 2 Merida (78) A good team performance has left Arsenal three points from the Premier League summit, a two-goal victory on Wednesday night over Bolton will bring that place for a week at least. Bolton played as expected and added some spite into their game, [...]

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Fab key to Gunners' hopes - Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he cannot afford to lose Cesc Fabregas to injury if his side are to maintain their title challenge.

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Greenwich boy on the watch list

Chris Smalling Age: 20 Centre Back Fulham The Mirrorrecons Wenger is tracking Chris Smalling. Yes the guy who scored an own goal against Chelski. Apparently though he had a top game apart from that slip and is getting rave review across the country. Is Smalling the last part of the defensive jigsaw. We have 3 in Gallas, Vermaelen, and Djourou. Without [...]

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Injuries are hampering Gunners

Wenger is resigned to being without striker Robin van Persie (ankle) and Johan Djourou (knee) for the rest of the season, but a number of minor problems are causing disruption to the Frenchman's plans...

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Player Ratings: Bolton v Arsenal

Bolton 0 - Arsenal 2 (Fabregas 28, Merida 78) Match Report | Highlights Manuel Almunia - Wasn't all that busy out there today. Did pretty much everything he had to do between the sticks and was never really in danger of losing his clean sheet. Claimed a good few crosses and is ...

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Wenger enjoying underdog status

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's 2-0 win at Bolton proves they are relishing being surprise title challengers...

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Young Gunners back in business

Walcott and Denilson are in contention for the Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium after shaking off injuries but Fran Merida misses out with an ankle problem, while Aaron Ramsey (thigh) and Samir Nasri (hamstring) are facing three weeks on the sidelines...

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Darragh unleashes himself on the New York Arsenal scene

When ex-housemate, good friend and regular commenter on this blog Darragh left Brisbane last week to start an internship with the United Nations in New York, he asked me if I knew the best place to watch Arsenal games in The Big Apple. I didn’t, but I told him to get in touch with the good [...]

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Arsene Wenger: Aaron Ramsey and Samir Nasri out for three weeks

It seems every Arsenal win has to be ruined by bad injury news and yesterday’s is no exception. Both Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey are ruled out of “at least” three weeks according to manager ...

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Super Mario not on Wengers radar

The title-chasing Gunners are in the market for a frontman following the long-term injury to Robin van Persie, while Nicklas Bendtner has been out since the end of October...

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[Video] Bolton vs Arsenal: Match Video Highlights, including the two Spanish goals

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Champions No39 – out this week

One of Europe's brightest talents, Arsenal FC captain Cesc Fàbregas gives his most candid interview yet in the latest issue of Champions, the official magazine of the UEFA Champions League.

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Ready to go top on Wednesday

Today’s 2-0 win over Bolton means that if the Gunners can replicate this performance on Wednesday that they can go back to the top of the Premier League. With Cesc Fabregas back bossing the game in midfield Arsenal were comfortable winners and the score could have been more, especially considering that Arsenal had two good shouts [...]

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A final cry for help – Please vote for the Arsenal FC Blog

Just a very quick final reminder/plea from the Arsenal FC Blog to help secure a nomination in the 2009 Soccerlens awards. Nominations for the award close today at midnight (GMT) so if you could help support the blog by voting before then I would really appreciate it. Click here to vote for the Arsenal FC Blog.

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Top 10 comeback kings

HOW will Sol Campbell at Arsenal compare to our list of the greatest football returns?

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Bolton v Arsenal ratings

WHO stole the show at the Reebok as the Gunners charged into title contention?

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We'll turn title race on its head

CESC FABREGAS sent out a warning to title rivals Chelsea and Manchester United

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