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Ten goals will battle it out over the coming months to take home coveted Puskas Award, celebrating the best strike from the past twelve months or so. A large number of outstanding goals where whittled down to ten strikes by what FIFA are calling “a panel of goalscoring experts” that included genuine striking legends such as Henrik Larsson and Alan …

Arsene Wenger has said that the squad of players at his disposal right now is too large – leading to speculation that there will be a bit of a cull at Arsenal in the next ten days. The Gunners’ season has already hit its first bit of turbulence with a 1-0 Stoke on Saturday leading to fans demanding that signings …

The Premier League season just ended saw a number of spectacular goals scored over the course of the campaign. In among the many end-of-season awards, the scorpion and overhead kicks each Premier League side decided on their own goal of the season. The likes of Emre Can, Olivier Giroud, Andy Carroll, Jeff Hendrick and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all feature. Alongside the …

Arsenal may be forced to spend big on a striker this summer with rumours swirling that Olivier Giroud is the subject of interest from one of the Gunners’ London rivals.  The Frenchman has proved time and time again that he is good enough to play week in, week out at a top club, but with Alexis Sanchez in the same …

Jeff Hendrick’s brilliant volley for Burnley against Bournemouth last December has been acknowledged by Sky Sports as one of the best goals scored in the Premier League this season. The Ireland midfielder scored the first in what out to be a 3-2 win for Sean Dyche’s men at Turf Moor, with a fantastic dipping volley. WINNER | Goal of the …

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has played down any notion of a falling-out with star forward Alexis Sánchez. The Chilean international was dropped to the bench for the Gunners’ 3-1 defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Saturday, and reports on Sunday night had suggested that he was removed from the starting lineup as punishment for a blazing row involving his …

Something very damaging happened to Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday. It wasn’t so much being routinely taken apart by a big team in a must-win fixture – we’ve come to expect that from them at this stage – but by dropping the only player that displays the talent and mindset the rest of the team should be aiming for, Arsene …

Arsenal suffered a demoralising 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday that puts their chances of making the top four this season under threat. However, the game’s biggest talking point came an hour before the match had even started, with manager Arsene Wenger’s surprise decision to leave star forward Alexis Sanchez on the substitutes’ bench. The Chilean international was introduced at …

Arsene Wenger has pulled something of a surprise in his team to face Liverpool on Saturday evening. With Mesut Ozil already absent through illness, Wenger delivered a shock by dropping Alexis Sanchez, the side’s other star player, to the bench for the match at Anfield. Here it is, your @Arsenal team to play Liverpool#LFCvAFC pic.twitter.com/Tw9IYd9QeI — Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) March …

Generally, when playing against the best, it would be wise for a manager to start his strongest players. Arsene Wenger, however, must be smarter than that when Arsenal face Bayern Munich this week. The meeting of these two sides, by now, is not a novelty anymore – in fact, it would stand to reason that both sides are sick of …

The Premier League has treated fans to some astonishing goals in recent weeks and months, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Olivier Giroud and Andy Carroll all bagging Goal of the Season contenders.  While fans cried foul over Carroll’s acrobatic effort winning the Premier League Goal of the Month award for January over Giroud’s sublime scorpion kick, the argument over whose goal was …

Arsenal fell to Chelsea in a fairly comprehensive 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge this afternoon, a result that surely ends the title hopes of even the most optimistic Gunners. It was a game that highlighted faults in Arsene Wenger’s side that he just can’t seem to recognise or address. Some of the more vocally irate Gooner-contingent have been calling for …

Arsenal’s season so far has followed a familiar script. A previously promising league campaign looked to be permanently derailed before Christmas, while drawing Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16 means that yet another a second round exit looks to be on the cards. They have, however, so far escaped the rampaging of the Chinese Super League. Their London neighbours Chelsea …

Arsenal leapfrogged Liverpool in the Premier League table on Saturday afternoon with a comprehensive 4-0 win against Swansea at the Liberty Stadium. After a somewhat even opening exchange, the Gunners took the lead with less than ten minutes remaining of the first half courtesy of another strike from in-form Olivier Giroud. Two Swansea own goals in the second half put …

This was always going to be a stellar Premier League season. The touchline troupe was expected to grab much of the headlines and it’s fair to say that they haven’t disappointed. Pep Guardiola’s petulant post-match interviews are only the latest in a string of intriguing stories concerning the coaches in question. The English media has already delighted in the depression …

Do you remember a player quite as under-valued as Olivier Giroud? Giroud will never come close to Bergkamp, Wright or Henry, but the criticism he faces season to season is wholly unreasonable. If he rarely impacted the game or only scored meaningless goals you could be forgiven, but Arsenal’s front man is often the player at the heart of their successes. …

In many ways, Tuesday night’s match against Bournemouth was a microcosm of Arsenal’s last twelve or so years. Or, to probably be more accurate about it, the last twenty minutes were. 3-0 down and faced with the prospect of being humiliated at the Vitality Stadium, only then did the visitors pull their socks up and actually start playing. They escaped …

Although many Arsenal players were delighted with the side’s late comeback draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night, Alexis Sánchez was not one of them. The Gunners staged a late revival at the Vitality Stadium, rescuing a 3-3 draw thanks to three goals in the last twenty minutes, but the two dropped points still leave them eight points behind Chelsea – …