Raining on their parade : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 The folly of believing three Man City draws in a row had just about finished the title race was exposed as just that. Champions Liverpool became the first side to leave the Emirates this season with a clean sheet and only the second after Man City to claim a draw here. Having also prevented the Gunners from scoring in the reverse fixture at Anfield, they have done their best to keep those Gunn

Bournemouth (1) 2 v Arsenal (1) 3 Premier League Matchweek 20 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Vitality Stadium No one with any affection for Arsenal will want to remotely tempt fate in the first week of January, but 2026 could very well be an immense year for the club. And right at the outset it already feels as if every game is going to be like a cup final. Just in January, out of a total of nine fixtures, there are five huge Premier League matches, which will be cru

Twilight capers : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Bournemouth (1) 2 Evanilson 10, Kroupi 76 Arsenal (1) 3 Gabriel 16, Rice 54, 71 Declan Rice marked his return from injury with two precious goals as the Gunners maintained their stranglehold at the top of the table. It was only the second time the midfielder has bagged two goals in a game - the other occasion being that famous trouncing of Real Madrid last season. As usual, he was everywhere and his contribution stretched

Great way to end the year - Arteta in his post-match press conference : Picture by @YTJourno A disenchanted Unai Emery raced down the tunnel at full-time without waiting to shake hands with Mikel Arteta after Arsenal's thumping 4-1 win over Aston Villa - but the Gunners boss could hardly have cared less. He played down what might be interpreted as churlish behaviour by former Arsenal boss Emery and could afford to be magnanimous. His side had handsomely seen off a side on an

Last Emirates dance of 2025: Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (0) 4 Gabriel 48, Zubimendi 52, Trossard 72, Jesus 78 Aston Villa (0) 1 Watkins 94 Villa had this coming. Their last-gasp winner against the Gunners in Birmingham a month ago was a bitter pill to swallow, ending an unbeaten run of 18 games. It was only right that Arsenal should respond in kind by ending the Villa sequence of 11 straight wins. The catalyst for a vital win against opponents who had to move

Gunners v Seagulls by @JTaylorSport Arsenal 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Engulfed with relief, the outstretched arms of Declan Rice at the end of this latest battle of nerve said it all. Apart from the occasional moment, there were few festive frolics on show at the Emirates as Arsenal dug out a 2-1 win over Brighton to force themselves back to the top of the Premier League table. The Gunners made heavy weather of managing the game at times after they went a couple of goals ahe

The Rest is Merch : Picture by @YTJourno Carabao Cup Quarter-Final Arsenal (0) 1 Lacroix og 80 Crystal Palace (0) 1 Guehi 90+5 (Arsenal won 8-7 on pens) It wasn't as goal-laden is the cup tie between the two sides in the same competition a year ago but the denouement to make it arguably even more memorable. It needed an own goal from Maxence Lacroix and a 'miss' from the luckless Eagles defender to settle it after an endless shoot out of 15 perfect kicks in a sequence that l

Picture: @capitalfootball Thomas Frank has refused to condemn the lack of self-control that saw two Spurs players sent off in Saturday night's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Xavi Simons was red carded after 30 minutes for recklessly raking the calf of Virgil van Dijk and skipper Cristian Romero once again showed that he can be a liability at times when he petulantly kicked out at Ibrahima Konate to earn a second yellow. It was not a great night for

By Alessandro Schiavone in Cologne 1.FC Köln 0-1 Union Berlin Goal : Schafer 91' Lukas Podolski in his prime leading the line would have suited Cologne to the ground on Saturday afternoon in their 1-0 home defeat to Union Berlin at RheinEnergie Stadion. Jakub Kaminski put in an energetic first-half display for his lukewarm side and twice came close to an opening goal. Yet his first attempt was comfortably parried by Frederik Ronnow while the volley flashed just off target. Mo

By Alessandro Schiavone in Lausanne Conference League Matchday 6 Lausanne Sport 1-0 Fiorentina Goal: Sigua 58' (LS) Pablo Mari's woeful Fiorentina side are still on course to spend the upcoming season in the second-tier of Italian football all while playing in Europe. With hindsight, the ex-Arsenal defender's side would have required a 3-0 win over the Swiss to seal a top-eight spot ahead of lowly Aek Larnaca on 12 points. Instead Serie A's bottom side suffered a 1-0 defeat