Proper Stags do: Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup 5th Round Mansfield Town (0) 1 Evans 50 Arsenal (1) 2 Madueke 41, Eze 66 Arsenal's unlikely quest for four trophies remains on track after they came through a testing examination at League One Mansfield. High quality strikes from Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze settled the outcome, but not before a display full of courage and zest from the team led by Nigel Clough. Sometimes, getting the better of a town bursting with civic pride and

Brighton & Hove Albion (0) 0 v Arsenal (1) 1 Saka 9 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Amex Community Stadium Premier League Matchweek 29 Arsenal took an enormous step towards the Premier League title with a 1-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion, dismissing emotive accusations of winning ugly with a ruthless resolve to pick up three massively precious points. Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game on his 300th appearance for the club, although it was hugely helped by a big deflec

Grey matchday : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (1) 2 Saliba 21, Timber 65 Chelsea (1) 1 Hincapie 45+2 Can their hearts take much more of this? Arsenal edged a flawed but thrilling derby that never once seemed to be entirely in their grasp - and just about maintain that all-important five-point gap over Man City at the top of the table. The Blues were reduced to 10 men for the final 20 minutes when Pedro Neto was correctly booked for a crude touchline foul to prev

By Alessandro Schiavone in Leverkusen Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié may get the chance to visit their old club in the last-16 of the Champions League after Bayer Leverkusen progressed past Olympiacos. A goalless home draw was enough for the German giants to seal a place in the next round after a pair of Patrik Schick goals in the first leg put them in pole position for this one. On an uneventful night at BayArena , where Blaswich replaced crocked ex-Brentford goalie Mark Fle

Sunny dispositions all round pre kick-off at the TH Stadium : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Kolo Muani 34 Arsenal (1) 4 Eze 32, 61 Gyokeres 47, 94 Eberechi Eze just loves the sight of those Spurs shirts. And now, Viktor Gyokeres probably does two. Both bagged doubles in an emphatic win for the Gunners that made a mockery of their recent wobbles. Eze bagged a hat-trick against Tottenham at the Emirates in late November and has done precious little

Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 2 v Arsenal (1) 2 Premier League Matchweek 27 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at Molineux This time there was no positivity from Mikel Arteta. Unlike previous draws recently, Arsenal being held 2-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers was not viewed as one point gained but unequivocally two points dropped. “Extremely disappointed, obviously, with the result, with the way the game ended” admitted the Arsenal manager after his side surrendered a two-goal lead

Arsenal had to beware the yellow peril : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 2 Hugo Bueno 61, Edozie 94 Arsenal (1) 2 Saka 5, Hincapie 58 It was a calamity you just knew was coming. Arsenal, 2-0 up, contrived to surrender two precious points after allowing rock-bottom Wolves to score an injury time equaliser. They flirted with danger after allowing Wolves back into it soon after doubling their lead and it felt almost inevitable that the hosts would

Picture: Wikimedia Commons March 7/8: FA Cup 5th Round Fulham v Southampton Mansfield Town v Arsenal Wrexham v Chelsea West Ham v Brentford Other ties: Port Vale/Bristol City v Sunderland Newcastle v Man City Leeds v Norwich City Wolves v Liverpool Brentford's slender Monday night win at non-league giant killers Macclesfield has earned them a fifth round tie at West Ham - a clash which will leave the winners one game away from a semi-final at Wembley. The teams met in the th

Brentford (0) 1 v Arsenal (0) 1 Premier League Matchweek 26 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium Mikel Arteta admitted that “you have to pray” when you play against Brentford, and he revealed that he informed his players of the need to defend with their lives before securing a 1-1 away draw which keeps Arsenal clear at the top of the Premier League. Two throw-ins produced the two second half goals from two fine headers, with Arsenal scoring on t

Holloway the lads : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Fourth Round Arsenal (4) 4 Madueke 11, Martinelli 18, Hunt og 23, Jesus 27 Wigan Athletic (0) 0 It all felt so low-key - and after all the recent nervous anxiety of chasing Premier League points, that suited the Gunners just fine. Four goals in the opening half an hour put the tie well and truly to bed, meaning no needless excess energy was expended. It felt like a relaxing break from the relentless heavy-duty stuff where vital