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

Premier League Arsenal (0) 2 Johnstone og 70, Mosquera og 90+4 Wolverhampton Ws (0) 1 Arokodare 90 For the second week running, Arsenal shipped a last minute goal which looked certain to see them squander vital points - and did it against the one team who should not have had a prayer against them. Rock-bottom Wolves - without a win all season and only two measly draws to set alongside defeat after defeat should have been easy fodder. They had only scored once away from home t

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Louis II, Montecarlo Champions League, Matchday 6 Monaco 1-0 Galatasaray Goal : Balogun 68' Mikel Arteta must have tapped himself on the shoulder in self-congratulatory mode and shouted "Muy bien, Mikel' to himself if he happened to watch Folarin Balogun's avalanche of missed chances against Galatasaray from his Brugge hotel yesterday night. And watching the scoreboard should not deceive anyone here! Balogun may have displayed his more opportu

Lunchtime booking : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Aston Villa (1) 2 Cash 36, Buendia 90+5 Arsenal (0) 1 Trossard 52 Arsenal were stunned by a 95th minute strike which brought their 18-game unbeaten run to a juddering end. The goal from Villa sub Emi Buendia came after an almighty goalmouth scramble and came so late on in injury time that there was no time to restart. It was a bitter blow for the Gunners, who had shrugged off a disappointing first half to get themselves

Hey Noni, Noni : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (1) 2 Merino 11, Saka 91 Brentford (0) 0 It was gritty rather than spectacular - but will do just fine as far as Arsenal are concerned. Successful seasons are built around games like these. Brentford made it tough work but in the end, it was a case of another day, another Mikel Merino header - plus a Bukayo Saka coup de grace to complete the job. Merino just loves this false nine role and his licence to drift in on