9 HRS AGO - Nketiah sent off 10.44pm BST “We started the game very well but then for about 15-20 minutes the game became a little bit basketball. There was too much space and we didn’t quite press it well enough. We just needed to come together and reinforce a couple of items without the ball. I thought we were outstanding in the second half. much quicker with the ball and connected our play well. I thought we were the better team even when it was 11 v 11. ... We got a deserved goal and if we’d made the final pass a little cleaner, we could have gone on and won the game. But we’ll take a point, it could be a very important one.” 10.41pm BST “I’m extremely proud of our team and the way we played against this type of opposition. How dominate we were. In the first half clearly we should have gone 3-0 or 4-0 up and kill the game... We have to learn that when we play agianst this type of opposition, you have to kill them.Arteta also says that an unspecified Leicester player should have been sent off Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Talks continue with midfielder’s parent club Real MadridFurther loan agreement or player swaps are a possibility Mikel Arteta has said he would like to keep Dani Ceballos at Arsenal beyond this season and that talks are continuing with the midfielder’s parent club, Real Madrid, about a deal.Ceballos has shaken off a mixed start to his loan in north London, which included two months out with a muscle problem, to play an important role in the side’s recent revival. He scored a late winner in the FA Cup quarter-final at Sheffield United last week and his run of form has coincided with Arsenal winning four matches in a row for the first time in 2019-20. Arteta had urged him in January to “take a step forwards” and now appears convinced of his longer-term potential. Related: Mikel Arteta fires warning over bows of Matteo Guendouzi and Mesut Özil Continue reading... Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Bukayo Saka scored his first Premier League goal as Arsenal maintained their upward momentum at the expense of Wolves 7.43pm BST Paul Doyle was at Molineux to see Arsenal continue their late dash for European qualification. Here’s his report. Click and enjoy ... and thanks for reading this MBM. Stay healthy, everyone. Related: Bukayo Saka hooks home to reel in Wolves and cast new hope for Arsenal 7.41pm BST Nuno Espirito Santo is philosophical in defeat. “The first half was balanced, there were not too many chances, with the exception of one moment when we lost a bit of focus and Arsenal scored. In the second half we started better, with more pressing, creating chances. But as the game goes by, Arsenal became dangerous on the counter attack. It was not one of our best games, but the work was there, and let’s go for the next one. Mistakes happen, we have to solve it. We have to bounce back and reinvent ourselves. Back to our clean sheet and our process!” 7.37pm BST Bukayo Saka, who Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - Manager outlines standards Arsenal players have to meet‘They must be 100% committed to our culture’Mikel Arteta has outlined the standards Matteo Guendouzi, Mesut Özil and any other wayward Arsenal players have to meet if they are going to play long-term roles under his management, reminding them that they must be “100% committed to our culture”.Guendouzi has missed the past three matches through what Arteta has termed “internal issues”, and the head coach warned that “some things have to change, and nothing has changed” when asked about his player after Wednesday’s win over Norwich. Özil has missed out since the top flight’s resumption through, variously, Arteta’s volition and a mystery knee injury. Questioned about their absences last week, Arteta explained anyone who wanted to “jump on the boat” would be welcome to work under him and he elaborated on the maritime metaphor before Saturday’s crucial match at Wolves. Related: Can Manchester United sustain revival under Ole Gunnar Collapse

6 DAYS AGO - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang accepted two gifts, while Granit Xhaka and Cedric Soares also scored in Arsenal's comfortable 4-0 win over Norwich 8.06pm BST I shall leave you, now, with Barney Ronay’s match report from the Emirates. Thanks for joining me today! Related: Aubameyang doubles up for Arsenal to push Norwich closer to drop 8.04pm BST Aubameyang speaks! “Really proud [of his goal return] but first of all I’m really proud of the team, we deserved to win and did a great job. My performance was I think good and I’m always happy to help the team win.”Will he sign a new deal? 8.02pm BST Other scoresEverton 2-1 Leicester 7.59pm BST “I am very happy to see my team, Arsenal, do a good job today,” writes Paul Chintingiza, in Mozambique. Great to hear from you Paul and thanks for your company – we don’t often hear from readers in Mozambique. 7.56pm BST Arsenal are seventh – for now, because Spurs and Sheffield United have games in hand – and six points behind Wolves & Manchester Collapse

6 DAYS AGO - Let’s hope the league game between Arsenal and Norwich this week is half as eventful as their match at Highbury in 1989 By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports BlogFreedom, joy and love may have been filling the air as the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, but there was not much of this goodwill in evidence on English football pitches. Players brawled at a League Cup game between Wimbledon and West Ham, and a league match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham. Paul McGrath was fined £8,500 for criticising his former manager Alex Ferguson in a newspaper article. York manager John Bird was arrested after a confrontation with Scarborough boss Ray McHale.And, before all that, a league game between Arsenal and Norwich at Highbury on 4 November 1989 ended with police on the pitch. The afternoon had begun with the players of both clubs applauding David O’Leary on to the pitch. Collecting a commemorative vase and a shirt with No 622 on the back, O’Leary acknowledged the adulation of the players Collapse

7 DAYS AGO - I managed to see the Sheffield game and the City one, but didn’t see the Brighton game. I look at the team and currently feel contrasting emotions. It still feels like something is missing but at the same time I feel we don’t look far away either. Maybe a couple of vital cogs in the […] Collapse

28/06/2020 - The substitute Dani Ceballos scored a dramatic injury-time winner to shatter Sheffield United and put Arsenal through to the FA Cup semi-finals 3.01pm BST Related: Leicester v Chelsea: FA Cup quarter-final – live! 2.59pm BST Peep peep! Arsenal are into the semi-finals of the FA Cup after a hard-fought victory at Bramall Lane. Dani Ceballos scored a dramatic injury-time goal at a time when Sheffield United looked the likelier winners, and Mikel Arteta’s side will join Manchester United in the last four. 2.55pm BST 90+3 min An Arsenal change: Sokratis replaces Pepe. 2.55pm BST Sheffield United have been mugged. Arsenal broke threee on three before Pepe was well tackled by Stevens in the area. Ceballos picked up the loose ball, danced past Stevens and slid the ball under Henderson from a tight angle. That wasn’t great keeping from Henderson, who left a pretty big gap at the near post. 2.54pm BST And now it looks like Arsenal have won it! 2.53pm BST 90 min United are pushing for a Collapse

26/06/2020 - So, we got a win – a welcome one too! We had some good movement around the park and created good chances although our goals were (s)crappy at best… A) Things we noticed ……… 1) We set up as a 3-4-3, which may be a temporary set up due to the limited availability of players […] Collapse