Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s goal against Cardiff City in Arsenal’s 3-2 victory on Sunday ended the hitman’s 76-goal run of scoring inside the box, and was his first long-range goal for 30 months.
Before slamming past Neil Etheridge after being picked out by Alexandre Lacazette in the 62nd minute of the Gunners’ Premier League victory, the forward’s last 76 goals had been from inside the box.
Ahead of Sunday’s clash, Auba’s last goal from outside the box came in action for Borussia Dortmund, when…
Unai Emery picked up his first win as Arsenal manager as his side spluttered past West Ham at The Emirates.
Unai Emery recorded his first win as Arsenal manager as the Gunners eventually beat a stubborn West Ham side 3-1.
Arsenal initially …
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Arsenal’s Unai Emery admits that after the club lost their first two games of the season against Chelsea and Manchester City, their match over West Ham will be tougher than people are assuming.
The FC crew answer your tweets on Man United, Sadio Mane’s rank among the Prem’s top players and Usain Bolt’s chances of becoming a professional footballer.
LONDON — Arsenal coach Unai Emery has told striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang not to allow his goalless start to the season to affect his confidence.
Aubameyang missed a great opportunity to open his account against Chelsea last weekend, but Emery urged him to put that to the back of his mind against West Ham on Saturday.
“Aubameyang needs to find the confidence, then to score,” the coach said. “I know a lot of strikers in my career and it’s about the moment — they need the moment, and he’s the…
Arsenal’s Unai Emery admits that after the club lost their first two games of the season against Chelsea and Manchester City, their match over West Ham will be tougher than people are assuming.
The guys respond to your tweets about Mkhitaryan’s role with Arsenal, Jorginho’s performance, Sokratis, Unai Emery and the Man City documentary.
Craig Burley and Paul Mariner don’t hold back on their criticism of Mesut Ozil and question how Unai Emery will handle his involvement in the squad.
LONDON — Arsenal boss Unai Emery is confident that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s scoring form will return soon, as long as his teammates continue creating chances.
Arsenal’s record £57 million signing was guilty of a glaring miss in the first half against Chelsea last weekend when he fired over the bar with the goal at his mercy. Moments later, Chelsea made it 2-0 and the Gunners went on to lose 3-2 for their second straight defeat to start the Premier League season.
The Gunners now badly need…
Marcos Alonso scored the winner for Chelsea in a back-and-forth London derby against Arsenal, who paid the price for their missed chances.
English Premier League: Marcos Alonso (81′) Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal
English Premier League: Alex Iwobi (41′) Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
English Premier League: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (37′) Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
English Premier League: Alvaro Morata (20′) Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
English Premier League: Pedro (9′) Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal made it two defeats from two games under Unai Emery as they fought back from 2-0 down only to lose 3-2 away at Chelsea on Saturday.
Emery’s men were guilty of a shocking performance at both ends of the pitch in the opening 20 minutes as they missed a succession of excellent chances and conceded two bad goals, to Pedro and Alvaro Morata.
The sense this was a match featuring two teams who don’t quite have a grasp of their new managers’ intentions increased when Arsenal suddenly fought back…
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley details the expectations for new managers Maurizio Sarri and Unai Emery ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal’s match this weekend.
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has called for Mesut Ozil to rise above the criticism following a difficult summer for the German playmaker.
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright believes Unai Emery needs two years at Arsenal to bring his own players to the club before being judged.
LONDON — Unai Emery has no doubts that Arsenal strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette can co-exist on the pitch, even though he opted to start the latter on the bench in the season opener.
Emery faces a quandary when it comes to making the most of his attacking options as he has two two strikers in Lacazette and Aubameyang and two quality playmakers in Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
In Sunday’s loss to Manchester City, Lacazette was sacrificed in favour of a 4-3-3 formation…
Following Arsenal’s Premier League opener, the FC crew assess Unai Emery’s tactics, including the decision to include teenager Matteo Guendouzi.
Craig Burley and Paul Mariner believe Arsenal will have to be judged against the rest of the Prem because the gulf in quality against Man City was too great.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is hoping to bring “one or more trophies” to the Emirates this season.
Aubameyang, 29, had an instant impact on the Gunners after joining last January for a club-record €63 million fee from Borussia Dortmund, netting nine goals and giving four assists in 12 Premier League matches last campaign.
The pacy Gabon international had been prolific in his four-and-a-half seasons in Germany, scoring 141 goals in 213 matches, and told ESPN that he’s…
The ESPN FC crew answer your tweets on Mikel Arteta’s chances of replacing Arsene Wenger, contract extensions for Bayern’s veteran players and more.
Arsenal may have finished in sixth place, some 37 points shy of centurions Manchester City, but there is still a lot that is appealing about the job of succeeding Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners have a fantastic stadium, a superb infrastructure and a talented if under-performing squad. Crucially, whoever takes over will also be afforded the opportunity to work with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The former Borussia Dortmund man has hit the ground running at Arsenal, and will be gearing up to make a major…
Arsene Wenger picked up three points in his 1,235th and final game in charge of Arsenal, a nervy 1-0 win at Huddersfield.
Arsene Wenger signed off as Arsenal manager with a 1-0 Premier League victory over Huddersfield on Sunday. Remarkably, these were the first Premier League points the Gunners have picked up on their travels since the turn of the year.
It was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who scored the final goal of Wenger’s reign, latching on to an Aaron Ramsey cross to poke home the winner.
Positives
Whoever takes over from Wenger inherits a fantastic striker in Aubameyang. Despite only making 13 Premier League…
Arsenal remain without a single point away from home in 2018 after late goals from Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez gave Leicester the win.
English Premier League: Konstantinos Mavropanos red card (15′) Leicester 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal’s woeful away run extended to seven consecutive defeats in the league as Arsene Wenger’s penultimate match ended in a 3-1 loss at Leicester City.
Kelechi Iheanacho put Leicester in front after just 14 minutes and things got worse for Arsenal inside 60 seconds when Konstantinos Mavropanos was rather harshly red carded for a professional foul.
Arsenal were completely overrun as Leicester surged forward in the first half but despite having 10 men they struck back on 53 minutes when Pierre-Emerick…