London: Arsenal wasted a two-goal lead for the second time this week, with a 3-3 draw against Fulham prolonging the team's worst Premier League start under Arsene Wenger. The Gunners appeared to be cruising when Olivier Giroud headed them in front and Lukas Podolski fired in another in the 23rd minute. Arsenal shot into the lead through Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski efforts though were pegged back by Dimitar Berbatov...
11:08 PM, Nov 10, 2012
London: Enjoying his most prolific spell in English football, Luis Suarez will look to wreak further havoc on Chelsea's creaking defense this weekend to reinvigorate Liverpool's stuttering Premier League campaign. The Uruguay striker has seven goals - more than half of Liverpool's total - in the league, with his effervescent form prompting manager Brendan Rodgers to compare him to Barcelona star Lionel Messi. "His cleverness and movement really is world...
12:11 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Gelsenkirchens: Schalke fought back from a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Tuesday and stay top of Group B in the Champions League. Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud scored inside the first 30 minutes to put Arsenal ahead. But a goal from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in first-half injury time and another from Jefferson Farfan after the break completed the comeback by the German club. "At 2-0 you...
02:50 AM, Nov 07, 2012
In fairness, the performance was closer to 2-8 than 1-2. The final scoreline flattered Arsenal, indicating a balanced match perhaps decided by a moment of ...
07:08 PM, Nov 05, 2012
London: Already well off the pace in the Premier League, Arsenal could also find themselves in trouble in the Champions League if Schalke beat the English team for the second time in two weeks on Tuesday. Arsenal's miserable recent run of form included a 2-0 loss to Schalke at Emirates Stadium, leaving the German side top of Group B after three games. If Arsene Wenger's men lose again at the...
04:48 PM, Nov 05, 2012
London: A return to the scene of their heaviest defeat since the 19th century seems to be the last thing a stuttering Arsenal side needs on Saturday. So manager Arsene Wenger is trying to ensure the Gunners don't dwell on last season's 8-2 thumping at Manchester United ahead of Saturday's return to Old Trafford. "On the day I think the result was down to special circumstances," Wenger said about the...
11:32 AM, Nov 02, 2012
London: Arsenal staged a stunning League Cup fightback at Reading after trailing 4-0 in the first half on Tuesday, advancing to the quarter-finals with a 7-5 extra-time victory after Theo Walcott scored a hat trick. Walcott netted in injury time in both halves and then in the last minute of extra time as well in a game that always seemed to offer up a new twist. "It was an unbelievable...
08:43 AM, Oct 31, 2012
London: Mikel Arteta halted Arsenal's slump Saturday by producing a late winner against 10-man Queens Park Rangers, clinching a 1-0 victory in the Premier League despite another unconvincing performance from the hosts. Arteta's winner " four minutes after QPR defender Stephane M'Bia was sent off in the 80th minute " lifted some of the gloom at the Emirates Stadium after successive losses in the league and Champions League. Olivier Giroud's...
10:15 PM, Oct 27, 2012
London: For Arsenal it seemed their chickens came home to roost as their proud record of never having lost to foreign opposition at the Emirates Stadium ended with a whimper on Wednesday. Their 2-0 defeat by Schalke 04 may not prove terminal to their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League but the manner of it left a pall of gloom hanging over the under-achieving north London...
06:35 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Paris: European football's big reputations counted for nothing on Wednesday as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester City and Arsenal all lost in the Champions League, while Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb. Nine-time European champions Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund; seven-time champions Milan's woeful season continued with a 1-0 loss at Malaga, while City blew a 1-0 lead on the way to a...
11:12 AM, Oct 25, 2012
London: Netherlands internationals Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay scored late goals as Schalke outclassed Arsenal to win 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, lifting the team above the English side to the top of Group B. The German visitors had wasted a string of good openings by the time Huntelaar put them in front with a low drive in the 76th minute, his ninth goal of the season for...
01:21 AM, Oct 25, 2012
London: After one of its worst displays in years, Arsenal will be hoping to get back on track against Schalke in the Champions League on Wednesday to ensure the early-season optimism at the club doesn't disappear. Saturday's lackluster 1-0 loss to Norwich dropped Arsenal to ninth in the English standings, with even manager Arsene Wenger acknowledging the performance was a "shock to the system." However, the team remains in a...
05:05 PM, Oct 23, 2012
London: Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere returned to their squad at Norwich City on Saturday but manager Arsene Wenger opted against bringing him off the bench in the 1-0 Premier League defeat. Wilshere, tipped as England's big hope before an ankle injury ruled him out for 14 months, is on the verge of a return after his career was put on hold. "We have to be conscious he has not played...
11:09 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Norwich: Arsenal fell to a surprise 1-0 loss at Norwich on Saturday as the hosts picked up their first Premier League win of the season. Arsene Wenger's team now trails leaders Chelsea by 10 points, after Norwich captain Grant Holt capitalized on goalkeeper Vito Mannone's error in the 19th minute. Mannone spilled a long-range shot by Alex Tettey and Holt was first to the loose ball to score for the...
12:28 AM, Oct 21, 2012
London: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said English soccer's campaign against racism should be widened to include other insults. Reacting to questions in the light of John Terry's four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand and the ugly events during and after England's under-21 match in Serbia on Tuesday, Wenger said skin colour was not the only issue. "It is not only racism, black and white, it is against all kinds...
10:14 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Madrid: Santi Cazorla believes he has taken a step forward in his career by leaving La Liga to join English Premier League club Arsenal and that he is perhaps more valued as a player there than in Spain. The 27-year-old attacking midfielder, who moved to London from Malaga in August, has made nine appearances and scored two goals at his new club and feels he is settling in well. "It...
06:58 PM, Oct 10, 2012
London: France striker Olivier Giroud scored his first Premier League goal as Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. After their unbeaten start to the season was ended by Chelsea last weekend, the Gunners showed great character at Upton Park to recover from conceding an early goal to Mohamed Diame. Giroud, who joined in the offseason from Montpellier, netted from close range...
04:31 AM, Oct 07, 2012
