Tag: Gunners

Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’
25 April 2025 Off

Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’

By Total Football News

The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war.

Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

DR Congo also accuses Rwanda of illegally exploiting its mineral

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Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Bukayo Saka scores seven minutes into return from injury in Gunners win
1 April 2025 Off

Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Bukayo Saka scores seven minutes into return from injury in Gunners win

By Total Football News

Bukayo Saka scored just seven minutes into his return after 101 days out injured to help Arsenal beat Fulham at Emirates Stadium.

The England forward came off the bench in the second half, with the score at 1-0, and showed Arsenal what they have missed during his absence, heading in Gabriel Martinelli’s flick at the far post on 73 minutes.

Mikel Merino had given the Gunners the lead in the

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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal: Gunners can’t find way past Forest
26 February 2025 Off

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal: Gunners can’t find way past Forest

By Total Football News

Arsenal’s slim title hopes faded further after a frustrating stalemate at Nottingham Forest.

The goalless draw at the City Ground meant the Gunners failed to close the gap on leaders Liverpool, who now look like making the run-in a title procession.

If that is the case, the last few days will be viewed as a sliding doors moment in Arsenal’s season following their home defeat to West Ham and dropped

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Arsenal 0-1 West Ham: Jarrod Bowen strike dents Gunners’ title hopes
22 February 2025 Off

Arsenal 0-1 West Ham: Jarrod Bowen strike dents Gunners’ title hopes

By Total Football News

Arsenal missed the chance to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as West Ham ended a four-match winless run with a stunning victory at Emirates Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen got the winner against a Gunners side who later had Myles Lewis-Skelly sent off.

Victory would have moved Arsenal to within five points of Arne Slot’s team, who visit champions Manchester City on Sunday, but they struggled badly against a

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Arsenal 5-1 Man City: ‘Tenacity, endeavour, composure’ – how did Gunners clinch statement win?
3 February 2025 Off

Arsenal 5-1 Man City: ‘Tenacity, endeavour, composure’ – how did Gunners clinch statement win?

By Total Football News

Every aspect of Arsenal’s defensive work against City was brilliant.

They took risks at the right time with their high press, and got their reward with their first goal – then the same approach almost brought them another one soon afterwards too.

On both occasions, City obviously made mistakes playing out, but you have got to have the bravery to go after them and make them try to take risks,

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Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Gunners narrow gap on Liverpool with derby win
16 January 2025 Off

Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Gunners narrow gap on Liverpool with derby win

By Total Football News

Goalkeeper Kinsky has made an impressive start since joining Spurs in a £12.5m deal from Slavia Prague.

He delivered a confident performance on his debut in the EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool, and was then one of Spurs’ more creditable performers as they eventually found the path to victory at National League Tamworth in the FA Cup third round.

Here, in the hothouse of a north London derby, life got

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Arsenal vs Tottenham: Why is frustration growing at Mikel Arteta’s Gunners?
15 January 2025 Off

Arsenal vs Tottenham: Why is frustration growing at Mikel Arteta’s Gunners?

By Total Football News

BBC Sport’s Arsenal correspondent, Alex Howell:

It is not in question that Mikel Arteta has transformed Arsenal since taking over as manager in 2019.

That progress had renewed optimism in north London and, after pushing Manchester City to the final day of the Premier League season in the last campaign, many thought this would be the year that Arsenal finally lifted silverware.

But on Sunday there was a unique atmosphere

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Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners drop points as Joao Pedro takes advantage of William Saliba freak foul
5 January 2025 Off

Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners drop points as Joao Pedro takes advantage of William Saliba freak foul

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Arteta had to rotate his squad, with Kai Havertz missing through illness and captain Martin Odegaard also suffering and only well enough for substitute duty.

The Gunners are already trying to deal with the loss of Bukayo Saka who is out of action with a serious hamstring injury, yet they had by far the better of the opening stages of this game.

The main criticism will be that

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Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest: Saka stars as Gunners end winless run
23 November 2024 Off

Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest: Saka stars as Gunners end winless run

By Total Football News

Arsenal got their title challenge back on track by beating Nottingham Forest to secure a first win in five Premier League matches.

The Gunners’ form has dipped in recent weeks amid a tough fixture schedule and a number of injuries, which meant Mikel Arteta’s side were nine points behind leaders Liverpool before kick-off on Saturday.

Arsenal dominated from the outset at Emirates Stadium and Bukayo Saka gave them the lead

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Arsenal v Liverpool: Mikel Arteta says Gunners ‘don’t feel sorry for ourselves’
25 October 2024 Off

Arsenal v Liverpool: Mikel Arteta says Gunners ‘don’t feel sorry for ourselves’

By Total Football News

Mikel Arteta has said that he and his Arsenal players “do not feel sorry for ourselves” despite injuries to a number of key players before the Premier League match against title challengers Liverpool on Sunday.

The Gunners are already without captain Martin Odegaard, who has missed the past nine games after picking up an injury for Norway in the September international break, and winger Bukayo Saka, who limped out of

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