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Joined May 2016
Arsenal playing like champions. Not at their best, not the best team to watch, but get it done. Third game in a row where a sub has scored off the bench. 18 league wins by a one-goal margin since the start of last season, two more than any team in Europe’s major leagues. #afc
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Magic Madueke moment again a week later. Say what you want about his consistency and output, but he constantly takes players on and makes things happen, epitomised by that goal. #afc
Impressed by Noni Madueke at left wing. Top for chances created for Arsenal this afternoon, and completed five out of his six crosses. He was the only Arsenal attacker on the pitch to complete at least one cross. After being left out by England, that's a boost for him. #afc
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Now six consecutive games in the Premier League and Champions League without an Arsenal goal in the first half. #afc
Excluding the Carabao Cup, a fifth straight game where Arsenal have failed to score in the first half. #afc
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EXCL: Sat down for a chat with Brentford’s Mamadou Sangare this week. Big clubs wanted him this summer - but he reveals how one presentation by Brentford convinced him. For him, Europe isn’t enough. “Why can’t we get top four, top two?” #BrentfordFC skysports.com/football/news/…
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Arsenal put in a proper performance after half-time. Between minutes 46 and 64, Lille just had one touch in the Arsenal HALF. Twenty minutes of pure pressure, that seven-minute onslaught was coming. Nine straight Champions League games without conceding from open play for #afc.
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Second game in a row where Arsenal score before a response-searching triple substitution. Second game in a row where one of those triple subs finds the net. Second Half FC? Yes. But best subs bench in the world? Right now, definitely. #afc
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Excluding the Carabao Cup, a fifth straight game where Arsenal have failed to score in the first half. #afc
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Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard benched seems like the right call. Both looked below par on Saturday against Leeds having played a lot over the international break. Intrigued to see Mikel Merino in the Martin Odegaard role as a starter, having had so much joy as a sub. #afc
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One of the so-called criticisms of Declan Rice has been sideways and backwards passes. This season, there a bit more bite from him from open play. A deeper position contributes to this data, but his forward passing numbers are up too. #afc More here: skysports.com/football/news/…
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No Martin Zubimendi or Piero Hincapie in Arsenal open training this afternoon after both appeared to suffer knocks in the warm-down after Leeds game. #afc
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"You are not a lighthouse anymore," said Mikel Arteta to Declan Rice. So what is the Arsenal midfielder now? How Rice's passing game has gone through the roof. Much more active in the final third + number of backwards passes down by 50 per cent. #afc skysports.com/football/news/…
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Impressed by Noni Madueke at left wing. Top for chances created for Arsenal this afternoon, and completed five out of his six crosses. He was the only Arsenal attacker on the pitch to complete at least one cross. After being left out by England, that's a boost for him. #afc
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Leeds the better team in that first half. Less possession but more chances and threat. Saka and Odegaard poor on the ball. Madueke frustrating at times - but has created the two big chances for Havertz. Konsa and White have won 13 out of the 17 duels between them. #afc
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Arsenal warming up in shape, with Madueke on the left. #afc
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Worth remembering that Noni Madueke started the 5-0 win over Leeds last season on the left wing. Also was Arsenal's best player in the 4-0 away win at Elland Road when he replaced Bukayo Saka in the warm-up. #afc
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Glorious sunshine for the Premier League’s return. Arsenal vs Leeds. Potentially tricky one for the champions given the Whites’ start to the season. Was Brighton just a blip? We’ll find out today… Here with @ZinnyBoswell on the blog: skysports.com/football/arsen… #afc
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A special Sky Sports podcast on Mikel Arteta's new Arsenal contract until 2030. Joined @gary_cotterill, @nicholaspwright and @ronnabe to discuss what the Arsenal manager has to achieve before then, including a potential rebuild... #afc youtu.be/2qZJ5Xioi7A?si=yW2k… via @YouTube
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Mikel Arteta's new contract will see him take this Arsenal team to the end of its cycle. Come 2030, here are the ages of five very key players to this project: Gabriel 32, Odegaard 31, Rice 31, Havertz 31, Raya 35. Will he stay for a rebuild? #afc skysports.com/football/news/…
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Arrived at Wembley for England vs Czech Republic. Harry Kane in line to make record-equalling 125th cap, surely now closing in on England’s greatest ever player. Eberechi Eze, Myles Lewis-Skelly also start, with Bukayo Saka on the bench. #england
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