Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud’s magnificent volley against Crystal Palace was not just vital in the context of the game, but also the player’s season, Arsene Wenger has claimed.
An own-goal from Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney was the difference as Arsenal picked up a 2-1 win, their first victory of the new Premier League season, in a highly entertaining London derby at Selhurst Park.
Brendan Rodgers’s side have registered consecutive 1-0 wins over Stoke City and Bournemouth in their first two league fixtures of the 2015/16 league campaign and will be up against Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in their next outing. He’s great...
Damien Delaney’s own goal allowed Arsenal to belatedly kickstart their Premier League season with a 2-1 away victory in the London derby against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
It remains to be seen whether Arsenal will be prepared to allow Campbell to head out on yet another loan spell, but the Costa Rica worldwide looks unlikely to play on a regular basis at the Emirates Stadium this term.
Defender Per Mertesacker has revealed how clear-the-air talks helped Arsenal kick-start their Barclays Premier League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace.
This will be his third season as a Norwich player and being back on the Premier League stage could see him make England’s Euro 2016 squad if he has a good year.
Signing a new deal before he was sent on loan to Villarreal in January was perhaps a sign that the door wasn’t being closed completely on Joel Campbell’s Arsenal future.
If not, I said, “My predictions: Welbeck still out, Wilshere still out but close, Rosicky obviously still out, hopefully no ill-effects from the game against Palace last week”.
Lallana expects Liverpool to benefit from a full week of preparation between its win over Bournemouth and the Arsenal game Monday at the Emirates Stadium.