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Jol – We must stop Van Persie
Fulham’s boss Martin Jol seems to think that a top priority for Fulham this weekend is to annihilate Robin Van Persie completely and stop him from scoring. The Dutch manager thinks that this is the key to get a good result out of the match against …
Is Wenger right to defend Per Mertesacker?
The new Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker started off looking very slow for the pace of the Premiership, but he seemed to settle into a solid defensive partnership with Laurent Koscielny after a while and started being accepted by Arsenal Fans. But yest…
Vieira – Arsenal play the best football, but can’t handle pressure
The Man City midfielder Patrick Vieira, who was a legend for Arsenal fans in the glory days of the first half of the last decade, has been talking about the difference between today’s team and the team that he played in, and basically he said tha…
Wenger – We can defend when we have to…
Arsene Wenger is well aware that Arsenal only need a draw with Barcelona to go through to the next round of the Champions League, so he could defend and play for a 0-0 draw, but he also knows it is an “unrealistic” scoreline considering the…
Wenger – Wolves forced us to defend and deserve credit
The Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was pleased that his team managed to bounce back after two defeats in a row, but he had to admit that Wolves made it hard for them and forced the Gunners to defend as they were desperate to hold on to their early one-goa…
How much longer can Wenger defend Almunia?
There were many bad performances to complain about yesterday in Arsenal’s defeat to West Brom, but when Arsenal went two down thanks to a schoolboy error from Manuel Almunia, there was immediately a mountain to climb.
And then the third goal look…
Lampard – It’s harder to defend a title than win it!
The Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says that the team’s aims are the same as every other season, but thinks it will be more difficult to win the title again this year, as everyone will be desperate to beat them!
He said: “The expectations remain the same.
“You know when you are going into a new campaign with [...]