THE futures of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez have been the key talking points dominating Arsenal’s preparations for the 2017/18 season. Both are entering the final year of their contracts at the Emirates and speculation is rife over whether they will still be at the club once the transfer deadline has passed. Manager Arsene Wenger […]
THE thing about the Community Shield is that everybody knows it doesn’t really matter. Nobody, except for Jose Mourinho, tends to list it among their own personal roll of honours. It’s just that for this one day at least, we’re all supposed to pretend it matters to some extent. As a manager, you’re not supposed […]
ANTONIO CONTE has been forced to defend his decision to pick Thibaut Courtois as one of Chelsea’s penalty takers. The keeper took Blues’ second penalty but ballooned his strike hopelessly over the bar as his side missed out on their first silverware of the season. Arsenal scored late to take the game to penalties before […]
THIBAUT COURTOIS and Alvaro Morata both missed penalties as Arsenal won the Community Shield in a shoot-out following a 1-1 draw at Wembley. Using the new ABBA system of taking spot-kicks, Arsenal triumphed 4-1 with Theo Walcott, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud all on target. Gary Cahill was the only scorer for Chelsea […]
ARSENAL may have beaten Chelsea in the Community Shield, but it was the ABBA penalty system that left fans talking. After the match finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, the match went to a penalty shootout, with supporters slating the new system in place. Instead of both teams taking a spot-kick one by one, the shootout […]