During Covid, when sport was back but behind closed doors, I hosted a number of strange online shows to fill the void of real life. The highlight was chatting to Darren Gough about a lifesize bronze rhinoceros for 45 minutes to 15 small boxes on a Zoom call. I don’t recall who it was for … Read more
Key events 49 min: To a chorus of impatient whistling, Arsenal stroke the ball around, this way and that, 30 yards from the Napoli goal. There’s no way through the defence. Share 47 min: Milinković-Savić has got the mother of all hipster’s beards. He looks like he should be behind the counter at a record … Read more
As Christos Tzolis cut in from the left flank and drove towards the penalty area, Kai Havertz could see history repeating itself. Tzolis had done just the same on his competitive debut for Arsenal against Manchester City in the Community Shield a few weeks earlier, running at his opposition full-back, cutting inside and driving at … Read more
The concourses are silent when, deep in the Emirates Stadium’s bowels, Chief Inspector Pete Dearden’s briefing begins. Arsenal’s 4.30pm kick-off against Chelsea is still hours away but the fixture carries significance as a London derby and because the Premier League champions are hosting a realistic challenger. Dearden is a senior officer in the Metropolitan police’s … Read more
Three league games played, three games won. For Arsenal this season could only have started better if Manchester City, who look like being one of their two most serious challengers, had dropped points. But it’s not just about results: Arsenal have been comfortably the better side in each of those three games, approaching each of … Read more
Arsenal conceded a goal on Sunday. Yes, you read that correctly. After keeping out Coventry City and Aston Villa, the Premier League champions were breached by Chelsea in the second minute of their London derby. The location of Morgan Rogers’ volley was as significant as the fact that it beat Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya. Arsenal’s … Read more
We’re back, baby. So, so back. Well, OK, not exactly back. But back down the time tunnel, for a while at least, as on a powder blue afternoon at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal and Chelsea produced an opening half-hour that felt like a throwback to prime Barclays of the early 2000s. In that period this … Read more
Key events 90 min Four minutes of added time. Share 90 min: Arsenal substitution Noni Madueke replaces the excellently Bukayo Saka. Share 89 min: Fine save by David Raya! Estevao charges inside from the right, lolloping Hincapie into irrelevance, and blasts a rising curler from the edge of the area. Raya leaps to his right … Read more
Watch Arsenal vs Chelsea for free this weekend as both sides put their unbeaten records on the line at the Emirates Stadium. FourFourTwo has all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world. Arsenal vs Chelsea: key information Arsenal are two for two and looking strong as they bid … Read more
Key events Goal! Brighton 0-1 Arsenal (Baum) That is a stunning solo goal from Lisa Baum. Share 8 min: That was a big scare for Arsenal. They regain composure untile Russo slips on the ball. Share 6 min: Big save from Rodriguez after Seike is sent clear on goal after a long pass from Nnadozie … Read more