So far this Arsenal have won all their home games and lost both their away matches without scoring and given their record at Stamford Bridge this looked a home banker, but we were about to see a very different Arsenal. Antonio Conte went with tried and tested with the recovering Hazard kept on the bench, […]
Category: Match Reports- Premier League 17/18
My Match Reports from the Premier League season 2017/18
Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: It’s grim up North London
It’s Groundhog Day at Arsenal, after the usual loss at Stoke came the gutless first visit to a top 6 rival. The build up was dominated by two selection shocks, Liverpool dropping of keeper Simon Mignolet and Arsenals’s of record signing Alexandre Lacazette. The early skirmishes saw Arsenal struggle to cope with Liverpool’s pace and […]
Man City 1-1 Everton: Rooney makes his point
The first Monday Night Game of the season started with fireworks before kick off leading to a hazy smog around the Etihad Stadium. But the expected fireworks on the pitch gave way to a tactical chess match between ex Barca teammates Guardiola & Koeman, City as expected dominated possession with Guardiola bravely opting for Leroy Sane […]
Match Report: Newcastle 0-2 Tottenham
Newcastle’s relegation day 15 months ago was one of the oddest I can remember. With their demise already confirmed the Toon Army showed up for a party confident in the knowledge that in Rafa Benitez they had the man to take them straight back up and had he taken over from the hapless Steve McClaren […]