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It was by no means a pushover for Arsenal in yesterday’s 1-0 win over Stoke, mostly thanks to some brilliant goalkeeping by Asmir Begovic, but Arsene Wenger is convinced that overall Arsenal deserved the three points against a typically aggressive visitor.

Wenger insisted after the game: “They made it difficult for us, they were well organised, defended very deeply and we didn’t find the space but kept going. We were a bit lucky on the goal but overall we deserve this win. We had chances, their keeper made some saves. We played in one half in the second half especially and overall we deserved to win the game.” .......Read the full article here

Wigan 0 – 1 Arsenal. A gritty win that will be vital at the end of the season by KJ

Montpellier Analysis and Aftermath: by SV

So, that’s three points on the board for the Arsenal then. Not the cleanest of wins by any means but a win is a win nonetheless. There were ample positives and negatives to be taken from the game, but I’ll start with the former. .......Read the full article here

This has been one of the most rollercoaster seasons I have ever known, and for Arsenal it has been even more up-and-down than for other clubs. The depths of anguish at the beginning of the season when Arsenal were as low as 17th after gaining just 7 points from their first 7 games made it look like the season was over before it had begun, but Arsene Wenger dragged the team back up the table.

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Arsene Wenger was well aware that his Arsenal team were given a very difficult game by Aston Villa last night, and it was only a goal from substitute Yossi Benayoun that sealed the points three minutes from time, but Wenger was pleased that the squad kept fighting right up to the end.

“Villa were dangerous but first I must say two things. We had two difficult away games where we had to give absolutely everything just over Christmas, physically. In the first half we controlled the game quite well and in the second half when they came back to 1-1 we had quite a difficult period. Then we stabilised the game and in the last 15 minutes you could feel we were on top again. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal may have lost their place at the top of the Premiership table to Man Utd on Monday, but both Andrei Arshavin and Wojciech Szczesny believe that it should have ended as a stalemate draw.

They both think that the winning goal by Ji-Sung Park was nothing but a lucky bounce off his head that spun past the young Pole.

Arshavin said: “I think United were more fortunate, whereas we were unable to create anything special or dangerous in front of goal,”

“Marouane Chamakh had a chance to score, but Nemanja Vidic managed to stop the ball with some cat-like jump. .......Read the full article here

The little Russian striker Andrei Arshavin has been musing on the strange game at Sunderland on Saturday, and says that although the Arsenal fans won’t be happy with the final result, they should “understand that our victories are ahead”.

“Today we had, as expected, a difficult match.” he said. “Our opponent played well, but I think our defence courageously coped with their attacks and pressure at our gate.

“It was especially hard for the guys after Song was sent off the pitch. On the one hand, we can say that luck was on our side at the very beginning of the game – we scored. On the other hand, it turned away from us later – we didn’t manage to score a penalty and missed an unfortunate goal at the very end. It was a very unpleasant moment. .......Read the full article here

All the Arsenal faithful were extremely worried about Abou Diaby when they saw the diabolical tackle from Bolton’s Paul Robinson last weekend, but he has now confirmed that he should be okay after missing just a couple of games for the Gunners.

“I will miss our first game in the Champions League but to be honest I am lucky to only miss two or three games, I really thought I would be out for a long time,” Diaby said.

“Bolton is a very physical team and to be honest the tackle was a strong one, but it is Premier League football, people are committed, so it is fine for me. .......Read the full article here