She has done really well. Of course she has her super strength -- she's very fast and with that speed she can still create and be controlled and balanced. So she's a really, really good player ... made a great impact for Chelsea and really shown herself in the WSL. So we'll have to look out for her [on Saturday]. We have to find the right ways to stop her.
It was a dire pass out from the back from goalkeeper Anneke Borbe, still filling in for Daphne van Domselaar, who laid the ball off straight to January signing Ellen Wangerheim. It was then too easy for Elisabeth Terland to roll the ball into the bottom left corner. It was only Man United's second real chance of the game and, unlike their previous meetings with Arsenal, Terland made sure their slim chance counted. The visitors only had two more chances on target,
There is no doubt that this mob tonight, Arsenal, have got a really good chance of being there. But I just think because of what PSG did last year, the players that they have, I'm just going to edge it with PSG. But Arsenal won't be far away. Probably Arsenal [to reach the final]. I think with the confidence and the belief that Arsenal have.
Discussing the Guler situation, sources with links to the agents industry suggested that the player was not currently keen on leaving the Bernabeu. However, Arsenal and Chelsea are continuing to monitor the Turkey international as there's some sense that Madrid could cash in for the right price this summer. Arsenal are continuing to monitor Arda Guler, one source said. The challenge would be persuading the player, who is not currently looking to leave Real Madrid.
Declan Rice's thoughts at the end of the goalless, soulless draw against Nottingham Forest mirrored those of every Arsenal fan in the vicinity and beyond. Those in the stands couldn't hear them, nor those on their sofas. But it didn't take an expert lipreader to make out the words, every f**king time. For the second time in two Premier League games, Arsenal have dropped points against sides they really should have beaten,
Some of the richest clubs in women's football saw their revenues increase by 35% last year, with Arsenal generating the largest revenue in Europe for the first time since Deloitte began charting the top earners in the women's game. The north London side had revenues of 25.6m (22.2m), narrowly overtaking Chelsea, thanks largely to their 7m of matchday revenue, which was nearly twice as much as anyone else, boosted by their move to play all of their home league fixtures at the Emirates Stadium.
We always seemed to have it over Arsenal, psychologically as much as anything else, Pulis tells FourFourTwo. Arsene was bemused by the fact that Rory could throw the ball that well, and bemused that we could cause so much trouble by doing that. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. He tried to ban throw-ins, then he complained about the length of the grass on the pitch,
Arsenal have been busy in the transfer market in recent times, bringing in two defenders in Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie last summer. Riccardo Calafiori joined the summer before that, but it seems AFC aren't done yet, with Diomande and Brown set to be targeted. This could point towards players leaving, with Ben White no longer playing regularly and attracting interest from Everton, according to football.london.
Arsenal have approached Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi about a free transfer to the Emirates Stadium in the summer. As first reported in my Daily Briefing exclusive here, Guehi is a target for Manchester City this January, but has not yet made a final decision on a move. The England international has been taking his time over a possible exit this month, and the feeling from my sources in the industry is that he's leaning towards waiting until becoming a free agent in the summer.
And for large portions of Arsenal's 3-2 win at Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg on Wednesday, it certainly was not. But for Mikel Arteta and his players, there was a beauty in the physicality, the remorseless levels of aggression. Arsenal won because of what they did without the ball. Yes, there were nice moments from them in possession, most obviously Martin Zubimendi's goal for 3-1.
