Arsenal’s recent poor run against Manchester United came to an end, thanks to Aaron Ramsey’s cool finish.
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Arsenal 1-0 Manchester United: second half Ramsey goal gives Arsenal the points
Champions League chalkboards, matchday three
A new feature on ZM for Champions League weeks.
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Arsenal 5-1 Shakhtar: stalemate turns into a rout
Arsenal started slowly but ended up thrashing a Shakhtar Donetsk side who offered no attacking threat until the final ten minutes.
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Is the sweeper set for a return to prominence?
Jonathan Wilson recently wrote in his excellent ‘The Question’ series about the possibility of the return of the sweeper to football. The sweeper prospered as the ’spare man’ in a three-man central defence up against a two-man attack, so now we have two-man central defences up against one-man attacks, should one centre-back not become...
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With Alex Song away, can Arsenal rely on Denilson to get the tackles in?
The general consensus amongst Arsenal fans seems to be that Alex Song has been the club’s best (or at least, most important) player so far this season, sitting in front of the back four in the holding role, and winning the ball in the centre of the park. But Song has departed for a month...
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