Arsenal Full Match Replay And Highlights

Arsenal were in a very different place when Martin Odegaard arrived on loan from Real Madrid in January 2021. Mikel Arteta’s side were ninth in the Premier League and had been devoid of midfield creativity for most of the season. Emile Smith Rowe was the catalyst for change with his Boxing Day performance against Chelsea, but it is Odegaard who has developed into their chief playmaker in the three and a half years since. Advertisement The Arsenal and Norway captain was just 22 in his first calendar year at…

The season may be over, but the evolution of Arsenal’s squad continues. The target is clear: to assemble a group capable of wresting the Premier League title away from Manchester City. Arsenal are close, so their squad is unlikely to undergo a dramatic overhaul. According to research group CIES Football Observatory, they have the most stable squad in world football. Almost 800 clubs from 59 leagues were organised into a continuity index by considering their age structure, contract policy and overall stability.…

For Arsenal to challenge Manchester City for the title this season, evolution was necessary. Mikel Arteta’s side blew teams away in the first half of the previous campaign with a fluidity in attack that took them into an unexpected position. But after they faded over the final weeks, their manager knew what they had built would have to not only be maintained, but also developed. Advertisement Many aspects of Arsenal’s play had been worked on before they found themselves embroiled in that first title race with…

It is a testament to Arsenal’s season that if you were to ask five people for their player of the season, they would all be justified in having different candidates. As the club’s record signing, £105million ($133.5m) from West Ham United, Declan Rice may get the most attention. The midfielder hit the ground running upon his summer arrival, winning three player-of-the-match awards in his first four games, and continued to impress by adding layers to his game — namely deliveries from set pieces and a threat…

For Arsenal, that crushing feeling was back for a second year in a row. After 10 months of believing that they could end their 20-year wait for the Premier League title, they blinked and found themselves facing the back of Manchester City down the home straight once more. Last season, Arsenal unexpectedly jumped from 69 points to 84, transforming from Champions League nearly men to runaway title chasers — until they were caught. Advertisement They fell away dramatically in the final stages, taking just 12 points…