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Arsenal, who at the time were a consistent challenger for all competitions over a number of seasons, would lose key important players to City who would eventually become the more dominant of the two teams. Arsenal then-manager Arsène Wenger had always been a big critic of City's transfer policy and financial strategy; the rivalry gained ...
The Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry is a rivalry between London-based professional association football clubs Arsenal Football Club and Chelsea Football Club.Arsenal play their home games at the Emirates Stadium, while Chelsea play their home games at Stamford Bridge.
In assessing the team's achievement, Tim Rich of The Independent wrote: "Invincibles, they called the last team to go through a season unbeaten away from home, although it is a word which belongs far more to the Arsenal side of 2001-02 than it ever could to the Preston team of 1888–89." [14] Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger wanted his team to ...
Arsenal players lining up prior to a league match against Chelsea in April 2012. Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London . The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. [ 1 ]
Arsenal had beaten United on the way to FA Cup success and both teams contested the 2003 FA Community Shield at the start of the 2003–04 season. In a hotly-contested match, Phil Neville was booked in the first minute for a challenge on Vieira and a minute later, Ashley Cole received a booking for fouling Solskjær. [ 54 ]
A number of Arsenal players missed out on the final. Thomas Vermaelen was not fit, while goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański had been ruled out for the rest of the season. Theo Walcott picked up a sprained ankle in a match against Stoke City a few days prior, and captain Cesc Fàbregas was also injured in that game; both missed the final.
Arsenal were unbeaten in eight league games and, even though they were missing Tony Adams and David O’Leary, Southampton won 4–2. All the talk was centred on Southampton's new star, Alan Shearer who, at 17 years and 240 days, and broke Jimmy Greaves ’ record of the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the English top flight.
At home, Arsenal won only eight of their games, drawing ten. Playing in a counter-attacking style, Arsenal did win ten of their away games. [2] Cup competition late into the season caused fixture congestion and fatigue among Arsenal players. Due to such congestion, Arsenal even asked to rearrange the schedule for the North London Derby.