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The club started May with a 3–0 win over 10th-placed Bournemouth at home on 4 May. Saka opened the scoring from the penalty spot before the break, becoming the first player to score 20 goals for Arsenal in a season in all competitions since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2019–20 and the first Englishman to do so for the club since Theo ...
Arsenal had good chances to draw level, with Merino's shot blocked on the line and Rice heading wide from close range in either half. [110] [111] This was the first time since May 2022 that Arsenal had lost successive away matches in the Premier League. [110] It was revealed later that Rice had suffered a broken toe in this game. [112]
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
Arsenal hold the record for the longest run of unbeaten League matches (49 between May 2003 and October 2004). [78] This included all 38 matches of their title-winning 2003–04 season, when Arsenal became only the second club to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten, after Preston North End (who played only 22 matches) in 1888–89 .
Arsenal entered the competition in the third round, receiving a bye as a Premier League club. Their opening match was a goalless draw against First Division club Port Vale at home, meaning the game was replayed at Vale Park eleven days later. Arsenal won the replay 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out, having drawn 1–1 in extra time. [53]
Arsenal's 2019–20 campaign had seen defensive frailties and a lack of creativity lead to a disappointing eighth-place finish in the league, the club's lowest for a quarter of a century, but a successful FA Cup run and increasing promise under new coach and former cup-winning captain Mikel Arteta gave them increased optimism for the season ahead.
Throughout the summer transfer window, Arsenal completed the signings of forwards Gabriel Martinelli and club-record signing Nicolas Pepe; midfielder Dani Ceballos on a one-year loan; and defenders Kieran Tierney, David Luiz, and William Saliba, the latter of which was sent back to former club AS Saint-Etienne on a one-year loan.
The 2005–06 season was Arsenal Football Club's 14th season in the Premier League and their 80th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] It was the final season in which home matches were played at the club's Highbury stadium after 93 years; Arsenal intended to move to its new 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in time for the following season.