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Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann kept ten consecutive clean sheets in the run-in to Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final and the defence went 995 minutes until conceding a goal. [99] Arsenal were also the first British side to defeat Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund away from home, and both Milanese teams: Internazionale and Milan at the San Siro .
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]
Goals [4] 1 Ruud van Nistelrooy: Manchester United 25 2 Thierry Henry: Arsenal 24 3 James Beattie: Southampton 23 4 Mark Viduka: Leeds United 20 5 Michael Owen: Liverpool 19 6 Alan Shearer: Newcastle United 17 7 Nicolas Anelka: Manchester City 15 8 Harry Kewell: Leeds United 14 Robert Pires: Arsenal Paul Scholes: Manchester United Gianfranco ...
Thierry Henry is Arsenal's record goalscorer, with 228 goals in all competitions. [251] Arsenal's tally of 13 League Championships is the third highest in English football, after Manchester United (20) and Liverpool (19), [252] and they were the first club to reach a seventh and an eighth League Championship.
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leader Liverpool to four points after a 2-1 victory over Tottenham on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s team took advantage of Liverpool’s draw with Nottingham ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two clubs. Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 34 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition; these ...
The club's goalscoring record is held by Thierry Henry, who scored 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007 and during a loan spell with the club in 2012. [9] He surpassed the previous record of 185 goals, held by Ian Wright, in 2005, [10] and became the first player to score 200 goals for Arsenal the following year. [11]