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Wenger's Arsenal remain on track for the Lyon decider on 16 May

Wenger: CSKA made my heart beat quicker than expected

Arsene Wenger conceded his Arsenal side lacked urgency as they were made to fight for their place in the Europa League semi-finals having fallen two goals behind at CSKA Moscow.

Soccer • 13 Apr 18

Alexandre Lacazette is back from a knee injury

Wenger expecting big things from Lacazette in Russia

Arsene Wenger is expecting to see the best of Alexandre Lacazette as the striker returns from a knee injury in time to lead the line in Arsenal's Europa League quarter-final clash with CSKA Moscow.

Soccer • 04 Apr 18

'The way the game's going, the referees maybe need a little bit of help as well.'

Paul Lambert calls for VAR in the Premier League

Paul Lambert has called for the introduction of video assistant referee (VAR) technology in the Premier League following struggling Stoke's controversial 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.

Soccer • 01 Apr 18

'The older you get the more it becomes a little bit age discrimination'

Wenger claims ageists are trying to push him out

I's not about poor results, says Wenger - it's about discrimination

Soccer • 26 Mar 18

Danny Welbeck will not be sanctioned for his dive against Milan

Welbeck avoids sanction for dive against Milan

Danny Welbeck has escaped retrospective action for his alleged dive during Arsenal's 3-1 win against AC Milan last week, UEFA has confirmed.

Soccer • 19 Mar 18

Arsene Wenger's praised his players' resilience after their 2-0 Europa League win over AC Milan tonight

Wenger: The loss to City didn't mean we had no spirit

Arsene Wenger watched Arsenal ease to victory over AC Milan at San Siro and now wants the win to give belief back to his beleaguered players.

Soccer • 08 Mar 18

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is mobbed after his opener against AC Milan

Recap: Advantage Arsenal after impressive win in Milan

Read how it all unfolded as Arsenal easily accounted for Milan on a 2-0 scoreline in their Europa League Round of 16 first-leg tie at the San Siro.

Soccer • 08 Mar 18

Arsenal fans appear to have turned against Arsene Wenger

Arsenal Supporters' Trust want to see Wenger out

Support for Arsene Wenger from the Arsenal fanbase appears to be waning after 88 percent of a prominent supporters group voted in favour of his contract being terminated at the end of the season.

Soccer • 06 Mar 18

Thierry Henry says he doesn't like seeing what is happening to Arsene Wenger

Thierry Henry: I would always say yes to Arsenal

Thierry Henry has insisted he has never backed away from a challenge after being asked if he would be prepared to take over from Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

Soccer • 04 Mar 18

Arsene Wenger's time at Arsenal may becoming to an end

Dunphy has sympathy for 'soft target' Wenger

Arsenal's overall policy over the past decade, rather than the manager, is to blame for the London club's relative malaise, according to the RTE soccer analyst.

Soccer • 03 Mar 18

The managers go head to head again this evening

Pep has sympathy for Wenger situation

Pep Guardiola claims he knows how Arsene Wenger feels - and accepts he may have to deal with similar flak one day.

Soccer • 01 Mar 18

Arsenal were comprehensively beaten by Man City in the League Cup final

Wenger 'amazed' at fresh Arsenal speculation

Arsene Wenger refused to confirm whether he will be in charge of Arsenal next season when he faced the media on Wednesday morning.

Soccer • 28 Feb 18

Aaron Ramsey, Calum Chambers and Granit Xhaka look out of ideas during the loss to Manchester City

Dunphy labels Arsenal 'a mess, abysmal, gutless'

Eamon Dunphy says Arsenal's dreadful performance in defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final is yet more proof that their manager - and overall model - is broken.

Soccer • 27 Feb 18

Off-colour Aubameyang may have to wait for debut

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says new signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been ill and that his fitness will be assessed ahead of Saturday's match against Everton at the Emirates.

Soccer • 02 Feb 18

Olivier Giroud looks set to leave Arsenal on the final day of the transfer window

Wenger tribute to Giroud, Chelsea land Palmieri

Arsene Wenger essentially confirmed that France striker Olivier Giroud would leave the north London club during the transfer window, which closes on Wednesday.

Soccer • 30 Jan 18

Sanchez did not attend Arsenal's clash against Crystal Palace.

Mourinho expects Sanchez will sign for United soon

Jose Mourinho expects Manchester United will soon sign Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez after he missed the Gunners' win over Crystal Palace to travel north to discuss the switch.

Soccer • 20 Jan 18

'As it turns out, we not only managed to stop them scoring more goals, we got one of our own and reduced the deficit to a minus three rather than a minus seven or eight.'

'I thought we were staring down the barrel of a gun'

Roy Hodgson feared Crystal Palace would concede seven or eight after Arsenal's blistering start left the Eagles "staring down the barrel of a gun".

Soccer • 20 Jan 18

Arsne Wenger could be in hot water with the FA

Wenger barged into room and called ref a 'disgrace'

Arsene Wenger barged into the officials' dressing room after Arsenal's 1-1 draw at West Brom and called referee Mike Dean "not honest" and "a disgrace", the FA has revealed.

Soccer • 16 Jan 18

Alexis Sanchez looks like he's played his last game for Arsenal

Wenger admits Sanchez could leave 'in next 48 hours'

Alexis Sanchez could leave Arsenal "in the next 48 hours", Arsene Wenger has admitted.

Soccer • 14 Jan 18

Alexis Sanchez has been a long-time target of Man City

Man City prepared to walk away from Sanchez deal

Manchester City are willing to miss out on signing Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez this month, while Jose Mourinho has done little to dampen speculation Manchester United could swoop instead.

Soccer • 13 Jan 18

Going in opposite directions? Wenger and Sanchez

Wenger still hopes that Sanchez will stay a Gunner

Arsene Wenger has defended Alexis Sanchez and insisted the Arsenal forward's omission from the starting line-up at Chelsea was "nothing to do with the transfer market".

Soccer • 11 Jan 18

The Video Assistant Referee was called into play in the Carabao Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge

Danny Welbeck 'wasn't worried' over VAR incident

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck "wasn't worried" that he had given away a penalty in the goalless Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg at Chelsea.

Soccer • 11 Jan 18

The transfer fee for Coquelin is reportedly £12million

Wenger confirms Coquelin set for Valencia

Midfielder Francis Coquelin is close to completing a move from Arsenal to Valencia, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed.

Soccer • 10 Jan 18

Alex Iwobi has incurred the wrath of manager Arsene Wenger

Iwobi set for fine for partying prior to Arsenal game

Alex Iwobi will be fined by Arsenal after partying until the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of Sunday's FA Cup defeat at Nottingham Forest, boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed.

Soccer • 09 Jan 18

Wenger has words with Dean at the Hawthorns

Referee Dean admits error in controversial Arsenal game

Mike Dean has admitted he made a mistake by awarding West Brom a penalty in their New Year's Eve clash with Arsenal, according to referees' chief Mike Riley.

Soccer • 08 Jan 18