While the injury to Robin van Persie was disturbing news this past weekend, let's try not to go overboard. Posts on message boards and the like have been raging about how our season is over, etc., etc., etc.... That is hardly the case. Yes, he has been in the form of his life with 8 goals and 7 assists in 15 matches.

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Our regular Guest Contributor, Ted Harwood, takes a look at Cesc Fabregas' secret weapon, Alex Song, and his emergence this season as one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League. Song's form is directly related to Cesc's performances this season of 10 assists in 10 league matches, just one less than the total that led the league last season, as well as his 9 goals in all competitions. Click to continue reading...

There it is. The interlull curse strikes again. Did we really think we would come out of this break unscathed? Every thing was going too well. And now a player who is key to our entire club's fortunes looks set to be out for a while and will definitely miss our upcoming match against Chelsea, and for what?

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So we are just shy of being one-third of the way through the season and we're already at our third (!) interlull. When we return, it will be crunch time with 11 matches in the next 42 days, including Chelsea at home, Liverpool away, the final CL group stage fixtures, and, of course, City away in the Carling Cup quarterfinals.

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Arsenal eased past Dutch club AZ Alkmaar after their attacking prowess left the visitors little or no chance of securing a result at the Emirates Stadium. Cesc Fabregas bagged a brace with an impressive performance that showcased his skill, intelligence, and goal scoring capabilities as he marshalled the midfield. Click to continue reading...

Today, ArsenalStation and, regular guest contributor, Ted Harwood, discuss the merits, deficiencies, and perceptions of Abou Diaby. You are welcome to comment on your take on Abou Diaby.

ARSENALSTATION SAYS: I've had this debate about Diaby for 2 years now.

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It was just one of those nights. Kind of like the home wins over Sevilla or Slavia Prague match in 2007. Arsenal came off 3-nil win over Spurs at the weekend, in which they had never really hit 3rd gear, and rode that 3rd gear for much of the Champions League match with AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday evening.

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Uh, where's Highbury gone? Ronnie Biggs' health has improved so much since his release from prison that he is planning a trip to watch Arsenal. The Gunners fan hasn't seen his team play live since being convicted of his part in the Great Train Robbery in the 1960s. The 80-year-old was given compassionate release from jail in [. Click to continue reading...

Yup, you guessed it... Michel Platini, better known as the Antichrist, is once again in the media criticizing Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. It is truly amazing how Platini has turned into a one-man crusade against Arsenal and his fellow countryman. We here at Arsenal Station have not long forgotten his psychologically-disturbed rant last season during which he exhibited the full extent of his obsession and disgust with Arsene Wenger.

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Highlights and an interview with Arsene Wenger below.

I am still walking on air following our demolition of Spurs yesterday. With a glorious 3-nil victory at the Emirates we were able to put some breathing space between us and the four clubs trailing us at the moment.

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Goals from Fran Merida, a 19 years old former Barcelona trainee,� and Nicklas Bendtner were enough to see off Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium last night. Emiliano Insua's spectacular volley could not change the outcome of the game. Arsene Wenger's� crop of� talented youngsters� sends Liverpool out of English League Cup with a 2-1 scoreline. Click to continue reading...

As always, highlights are below and are also archived on the right sidebar. Don't forget to click on "see all videos" at the bottom of the widget for the rest of the highlights from this season and preseason.

Last week, following our last-minute capitulation to AZ Alkmaar, I wrote a post entitled, "Déj� Vu," which talked about how the result was reminiscent of all those draws, many nil-nil, from last season.

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Okay, it wasn't quite that many... but if the game had gone long enough we might have gotten there eventually. And if we had, Cesc would have probably assisted on 3,990 of them. I would be a vain writer indeed to think that I could come up with some kind of superlative or plaudit that I haven't already read in the hours since the match.

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.Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 6-2 in a thorough team effort in a Premier League encounter. Playing at The Emirates Stadium, The Gunners pulled off a superb performance with spirited goals with 6 different team members. It was the Rovers who got off to a good start as Steven Nnonzi headed in a Paul Robinson free kick [. Click to continue reading...

This week saw the annual release of the club's financial reports (The full report may be downloaded here). After much speculation for the last six months, especially from groups with their own agendas (i.e., Red & White Holdings, the media, and "Arsene Out!" supporters), we can finally see the true state of the club's finances.

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Ted Harwood is a regular guest contributor to Arsenal Station. He lives in Chicago, IL, and has been an Arsenal supporter for the better part of a decade. Here, he follows-up on yesterday's Arsene Wenger-anniversary post. He also writes about movies, music, and other cultural artifacts on his blog, Running Downhill. Click to continue reading...

Since all the papers are quoting this interview with Gael Clichy by Martin Keown on BBC's Football Focus, I am posting the video here so those who haven't been able to see it can have a look. Keown interviews Clichy at Highbury Square and talks about the difference between the Invincibles and this Arsenal side as well as his experience and Arsene Wenger.

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Today, Arsene Wenger becomes the longest-serving manager in the club's history surpassing the legendary George Allison on his 4,749th day as manager of the Arsenal. It is, then, a suitable occasion for a bit of retrospection and maybe even a bit of sentimentalism and nostalgia as well.

Having started following the club in the late-90s, I have never known an Arsenal side that was not managed by Arsene Wenger.

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Does anyone really need any commentary on last night's 2-nil victory over Olympiakos? It was just pure, absolute domination for 90 minutes. Olympiakos registered only one true scoring opportunity but Mannone came up trumps when called upon not long after the restart.

As the match was getting into the later stages and it looked like it might be one of those nights when Arsenal just can't get the ball to actually cross the goalline, I was thinking to myself that, if this match finished scoreless, it would've been the most one-sided nil-nil draw I had ever seen.

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Hello everyone.� It has been quite a while since I have posted on here.� Been busy settling into my dorm here in London and of course busy heading up the The Emirates to check out the lads in person.� I was among the 56,000 Gooners who made the trip to the stadium on Tuesday night.

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Being an Arsenal blog, and unable to review books like A Cultured Left Foot does so well due to family and university commitments, there is not much in the way of reviewable media. That all changed this week as Arsenal Station received a copy of "The Gooner Review" DVD. I had seen the trailer and was really looking forward to seeing what the filmmakers had done.

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Roberto DiMatteo is wrong for defending Thomas in much the same way Mark Hughes was wrong. This kind of blind defending of the players on the part of managers does neither the players and managers nor the game itself any good. Following the match, DiMatteo spoke with the BBC and said:

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. Arsenal thrashed Wigan Athletic 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium following heartbreaking losses against the two Manchester based clubs. Thomas Vermaelen struck the first blow in the 24th minute and opened the scoring with a glancing header from a corner. He struck again right after the game restarted by scoring a goal that any striker in the [. Click to continue reading...

Brett Chase is a guest contributor to Arsenal Station. He lives in the New York City-area and has supported the Arsenal for a decade. He is also co-founder of the New York City Arsenal Supporters' Club and a regular contributor to The Modern Republic, a blog which comments on football, music, and fashion. Click to continue reading...

So what really happened here? Along with their rescinding of Eduardo's two-match ban, UEFA released this brief statement:

The UEFA Appeals Body today accepted the appeal lodged by Arsenal FC against the two-match suspension handed to striker Eduardo.

Following examination of all the evidence, notably the declarations of both the referee and the referees' assessor, as well as the various video footage, it was not established to the panel's satisfaction that the referee had been deceived in taking his decision on the penalty.

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And so the plot thickens... It appears now that the FA will not only be looking to ban Adebayor for both his highly unoriginal celebration and his attempt to blind a former teammate. But F365 are reporting that, "'Adebayor is expected to receive an instant three-match ban for violent conduct, ruling him out of Sunday's derby at Manchester United.

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Much has been said about Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva's dive against Celtic during last Wednesday's 2nd leg of the Champions League pre-qualifier. One split-second incident has led to questions about Michael Platini's proposed system of 5 referees, TV technology, retrospective charges and just exactly what is it that constitutes a dive.

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. There were some interesting results in the play-off stage in the Champions League, and some teams progressed with pride into the biggest club competition in Europe, while for some other, it was a case of a slip between the cup and the lip. Cypriot First Division club APOEL FC overturned a 1-0 deficit with a 3-1 [. Click to continue reading...

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Any player who is successful in the Premier League earns praise, money, and a rumoured move to one of the classier clubs in Europe. Cesc Fabregas is no exception, and he has been linked with a move away from the Emirates for some time now.

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The excitement is on an all time high as both ends of the table are still open, as this season promises to go down to the wire.

The Tigers will play hosts to Stoke City, whose admirable performances have them sitting in a pretty position, and a draw in this encounter could potentially assure the survival.

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Any hope of the hosts going into the final was effectively laid to rest during the early stages of the game, as the men from Manchester had put two goals past their opponents at the Emirates Stadium. The first one came from Ji-Sung Park, while the second one was scored when Almunia was beaten by a free kick taken by Ronaldo.

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Arsenal y Manchester United se enfrentan esta noche en el Emirates Stadium (20.45h) en la vuelta de las semifinales de la Liga de Campeones. La oportunidad que se les presenta a ambos es inmejorable y los integrantes de uno y otro bando han dejado entrever en las horas previas al decisivo choque que la confianza en los suyos es uno de los factores que predominan en el ambiente precedente a la gran cita.

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When a team only wins 2 games out of 18, the expectation is that they'll be propping up the Premiership table, already planning for life in the Championship the following season. Thankfully for Hull City, their fantastic start to the season has kept them out of the bottom 3, hanging on by their fingernails to 17th and desperately looking over their shoulder, at the three teams below them and hoping they can struggle to the finish line and not fall away at the last.

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Well its one of those strange things that football sometimes conjures up some little nugget that makes you check the facts fully before you really believe its true such as Liverpool never lost when Ian Rush scored until the League Cup final of 1987 against Arsenal. 145 games Liverpool went without losing when Ian Rush scored, a truly remarkable run by any standard.

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