The last time these four teams square danced, the day was defined by the absurdity of the goals rather than the beauty: the Lukasz Fabianski howler; the Lukasz Fabianski howler: pt. II; and Miroslav Klose doing his best and worst Pippo impression. Today was every bit the opposite: a day defined by beautiful [. Click to continue reading...

It hasn't been a good week for Arsenal's backup goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, following his memorable (for all the wrong reasons) Champions League performance against Porto. Arsene Wenger and his team mates went out of their way to back him, and offer him a cozy place on the bench during Saturday's game against Sunderland. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United 3-2 AC Milan

An early goal by Ronaldinho put United under the gun as AC Milan poured on the pressure. Ronaldinho, Antonini, and Huntelaar could have doubled the lead but all missed golden chances.

They were made to regret it when Scholes scored a fortunate goal in the 36th minute and United turned the tides in the second half.

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Porto 2 Arsenal 1
Poor. Very, very poor.
Porto are a bit like Aston Villa: nothing special but a solid side who will always do reasonably well in the Champions League without winning it (unless they have an inspirational manager and help from the referees). They've got a big man and a little man up front and two reasonably talented wingers. Click to continue reading...

Controversy was the flavour of the night in Lisbon, as Arsenal went down 2-1 to a mediocre Porto side in the Estadio do Dragao. Perhaps fortunate for Arsenal, the match won't be remembered for the Football but for a series of blunders from both referee Martin Hansen and from Gunners' goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas was left fuming after the Gunners went down 2-1 at the Dragão stadium, in Porto. Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was at fault in both goals, especially the first one as he failed ...

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Porto's second goal against Arsenal in today's Champion's League game is destined to live forever on any number of football blooper DVDs.� � It was a comedy of errors that resulted in a goal that any 7 year old could score.

In order, these were the errors that occurred:

Sol Campbell's sent a backpass to Lukacz Fabianski.

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1) Perhaps Wenger was correct: watching on TV, the pitch didn't look great. But having said that, it wasn't unplayable, and two of the three Stoke goals came from successful dribbles up the flanks. Something Walcott didn't manage all day.
Ultimately, the pitch is the same for both teams and if Stoke can dribble on it, than our supposedly infinitely more talented players should also be able to do so. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea and Manchester City, then, are the only two clubs left with a realistic chance of winning the double this season. Over the last seven days or so, the press has started to gush about Arsenal again. A decent run of form, including a win at Anfield and a brushing aside of Aston Villa which seemed to indicate that the status quo is still very much correct and in order, had led to acres of coverage being given to the Premier League's equivalent of the renaissance artists.

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One of the few matches in the English FA Cup 3rd round that featured two EPL sides was West Ham United hosting Arsenal on Sunday, January 3, 2010. The Gunners were the favorites as West Ham have struggled all season and in danger of relegation. The winner would move onto the fourth round of the competition (round of 32).

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Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger looks set to field a weakened team in tomorrow's FA Cup crunch clash with West Ham, with players in key positions likely to be rested ahead of Wednesday's vital league game against Bolton. The Frenchman has already revealed that the likes of Philippe Senderos and Lukasz Fabianski will play, while Mikael Silvestre [. Click to continue reading...

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Liverpool v Arsenal
English Premier League
Anfield
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Kickoff: 16:00 GMT

For all the brouhaha, Liverpool are only 4 points off 3rd placed Arsenal and with only the League left to play for, there's every chance that they can get themselves back in the top four mix before the end of the year.

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Mexico forward Carlos Vela has signed a new long-term deal at Arsenal — making him the 11th player to tie his future to the Emirates Stadium this year. The 20-year-old frontman joins Eduardo, Sanchez Watt, Alex Song, Nicklas Bendtner, Denilson, Robin Van Persie, Theo Walcott, Lukasz Fabianski, Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere, who have all recently [. Click to continue reading...

The Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Lukasz fabianski had an excellent game for the Young Gunners in the 1-0 defeat at Olympiakos last night, and now thinks that he is ready to take over as Number One in the senior team. "I have started to play a bit and hopefully I am going to get some more games [...] Click to continue reading...

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and midfielder Jack Wilshere return are making their respective comebacks from injury in tonight's Reserve League South clash against Aston Villa. Polish international Fabianski picked up a thigh injury during his comeback match in the Carling Cup three weeks ago. Click to continue reading...

Brazilian midfielder Denilson returns to the fold for Saturday's away trip to Sunderland. The 21-year-old has been missing from the squad for a couple of months with a back problem, but Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Denilson, along with Lukasz Fabianski, Carlos Vela, and Armand Traore, will return for the weekend's game. Click to continue reading...

Well, I would be if I were one of those players having to play tonight and some nutter came sliding in towards me with a hard tackle in mind! We cannot afford any more injuries and the loss of any of the players mentioned below would be just awful. It doesn't even bare thinking about!

Even Sir Bobby Pires is concerned for us, but still believes we have enough strength and depth to get through this tough time.

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As they Gunners continue their great run of form it is worth mentioning those players who are still not hitting the high notes.

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Philippe Senderos

Whilst I think the Big Swiss is not the same defender that was derided when he first hit the scene I still don't think he has much of a future at the club.

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This happened a couple of days ago, but, you know...(shrugs). 15 Arsenal players have been called up for duty over the international break. The entire list can be found here.

Of the 15, only 5 Diaby, Gallas, and Sagna for France, Arshavin for Russia, and Song for Cameroon are playing in meaningful senior international matches, as all of their nations are trying to qualify for the World Cup.

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With Lukasz Fabianski's injury, it is pretty unlikely that a single one of the players involved in Wednesday's Carling Cup match will start the North London Derby tomorrow. As such, it is very difficult to draw any great conclusions from the Liverpool match.
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Nicklas Bendtner displayed his developing finesse to the fullest when he scored the powerful decisive goal that condemned Liverpool to Carling Cup elimination on Wednesday evening. The Dane, who is often criticized for lacking the dimension and attitude required at the highest level, quietly continued the mission to silence his critics by cleverly latching onto a pass from Fran Merida, who had earlier scored his maiden goal for the Gunners.

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by JAMES CURTIS Imagine breakfast in the Wenger household and you might hear Mrs Arsene snapping at her husband's indecision whether or not to play his Young Guns against Liverpool tonight: "Oh for heavens sake, let the kids play why wont you," she trumps.

It's a point well made, as for Arsenal fans the more exciting prospect of Carling Cup football is the chance of seeing the talented youth in a real pressure setting.

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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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Big guns go head to head in cup clash.

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Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski could make their first starts of the season.

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Arsene Wenger has come out to declare in public his confidence in the current crop of goalkeepers at his disposal. The Arsenal manager claims there is enough strength in the keepers on their books to help them battle for trophies and upset the football odds both domestically and in Europe. Click to continue reading...

So almost without us (or me, anyway) even realizing it, we appear to possibly have a goalkeeping controversy on our hands.

After Manuel Almunia went down a few games into the season with a "chest infection", and last season's number two, Lukasz Fabianski, was also out with a long term injury, we had to hand the gloves over to young Italian Vito Mannone.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the Gunners are not facing any problems with goalkeepers, denying that Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone are not good enough to defend the goal of an ambitious club ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the Gunners are not facing any problems with goalkeepers, denying that Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone are not good enough to defend the goal of an ambitious club ...

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Arsenal's goalkeeper stocks have risen with the return from injury of both Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski.
First-choice shot-stopper Almunia has been out with a chest infection and is only rated a small chance to return against Birmingham City this weekend but Fabianski, who has not played yet this season, may be called on after recovering from knee surgery. Click to continue reading...

On the Thursday and Friday following an international break, the club generally goes into damage assessment mode. The question is never, "Is anyone hurt?" But, rather, "Who is hurt, and for how long?" Last month, I posted my recurring international break nightmare. It is also the time to forgot all the "Cesc-to-anywhere-but-Arsenal" stories, which for some reason continue to get Gooners all worked up.

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Wenger enters race to sign goalie, is Almunia's starting role in jeopardy?

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Arsenal and Manchester City have reportedly joined Manchester United in the race to sign Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.
The 23-year-old shot-stopper has made 24 Serie A appearances for the Biancocelesti since arriving from Montevideo Wanderers in his native Uruguay in 2007.

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Italian gets his big chance.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that Vito Mannone will be under a lot of pressure when he makes his UEFA Champions League debut on Wednesday evening.

The 21-year-old goalkeeper has made just one appearance for the Gunners but is set to play from the start against Standard Liege in Belgium.

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Battle of Britain Part II

Arsenal will be without captain Cesc Fabregas through injury for Wednesday's Champions League second-leg clash with Celtic at Emirates Stadium.
Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott, Lukasz Fabianski, Samir Nasri and Johan Djourou are also all still missing.

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The Battle of Britain is on.

Celtic v Arsenal

UEFA Champions League, Celtic Park

Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 19:45

Heading into the match Wenger cautioned into reading too much into the Everton results:

"I said many times that I believe in the team but you cannot go to any conclusion after one game," said the Frenchman.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided a complete injury status on his players ahead of tomorrow's game.

The Frenchman told Arsenal TV Online how key players will be missing for the away game against Everton although new-signing Thomas Vermaelen should be fit to start.

He said:

We have some problems.

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Morning all. Let's get right to it then. Yesterday was the Champions League 3rd Round Qualifier draw. The general consensus was we wanted to avoid Atletico, Fiorentina, and Celtics. Well, two out of three's not bad, we drew Celtic. Seems to me that a lot of people are worrying when I don't really think they need to. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, Images, Photos & Pictures of Arsenal's Lukasz Fabianski 2009/2010 Season. Teams/Clubs: Arsenal Players/People: Lukasz Fabianski Events/Matches: Liverpool v Arsenal Barclays Premier League, 2009. Arsenal v Chelsea FA Cup, 2009. Click to continue reading...

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski - who joined the Gunners from Legia Warsaw in 2007 - signed a new "long-term" contract with the club. Only 24, the Polish International may be the one to take over from 32-year Manuel Almunia in a couple of seasons time.

Coach Arsene Wenger told the club's official website:

I rate Lukasz highly and I am very pleased that he has committed his future to the club.

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As promised, here is the first installment of my player ratings for the season.
I think it's easiest to work through the team from the back, although no doubt I'll forget somebody and have to include them later.
The way I rate players comes from my childhood: growing up playing Championship Manager: you have to be dreadful to get below a 5, a 7 is a good game, an 8 is an excellent game, and to get a 9 one has to do all but everything perfectly - maybe one misplaced pass; a 10 represents pure perfection. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger spoke to Arsenal TV Online yesterday about injuries ahead of Sunday, saying youngster Vito Mannone may make his debut as both goalkeepers are out injured.

He said:

We have a problem with our goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, who has a problem with his knee.

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