21 years old Mexican striker Carlos Vela has followed the Champions League clash on Tuesday night in the stands with fellow teammate Cesc Fabregas.

Vela was not available to help the Gunners to overcome a one nil deficit against Porto Football Club after returning from international duty with a short-term injury.

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Maddy's Note: Early Christmas present for all you BigFourZa regulars. The Man from the Emirates; Felipe is back. I don't agree with everything he's said here today. But I sure am glad that we have him back .
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Another great Saturday. United and Liverpool spanked, Mark Hughes sacked, and then Arsenal manage to overcome Steve Bennett to beat Hull 3-0.

Liverpool have blamed injuries for their plight, now it seems United are doing the same. Do you ever hear Wenger offer it as an excuse when ours have been consistently worse for the ENTIRE season?

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The English Premier League had one match on Sunday, December 13, 2009 as Arsenal traveled to Anfield to face Liverpool. Arsenal has had a solid start to the season but could gain ground on 1st place Chelsea and 2nd place Man U with a victory. Liverpool is out of the top four and is now in danger of not qualifying for the UEFA Champions League for next season.

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Arsenal dominated Belgium's Standard de Liège on Tuesday in their UEFA Champions League Group H meeting at the Emirates Stadium to easily come away with a 2-0 victory. In a match in which Arsenal outshot Standard 20 to 6, Samir Nasri and Denilson scored for the hosts in the 35th and 47th minutes of the first [. Click to continue reading...

The Game It's the North London derby and expectations are incredibly high for what could be an amazing game of football. Arsenal, without Tomas Rosicky, Carlos Vela and Theo Walcott welcome Samir Nasri back in the ...

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The Game It's the North London derby and expectations are incredibly high for what could be an amazing game of football. Arsenal, without Tomas Rosicky, Carlos Vela and Theo Walcott welcome Samir Nasri back in the ... Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em Zenica, no estádio Bilino Polje, para um público de 13.500 pessoas, as seleções da Bósnia-Herzegovina (42º no ranking da FIFA) e Espanha (2º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
02-09-2000 - Bósnia 1x2 Espanha (Eliminatórias da Copa)
02-06-2001 - Espanha 4x1 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
08-09-2004 - Bósnia 1x1 Espanha (Eliminatórias da Copa)
08-06-2005 - Espanha 1x1 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
06-09-2008 - Espanha 1x0 Bósnia (Eliminatórias da Copa)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi o seguinte:
Árbitro: Konrad PLAUTZ-AUT
Primeiro Assistente: Bernhard ZAUNER-AUT
Segundo Assistente: Klaus STRASSER-AUT
Quarto Árbitro: Robert SCHOERGENHOFER-AUT
Aos 13 minutos de primeiro tempo, o camisa 3, de penalti, Gerard PIQUE, abriu o placar para a Espanha. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em Tallin, na Estônia, no A. Le Coq Arena, com um público de 6.450 pessoas, jogaram as seleções da Estônia (103º no ranking da FIFA) e Bósnia-Herzegovina (42º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
05-09-1998 - Bósnia 1x1 Estônia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
09-10-1999 - Estônia 1x4 Bósnia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
17-08-2005 - Estônia 1x0 Bósnia - Amistoso
10-09-2008 - Bósnia 7x0 Estônia - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Nicola RIZZOLI-ITA
Primeiro Assistente: Renato FAVERANI-ITA
Segundo Assistente: Andrea STEFANI-ITA
Quarto Árbitro: Andrea DE MARCO-ITA
Aos 30 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 11, Edin DZEKO abriu o placar para a Bósnia-Herzegovina. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger opted to sign no players on the last day of transfer market and Thomas Vermaelen remains the Frenchman's only signing of the summer.

Having sold Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to Manchester City, the Gunners were linked with a number of players including Marouane Chamakh and Brede Hangeland but Wenger decided to stick with his squad, which he believes is strong enough to challenge for the title.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE The newspaper spotlight falls on Theo Walcott this morning with Arsene Wenger apparently telling us he won't rush the youngster back into action after he suffered a back injury.

AW had hoped to have him back for Saturday's clash with Portsmouth but now says Walcott could miss the visit of Celtic to the Emirates on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League play-off and the game against Manchester United next week.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE First Samir Nasri. Now, of all the players we didn't want to see bleedin' injured, Tom Rosicky has done his hamstring and could be sidelined for six weeks. Unbelievable.

The Sun reports that the Czech midfielder pulled up in training yesterday and will be out until mid-September.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE First Samir Nasri. Now, of all the players we didn't want to see bleedin' injured, Tom Rosicky has done his hamstring and could be sidelined for six weeks. Unbelievable.

The Sun reports that the Czech midfielder pulled up in training yesterday and will be out until mid-September.

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One of those that looks bad as soon as you see it! The noise of Diaby's foot coming into contact with Samir's delicate leg will no doubt lead to months of nightmares for the French star.

• One year and counting before loyalty to Wenger is replaced with anger! (2)
• Arsenal ready for £6m MIDFIELD MAESTRO bid: He will get better!

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Yesterday afternoon, at around 14:30, the news of Samir's injury shocked many of us. How couldn't it, three months means we won't see the little Frenchman before November.

And of course, cheap transfer rumours started firing names of players who could replace him. But believe me, no replacement is required.

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The biggest transfer-related news of the day might actually be something that's not related to an actual transfer.

With Arsenal star Samir Nasri being ruled out for an extended period of time due to a broken leg suffered in training today, we could see Arsenal become a lot more active in the market in the coming weeks before the season gets underway.

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Terrible news for all Arsenal fans; Samir Nasri this morning in Austria has sustained a fractured Fibula which will mean he is out for 2 -3 months.

The official Arsenal website reported:

Samir Nasri has sustained a fractured fibula during this morning's training session at the Club's pre-season training camp in Austria.

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