Wenger "Will Die With Arsenal"

Arsene Wenger has been with Arsenal for 15 years, managed over 850 games, and won close to 500 of them. He is currently the clubs longest serving manager, and, based on the three Premier League trophies and four FA Cups, the most successful one too. However, as of late, he and his club have been experiencing something of a crisis; a summer in which their best players left, a disastrous start to the season, and the overbearing burden of the unfortunate but all to obvious fact that Arsenal are without a trophy in six years.

The 'crisis' now seems to be over, with the side unbeaten in their last nine matches in all competitions, with a striker in superb goalscoring form, and despite rumblings over the future of Arsene Wenger because of the aforementioned troubles, former Gunner Robert Pires believes the manager will be at the London club for life.

The retired French midfielder, who played under Wenger through their greatest ever season in which the side remained unbeaten to win the League of 2003/04, suggested he could hardly envisage Arsenal without Wenger and spoke of the so called crisis which rocked the Emirates early in their season:

“I think he will die with Arsenal. He is the same as Ferguson at Manchester United or Guy Roux at Auxerre. He will stay with Arsenal, that is my opinion, because Arsenal need him and he needs Arsenal. C’est l’amour.” 

“It has calmed down now and things are more relaxed for Arsène. In August he lost three important players for the club in Nasri, Clichy and Fabregas and I think that was a shock for Wenger. And for the fans too, of course."

"Every club in England has a period of crisis. At the beginning it was Arsenal and now it is Chelsea. I remember the day after Man Utd had lost 6-1 to City when everyone was saying United were finished. That is football, especially when you play for the big teams.”

Pires joined Spanish side Villarreal after leaving Arsenal in 2006, and recently returned to the Premier League with Aston Villa, but throughout his time away from the club where he played 284 times and scored 84 goals, he has remained in contact with his former manager, and remains close.

Pires' comments will therefore give hope to those Wenger fans worried by his recent ambiguous comments about his future when he said: "We'll look at things at the end of this one [this season]. For me we're now talking short-term, it's obvious."

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AC Milan 2-3 Barcelona Highlights Champions League 23 November 2011

Italian Giants AC Milan will be hosting FC Barcelona in what will be a huge match and it will be interesting to see how this match goes about, Both the sides are almost certain to be in the next round. Both of these teams have been playing some good football of late and with AC Milan are playing on top of their game at the moment. Both the sides will be looking to win this match and finish the group on top as they will avoid some of the big guns in round of 16.

AC Milan are coming into this match on the back of winning their league match and they will be looking to get another big match against Barcelona and keep their good run of form going when they take on them, While FC Barcelona will be looking to avoid a bad result and get a soild result at San Siro.

You can tune in here to get the match updates, results and the goals video which will be placed here after the match is over, while some match pics will also be available. FC Barcelona and AC Milan has been playing in the European competitios very frequently lately and it is Barcelona who has upper hand in their recent meetings.

AC Milan vs FC Barcelona:
UEFA CHampions League:
Date: 23 November 2011 Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: San Siro, Milan

Match Result and Highlights
[ AC Milan 1-2 FC Barcelona ]
14' [0 - 1] M.v. Bommel (o.g.)
20' [1 - 1] Z. Ibrahimovic
31' [1 - 2] L. Messi (pen.)









 

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Napoli vs Man City Live Stream Highlights 22 November 2011

In the UEFA Champions League match to be played on tuesday night in the group A we will have a massive match for the English League leaders Manchester City who are playing on top of their game at the moment and will be looking to seal the deal for the knock out rounds. If they can get all three points in this match they will be going to the UEFA CHampions League knockouts, and Roberto Mancini knows this is a big game and they must atleast take a point from it.

Manchester City have played 4 matches in the Champions League so far and they won two matches drawn 1 and lost 1 as well which leaves them with the 7 points on the table while Bayern Munich already have 10 to their name and Napoli have 5 points on the table and since they are playing at home they will be looking to grab all three poitns and make it to the 8 points and have a good chance of making it through to the next round.

You can tune in here to get the match results, not only of this match but all the matches to be played on the night. While full match highlights of Champions League matches will be available after the match is over.

UEFA Champions League:
Napoli vs Manchester City:
Date: 22 November 2011 - Time: 19:45 BST

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Wenger on Mertesacker's Defensive Struggles

Per Mertesacker is gaining a reputation at Arsenal, and so far, it isn't a good one. The German international has found it difficult in England so far and has been caught out on a number of occasions by the pace of the League, making some costly errors at the back which have not gone unnoticed.

This week-end he will have been counting his lucky stars that a man named Robin van Persie exists and plays up front for Arsenal, as he was able to cover up the calamitous blunder which saw Mertesacker gift the ball to Norwich's Steve Morison who gave the Canaries the lead. Van Persie grabbed a double to come from behind and win the three points, but it was another error which has Arsenal worried.

However, Arsene Wenger is well known for his unwavering faith in players whom he believes can improve, and the 27 year-old summer signing is no different. In fact, the French manager believes that he can learn from another defender who took some time to settle in at the Emirates; Laurent Koscielny. Wenger said:

“He had not completely recovered [fromthe internationals]. It is a different game in England, a very demanding gamefor the defender. In every second of the game you arereally tested with full commitment, and it takes some time to adapt." 

“We have seen that with [Laurent]Koscielny, who played at right-back and was exceptional. Last year he would not have delivered this kind ofperformance because you learn that from fighting in every game. That is why itis so difficult to buy defenders from abroad.”

Arsenal have conceded only seven goals in their last 8 matches in all competitions - a vast improvement to the beginning of the season which saw them concede 8 in just one game against Manchester United at Old Trafford. The side are improving and growing in confidence with every game, but tightening up at the back and ironing out individual errors would go nicely with the sides recent form to propel them further up the table and add even more consistency to their play.

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Man City vs Newcastle United Live Stream Highlights 19 November 2011

League leaders Manchester City will be taking on Newcastle United in what will be a very exciting match and it will be interesting to see whether two inform sides can put together a good match or not. Manchester City might struggle in this match due to the fact that most of their players where on International duty and they will have to be at their sharpest against a very solid looking Newcastle United side who have had a wonderfull season so far.

Manchester City are currently leading the league tables by 5 points in the league as their nearest rivals Manchester United have 26 points on the table while and City have 31 which gives them another great oppertunity to put pressure on United by increasing the lead to 8 points atleast for couple of hours as United will will be playing against Swansea later that day.

Newcastle United on the other hand are currently 3rd in the league with 25 points which is massive, and they have been absolutely sensational so far in the league and from the looks of things they will definately put Manchester City under real pressure. You can tune in here to get the live updates, results and match highlights.

Manchester City vs Newcastle United:
English Premier League
Date: 19 November 2011 - Time: 15:00 BST
Venue: City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

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Watch: Arsenal's Joel Campbell Goal vs Spain

Arsenal's 19 year-old Costa Rican striker, Joel Campbell, currently on loan at the French side FC Lorient scored an impressive goal against the World and European Champions Spain on Tuesday night.

This was the young strikers third goal internationally in his seventh appearance for Costa Rica, and it will certainly be one to remember - against such fantastic opposition. This kind of skill in front of goal is what Arsenal have to look forward to having signed the youngster in August of 2011 amidst interest from several other top clubs. Watch his goal below:

 

After going two goals ahead, Costa Rica then lost their surprise lead thanks to strikes from David Silva and David Villa meaning the final score settled at 2 - 2.

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England 1-0 Spain Highlights Lampard Goal Video 12 November 2011

In the International Friendly match to be played on 12 November 2011 we will have England taking on World and European Champions Spain in what will be a huge match for both the sides for different reasons. Fabio Cappelo's England will be looking to get under the skin of spain by playing some good football and they will have to do that without some of the key players non more important than Wayne Rooney who after being suspended for the opening 3 matches of the Euros wont be part of England plans for next summer probably.

Spain on the other hand will be looking to keep their supermacy asserted on England and other big European Nations when they take on them and although this is just a friendly match we will see a thorough competitive game where Spain will be hoping to get another win over England who are quite young side and they will be looking to use different combinations and maybe try to compare the progress since the Football World Cup 2010.

You can tune in here to get the match highlights as well as the match updates and results which will be available after the match is over, It is one of the finest matches this week and loads of people looking forward to see this game live.



England vs Spain:
International Friendly Match:
Date: 12 November 2011 - Time: 7:45 BST
Venue:

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