EL : Atletico Madrid – Arsenal 1-0

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal starting with : Ospina, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Xhaka, Wilshere, Ramsey, Welbeck, Özil, Lacazette. On the Spanish beach: Cech, Chambers, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Nketiah The message at the start is clear: Arsenal has to score. A draw with more than 1 Arsenal goal will take us to the final. A …

Atletico Madrid v Arsenal: strange tales amidst the negatives

By Bulldog Drummond And so the negativity and the put downs continue as the media seem to be going on an all out binge to tell anyone who will listen that Arsenal are in terminal decline: “A year long absence can happen to all the giants but a second season would begin to look like …

A Madrid v An Arsenal. Another Madrid man sent off this week

By Bulldog Drummond Last Sunday Atlético Madrid beat Deportivo Alavés 1-0 away and once again had a player sent off while Fernando Torres had a penalty saved.   Seven minutes later Atlético won another penalty, which Kevin Gameiro scored before Angel Correa was sent off in injury time for two bookings.  Antoine Griezmann, Saul Niguez and Jan …