Arsenal News

WILLIAM GALLAS is in the spotlight following suggestions he persuaded Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to leave former team-mate Kolo Toure out of the team.

Arsenal need just a point against Standard Liege on Tuesday to qualify for the UEFA Champions League knockout stages.

Arsene Wenger has warned his players to remember who pays their wages as he tries to guard against the potential distraction of next year's World Cup.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has hailed Darren Bent's contribution in recent weeks and backed the striker to get back on the goal trail.

Barcelona's star striker turned up for practice last week with an eye-catching slogan across his designer sweatshirt.

Chelsea trounced struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 to surge eight points clear in the Premier League on Saturday after Arsenal's 14-match unbeaten run ended with a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland.

Tottenham's 9-1 defeat of Wigan is one of the Premier League's most one-sided contests.

Tomas Rosicky feels he will soon be back to his "explosive" best for Arsenal. The Gunners host Standard Liege in the Champions League on Tuesday night, when they will be looking to secure a place in the knockout stages with a fourth win from five Group H games.

Prem 2009/10 Win Outright: Arsenal 5/1 Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Arsene Wenger has declared that contract talks are underway with William Gallas, Tomas Rosicky and Carlos Vela.

Frank Lampard joined the list of Barclays Premier League players who have flown to Belgrade to seek help from Serb housewife Mariana Kovacevic.

The temptation would be to see this as fitting the classic template of Arsenal taking their pretty-pretty brand of football to the frozen north, and discovering once again that they don't like it up 'em, but that is to do a disservice to both Arsenal and, particularly, Sunderland.

Darren Bent's ninth goal of the season condemned Arsenal to a first defeat in 14 attempts as Sunderland claimed another big scalp with a 1-0 win.

ARSENE WENGER will arrive on Wearside today, having been labelled a managerial genius by Steve Bruce .

The manner in which the Republic of Ireland went out to France after Wednesday's World Cup play-off second leg was simply heartbreaking.

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Sunderland subs : Mensah, Zenden, McCartney, Ferdinand, Carson, Healy, Meyler, Murphy, Reed.

Manchester City's expensively assembled squad gets another chance to show it is a serious contender for a top-four finish in the Premier League when it travels to Liverpool on Saturday.

GAEL CLICHY has revealed he wanted to play for ENGLAND before being called up by France.

Arsenal manager Arsne Wenger has said that his former player, Thierry Henry, should have admitted immediately to his blatant handball against Ireland that led to the decisive goal that took France to the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin and Bacary Sagna swapped football kit for furry animal suits this week for a charity advert.