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Wenger predicts tight finish to league

Arsene Wenger believes the Barclays Premier League title race will go to the wire after seeing his Arsenal side's ambitions boosted by the 1-0 win over Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.

Ramsey sparks Arsenal spree to plunge Portsmouth into despair

Portsmouth 1 Arsenal 4

Arsenal and Hull charged over ugly scenes

The Football Association have charged Arsenal and Hull with failing to control their players following the Barclays Premier League clash on 19 December.

Ancelotti hails Terry's Italian style

The Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has described John Terry as a mixture of the Italian legends Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini.

James Lawton: Benitez walks alone and directionless in the sad shadow of Shankly

The situation with Aquilani is becoming less a puzzle and more a scandal.

Wenger ignores Adebayor's Fabregas claims

Arsene Wenger insists his preparations for tomorrow's north London derby will not be affected by Emmanuel Adebayor's claims that Cesc Fabregas could leave Arsenal.

Hopes high as Aquilani makes bow

Liverpool's £20m Italian to face Arsenal tonight after finally overcoming injury

Walcott hit by fresh injury blow

Arsenal will be without Theo Walcott for up to a month because of a medial knee ligament injury.

Wenger claims Arsenal defeats were 'accidents'

Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal's two defeats in the Barclays Premier League have been "accidents".

Evra hits out at Arsenal tackles

Patrice Evra has hit out at the rough treatment by Arsenal players in their recent match, claiming they could have cost him an appearance in next week's Champions League final.

Wenger: 'You have to say, yes, United are the best'

Arsène Wenger once clinched the Double at Old Trafford. Tomorrow he goes there knowing a draw will hand Arsenal's rivals the title. Mark Fleming reports

Fabregas may play further forward at Manchester United

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could use midfielder Cesc Fabregas in a more advanced role in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at holders Manchester United.

Samir Nasri: Gunners midfielder is streets ahead

Like Cantona and Zidane before him, Nasri learnt his trade the old fashioned way in Marseilles. Now Arsenal are benefitting from the blossoming skills of France’s latest midfield prodigy, writes Sam Wallace

Outside the Box: Van der Sar must keep out Baggies to bag new record

Edwin van der Sar must keep out West Bromwich Albion's less-than-lethal attack for 84 minutes at the Hawthorns on Tuesday to set a new Premier League goalkeeping record. The Manchester United keeper has not been beaten in the 942 minutes since Arsenal's Samir Nasri scored the second of his two goals on 8 November. Chelsea's Petr Cech holds the current record at 1,025 minutes, which he took from United's Peter Schmeichel in 2005, but that is still short of Steve De'Ath's Football League best of 1,103 minutes for Reading and the British record for all competitive games, held by Chris Woods of Rangers, who once went unbeaten for 1,196 minutes (19 hours and 56 minutes).

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