Arsenal since Christmas: WWWDWWDWLWWWWDWDWWWWDWWL

Riccardo Calafiori also missed training for Italy today though you'd be surprised if he wasn't involved with the Azzurri given the importance of their game.

Gabriel has withdrawn from the Brazil squad due to pain in his right knee. Since the EFL Cup final he, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Eberechi Eze and Leandro Trossard have withdrawn from their national teams for pre-tournament friendlies.

Eddie Howe as a surprising, marquee appointment at Millwall when they’re bottom of the PL next November

Heeeeeere's Johnnnny! (Fun Chelsea memories...)

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Since the turn of the year, I’ve waited for us to purr. But we weren’t purring, we were scraping. Every game, scraping through (or occasionally stumbling). But now, is this it? Is it all purring from here?

Gyokeres’ best game since signing, by a mile

Gets my vote ❌

That Thiel story. My word.

DOWMAN CALLING! Make it happen, @redactionafc.bsky.social

Wife turned off MotD because “your mum doesn’t want Arsenal blaring in the background”.

@harveynichols.bsky.social if I receive anything like this again, I’m unsubscribing

Ageless talent.

A very good morning to everyone aboard Mikel’s fun boat.

Furious with the result at West Ham. I’ve lost £2.

A performance worthy of champions not because they won while playing badly but because they played pretty well against an opponent who were doing excellently. And they kept going, even when the breaks didn't go their way in the 2nd half.

🤔

Club Level is losing its shit. Not even kidding.

Mikel’s gone wild. He’s ordered five naans. Bought the barman a drink with his round. He’s going to skip yoga in the morning and not even bother cancelling on the app.

So, Saka getting flack pretty much for the first time. Yesterday was poor, & yes I’ve seen the stats. But - he was triple marked, and IMO this is partly a symptom of the whole team’s lack of “click” in the final third. We’ll need his talent if we’re going to get over any of these four lines.

Over land and sea…

A question of philosophy: can one lose the dressing room, when one arguably never had the dressing room?

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

All the clever fans who got money off rail tickets in Belgium for Bruges away - did you buy the Train+ railcard and then just cancel it afterwards? (And, if anyone knows - is it still worth it for groups of four?)

So excited about Max Dowman. His ability to beat players and glide across the ground is special. He keeps the ball so close to his feet and under control at all times - even at pace. Strange to see a 16-year-old who looks so physically ready for the highest level but he's absolutely there.

Well, that was not quite the foggin standards - but fine, name in the hat, all fun and games.

Cup fever as the famous Arsenal come to town

Happy birthday, Romford Pele.

I’ve spent a lot of today trying to figure out how we can turn this into a chant that goes “ALL ABOARD! … THE FUN BOAT”

Telegraph Sport: Tottenham turmoil #TomorrowsPapersToday

Totteringham 3-1 down and down to 10 fans.

If you think this is funny, wait until we sign Archie Gray on a free

The history books are going to say that everything went downhill once they got rid of Daniel Levy

Lol, Joe Cole is loving this

Sorry but have to rock it out, no choice

Can you sack a manager after two and a half games? The half-bit certainly has precedence at Spurs. Watching this, the two-bit doesn't seem unfair.

I’m just not sure that Pochettino will want to manage in the Championship

At least the big-screen operator knows what’s what.

Arsenal as the league's pantomime villains? They should embrace the hate. #AFC against the world. This isn't the time for the pretty passing and flimsiness of old. It's about getting the results. That's it. For eight games, that's all there is. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

Arsenal didn't dominate possession after those subs but the game was played further away from the Arsenal goal, it stopped being a backs to the wall effort and Arsenal carried their own threat. Made a massive difference.

Hard to stress how epic last night was, as a live experience. People talk of fans “sucking the ball into the goal” on a terrace behind; it felt like we built a wall in front of ours. Not sure I’ve felt an away end so vocal, tribal and together for years. The thing about siege mentality - it works.

Kinda chuffed for Ramsdale, btw - he deserves this.

Arsenal need to lean into these "boring"/"time-wasting"/"Set Piece FC" accusations. Let the wider world sneer. Create a siege mentality. Dig in. Be mean. For around two decades they were accused of being too soft, now they are apparently the opposite. Ride the hate-wave.

Three away trips in eight days. Off to a good start.

Saliba out with a small ankle sprain from the Chelsea game, just precuationary.