🚨🔴 Gabriel Jesus revealed that Nicolas Jover was fuming during a recent six-game drought where Arsenal failed to score from dead-ball situations 😳✅:
“I think we train it (set-pieces) a lot. Credit to Nico (Jover), because he was the one who was like fuming when we weren’t scoring from set pieces for like six games, if I’m not wrong.
He was like ‘no, we need to score, we need to score’.”
🚨🔴 Micah Richards labeled Arsenal as one of his favorites to win the Champions League and cited their elite defensive structure as the main reason ✅:
"‘I look at the Champions League and the way Arsenal play defensively, I said it a couple of weeks ago, they can win it.
They would be one of my favourites, they have a better chance to win that because defensively and they always nick a goal."
🚨🔴 Micah Richards predicted that Arsenal would absolutely batter Barcelona in a potential Champions League semi-final clash 😳✅:
"Arsenal would beat Barcelona. If Barcelona play that high line then Arsenal would absolutely batter them.
"Martinelli, 100 per cent, would absolutely love to play against that without doubt.
Even Gyokeres, he’s not the quickest but he’s a strong runner, all his goals before at Sporting, that’s what he used to do.
So I think if they play a high line against Arsenal, Arsenal would absolutely batter them."
🚨🔴 Gabriel Jesus argued that set-pieces are a vital part of football and that they account for the highest percentage of goals in the World Cup 😳✅:
“If you take a look at the World Cup, for example, because for me it’s the biggest tournament in football.
The biggest percentage of winning the World Cup is by set-pieces.
So set-pieces will win you a tournament, a World Cup or a Champions League. So, it’s part of football.”
🚨🔴 Gabriel Jesus has slammed the narrative that Arsenal rely too much on set-pieces and said that the scrutiny exists only because they are top of the league ✅:
“What I feel, just because it’s Arsenal, everyone talks. Just because it’s the team that is leading the league, everyone is talking about our set-pieces.
And then obviously the fans go, and they sing the music.
And then everyone gets mad. So, we concede goals by set-pieces as well. Set-pieces are in football.”
🚨🔴 Bayer Leverkusen coach Kasper Hjulmand has backed Arsenal to go on and win the Champions League 😳✅:
“Yeah, I think they could.
“You can see in the Premier League as well, their lead, the fewest goals against them, the highest number of goal scored.
So it’s not a coincidence, and when you structure your game like this it’s very difficult.”
🚨🔴 Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta is attracting serious interest from Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and AS Monaco.
While Bayern is monitoring his situation closely, City views Berta as a key target for a potential overhaul if Pep Guardiola departs.
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🚨🔴The Emirates players' lounge was packed last Saturday as Arsenal stars & their families gathered to watch Man City drop points in a 1-1 draw with West Ham.
The room broke into cheers when former Gunner Konstantinos Mavropanos scored the equalizing goal 😳✅
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🚨🔴 Mikel Arteta labeled Max Dowman’s goal against Everton as not normal and suggested that Arsenal fans witnessed history in the making ✅:
“For many years, people that were in the stadium today will say, ‘I was in the stadium, I was at the Emirates that day, when that kid, at 16, scored that goal in such an important moment of the season’.”
🚨🔴 Max Dowman’s name is being added to Arsenal’s official store options following a surge in demand after his performance against Everton 😳✅
According to club insiders, the sudden demand for Dowman’s jersey has taken everyone by surprise 👀
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