Real Madrid were knocked out the Champions League last night, leaving the trio of Manchester United, Lyon and Bayern Munich to join Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
No-one would argue against the fact that with Madrid topping the Spanish league and players

Every once in a while I’m lucky enough to be sent matchday photos from photographer and good friend Ryu Voelkel.
The latest installment is a terrific set from Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s 5-0 win over FC Porto.

Once you’re

There was not a passenger to be seen in the red and white as Arsene Wenger’s men produced a near-perfect attacking performance to comfortably overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit into a stunning 6-2 aggregate victory.
The star men were Samir Nasri,

Three weeks ago a disastrous performance by Lukasz Fabianski allowed FC Porto to come away with a 2-1 first-leg lead against us.
Tonight our team must overturn that deficit to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and we will have to

Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Burnley was far more work for our boys than I thought it would be.
Yet in some ways a struggle rather than a breezy victory was just the right preparation for the crucial European with Porto on Tuesday. It was also a poignant

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On paper today’s home clash with Burnley looks a cakewalk.
They are yet to win away from home, picking up just one point from fourteen away games this season, and currently have the worst away record this season. Meanwhile our home record is

Some linky goodness to tie you over until tomorrow:
Carlos Vela scored a goal for Mexico against New Zealand midweek, but also went off injured.
Burnley’s Leon Cort has said that his team won’t be holding back on us because of the Aaron

We’re smack bang in the middle of a fairly pointless international break, so aside from the continued discussion about the Aaron Ramsey incident there’s not a lot going on.
Tomas Rosicky has voiced his support for the Welshman in this

On Sunday I posted some brief post-game thoughts on Arsenal’s 3-1 over Stoke. Today, having calmed down with the advantage of two days time, I go into more detail.
The game
While the strongest memory of this win will no doubt be the injury to Aaron