Arsène Wenger: Arsenal was a matter of life and death to me

French great on scaling Everest, missing out on the European Cup and dealing with defeat

‘Sleeping at work’, Gunnersaurus and Tom Cruise’s impossible mission

Planet Business: A diamond of a bargain

Mesut Ozil left out of Arsenal’s Europa League squad

Manchester United leave Rojo, Jones and Romero out of Champions League squad

Arsenal announce plans for 55 redundancies due to effect of coronavirus

Cuts will come from football department as well as commercial and administrative areas

Arteta offers Arsenal a glimpse of a more coherent future

Impact already obvious and Cup win could represent significant early milestone

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal must respect Watford’s relegation fight

‘I want to play as strong a team as I can,’ says manager ahead of final game on Sunday

Arsenal check Wolves to relight their European fire

Bukayo Saka and Lacazette consign hosts to first leage loss since January at Molineux

Mikel Arteta lays down challenge to Mesut Özil

Arsenal boss: ‘I’m expecting a player that is not playing to feel hurt and disappointed’

Arsenal’s week goes from bad to worse with Brighton defeat

Bernd Leno suffers serious-looking knee injury in second defeat since league return

Premier League talking points: A gesture that goes around the world

Referees speak up, without the usual sound of the crowd nobody needs a mime show

Mikel Arteta explains why he did not start David Luiz or select Özil

Pep Guardiola: white people should apologise for the way we have treated black people

Dele Alli held at knifepoint and injured during robbery

Tottenham midfielder was punched after burglars broke in during the early hours

Michael Walker: Carrying space and the benefits of learning to stand still

Benefits of movement in football are well documented, but ability to stay put is key also

Jan Vertonghen’s family robbed at knifepoint while Spurs were in Leipzig

Player’s wife and two young children were in the house

Arsenal beat wasteful West Ham to keep European hopes alive

Mikel Arteta’s side are now within three points of fifth-place after London derby win

Newcastle feel the heat as Arsenal get some of their old mojo back

Mikel Arteta’s side end run of four successive Premier League draws in style

All in the Game: Ighalo worrying fans with No. 25 rationale

The Greta Thunberg of German football, Bale’s big offer and Jose’s complaining again

Solskjær’s game of patience is running out of time at United

Planning for the future is laudable, but at some point there must be evidence of a current plan

Agony for Arteta and Arsenal after Chelsea smash and grab

Bernd Leno’s howler and Tammy Abraham see Frank Lampard’s side get back on track

Aubameyang rescues a point as Arteta’s Arsenal reign begins

Arsenal’s disappointing run goes on – they have won just one of their past 14 matches

New Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta demands accountability

New boss confirms Freddie Ljungberg will stay on as a member of the coaching staff

Sonny Bill Williams follows Ozil in voicing support of Uighurs

Human rights groups estimate up to 2 million people have been detained in Xinjiang

Everton held by Arsenal as Ancelotti and Arteta watch on

Dull Premier League clash took a back seat to both clubs naming new managers

FC Cologne pull out of deal to run football academy in China

‘We cannot support such a brutal and totalitarian dictatorship’

Pompeo backs Arsenal player Mesut Özil’s criticism of China

World Cup winner and Arsenal midfielder critical of treatment meted out to Muslim Uighurs

Arsenal kit still on sale in China despite Ozil’s Uighur comments

Arsenal could face same fate as NBA in the US which suffered big financial losses in China after tweet backed Hong Kong protests

The Irish Times view on repression in Xinjiang: the value of speaking up

Mesut Özil’s example should be followed by governments across the world

De Bruyne on the double as Manchester City brush Arsenal aside

Second half a non-event as Pep Guardiola wins his 200th game in charge of City

Arsenal stop the rot at West Ham with first league win in eight

Freddie Ljungberg’s side come from behind to earn crucial three points in east London

Brighton pile yet more misery on defensively fragile Arsenal

Maupay’s late header shows temporary boss Ljungberg the scale of the challenge ahead

Dele Alli can be Mourinho’s project player at Spurs

Attacker looks rejuvenated as he runs rings around West Ham’s flimsy midfield

Leicester’s light burning brightly again under Rodgers

Manager has overseen a transformation at the club during his short time in charge

Unai Emery suggests Xhaka may have played last game for Arsenal

Losing Xhaka a big short-term problem with midfield threadbare for Leicester test

Ciaran Clark and Shane Duffy both score in Newcastle and Brighton wins

Premier League round-up: Matt Doherty goes off injured as Arsenal and Wolves draw

Caoimhín Kelleher the shootout hero for Liverpool after 10-goal Anfield thriller

Young Irish goalkeeper makes penalty shootout save after Origi’s late equaliser

Caoimhín Kelleher to make Anfield bow as Liverpool take on Arsenal

Goalkeeper makes first-team home debut as Jürgen Klopp rings the changes

Unai Emery calls for Granit Xhaka to issue an apology

Speculation was rife as to whether he would lose the armband as a result of the incident

Nicolas Pepe comes off the bench to save Arsenal’s blushes

Europa League round-up: Raul Jimenez completes Wolves comeback; Rangers take a point away to Porto

David Luiz header moves Arsenal to third place

Joshua King came close on 90 minutes but ultimately Arsenal secured the victory

Özil omission from Frankfurt trip not due to hostility, says Emery

Arsenal playmaker spared a return to Germany after enduring ‘racism and disrespect’

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