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Arsene Wenger celebrates his 20th anniversary as Arsenal manager this weekend against opponents who have caused him more anguish than almost any other team. The Frenchman has won only five of his last 31 meetings against Chelsea and had his last major milestone - his 1,000th match as Arsenal manager - spoilt by a 6-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge. Photograph: Getty Images
The weekend’s Premier League team news

Saturday Arsenal (4th) v Chelsea (5th) Arsene Wenger will recall a host of first-team regulars after making 11 changes for Tuesday night’s League(...)

Marc Wilson scores Bournemouth’s second goal during the EFL Cup match against Morecambe at the Globe Arena. Photograph: Clint Hughes/PA Wire
Marc Wilson glad he didn’t heed ‘don’t shoot’ calls

Bournemouth defender Marc Wilson revealed he ignored the advice of his team-mates as he struck what proved the winner in Wednesday’s 2-1 EFL Cup victo(...)

Wayne Rooney scores Manchester United’s first goal during the Premier League match against Bournemouth at Old Trafford. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire
Wayne Rooney shines on subdued night for Manchester United

Manchester United 3 Bournemouth 1 The season that Manchester United would rather forget ended in the pain of missing out on Champions League footba(...)

Tottenham’s Harry Kane has a shot before Christian Eriksen scored their third goal in the Premier League game against Bournemouth at White Hart Lane. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images via Reuters/Livepic
Harry Kane the executioner as Tottenham throttle Bournemouth

Tottenham 3 Bournemouth 0 Tottenham Hotspur continue to do all they can to unsettle Leicester City’s title pursuit from afar. Mauricio Pochettino’s(...)

Danny Welbeck is in line for his first start since April in Arsenal’s FA Cup fifth-round game at home to Hull on Saturday. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters/Livepic
Weekend FA Cup fifth round team news

SATURDAY Arsenal v Hull, 12.30pm – Live BT Sport 2 Danny Welbeck could get his first start since April and defender Laurent Koscielny faces a fitne(...)

Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson with manager Eddie Howe after his Premier League hat-trick against West Ham in August at Upton Park. Not long after the player joined Tyrone Mings and Max Gradel in succumbing to a season-long injury. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
Soccer Angles: Survival scramble forces Howe to cast prudence aside
  • Soccer
  • January 15, 2016, 22:30

There was a change in tone. Sadness moved into the voice of Jean-Marc Bosman when he reflected on the times he enjoyed most in football, which came lo(...)

Callum Wilson scored three as Bournemouth picked up their first top flight win away at West Ham. Photograph: Getty
Callum Wilson hat-trick gets Bournemouth up and running

Callum Wilson scored a memorable hat-trick as Bournemouth picked up their first-ever Premier League victory in style at the expense of 10-man West Ham(...)

Christian Benteke scores his first goal for Liverpool in the Premier League clash against Bournemouth at Anfield. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images via Reuters/Livepic
Christian Benteke’s controversial strike seals Liverpool win

Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0 Life in the Premier League can be unforgiving, wrote Brendan Rodgers in his programme notes. Eddie Howe can only agree after(...)

Ivory Coast’s Wilfried Bony celebrates his second goal during their quarter-final soccer match of the 2015 African Cup of Nations against Algeria. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Wilfred Bony steps into Drogba’s big boots at Nations Cup

Ivory Coast are contesting their first international competition without former talisman Didier Drogba since the 2002 Nations Cup.Wilfried Bony was th(...)