Premier League 2 Blackburn Rovers 2 (Wood 38, Nsangou 45) Arsenal 2 (Timber 8, Cozier-Duberry 36 (pen.)) Jurrien Timber scored a superb goal on his long-awaited return to action as he played 45 minutes for Arsenal U21s in a 2-2 draw away to their Blackburn Rovers counterparts at Ewood Park tonight. Timber, who has been out of action since August due to injury, gave a very good account of himself operating as an inverted left-back and opened the scoring with an excellent effort in the eighth minute. The 22-year-old inevitably tired as the half wore on before he was replaced by Elian Quesada-Th ..read more

Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber is set to step up his recovery from injury by starting for the club’s U21 side away to Blackburn Rovers tonight. It is the first time Timber has been in action since he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his Premier League debut against Nottingham Forest in August. The versatile 22-year-old, who joined Arsenal from Ajax last summer, is now looking to gain match sharpness following his return to training. Team news via Arsenal Josh Nichols is named in the starting lineup in place of James Sweet, while it seems likely that Timber will be deployed at ..read more

Image: Arsenal Michal Rosiak was involved in training with the Arsenal first-team squad today as they prepared for tomorrow night’s Premier League game at home to Chelsea. Rosiak has been one of the most consistent performers for Arsenal U18s this season, scoring eight goals and providing five assists in the league at that level. In addition, he has also featured for the U21s and in the UEFA Youth League. Although he can also play at right-back, the 18-year-old is now usually deployed in midfield ..read more

Salah-Eddine scored and played 61 minutes as Den Bosch drew 2-2 with NAC Breda. Mika Biereth scored and played the whole game as Sturm Graz beat Rapid Vienna 1-0. Arthur Okonkwo kept another clean sheet as Wrexham won 3-0 against Crewe Alexandra. Albert Sambi Lokonga made his first appearance in almost two months as he returned from injury to play 71 minutes in Luton Town’s 5-1 defeat to Brentford. Marquinhos played 88 minutes as Fluminense won 2-1 against Vasco da Gama. Alex Kirk played the whole game as Bromley lost 2-1 to Gateshead. Kido Taylor-Hart wasn’t involved. Charlie Patino came on ..read more

U18 Premier League Arsenal 4 (Rosiak 24 (pen.), Copley 45, Zecevic-John 51, Obi-Martin 90) Aston Villa 2 (Burrows 13, Brannigan 14) Arsenal U18s staged an impressive comeback to beat Aston Villa 4-2 at home today and extend their winning run to three games. Schoolboy Chido Obi-Martin got on the scoresheet once again with a late goal and he has now scored 21 times for the U18s this season. Obi-Martin has now broken Rhys Murphy’s record, set in the 2006/07 season, for the most league goals scored by a schoolboy for Arsenal U18s in a single campaign. Owen Asemota returned in goal in place of Kha ..read more

Image: Arsenal Academy midfielders Ethan Nwaneri and Dan Casey trained with the Arsenal first-team squad today as Mikel Arteta’s side prepared for tomorrow’s Premier League game away to Wolverhampton Wanderers. 17-year-old Nwaneri scored twice for Arsenal U21s in their 5-3 defeat to Aston Villa earlier this week. Casey, 16, was on the scoresheet as Arsenal U18s thrashed West Ham United 8-1 last weekend ..read more

Defenders Taylor Foran and Josh Robinson were involved in training with the Arsenal first-team squad today. Foran wasn’t involved as the U21s lost 5-3 to Aston Villa last night, while Robinson was an unused substitute. Arsenal face Bayern Munich away tomorrow in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final, with the sides level at 2-2 from the first leg ..read more

Premier League 2 Arsenal 3 (Borland 8 (o.g.), Nwaneri 87, 90) Aston Villa 5 (Pierre 25, 47, Moore 39, 77, Patterson 45) By Jeorge Bird @ Meadow Park Following on from the first-team’s defeat on Sunday, Arsenal U21s also suffered misery at the hands of Aston Villa as they were beaten 5-3 at Meadow Park tonight. On this occasion, however, there was at least something to salvage from proceedings, with Ethan Nwaneri scoring a brace late on to reach ten goals in Premier League 2 this season, while Ismeal Kabia also gave a good account of themselves. Villa were impressive in front of goal, with the ..read more

Image: Arsenal Schoolboy goalkeeper Khari Ranson has received his first callup to the Arsenal U21 squad for tonight’s game at home to Aston Villa. Brian Okonkwo, who was recently on loan at Cheshunt, has also been named in the U21 squad for the first time. Josh Nichols is also back from injury, with Reuell Walters, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly also named in the squad. U18 wingers Ismeal Kabia and Osman Kamara are also in the squad. However, Taylor Foran and Elian Quesada-Thorn aren’t involved. Arsenal U21 squad: B. Okonkwo, Ranson, Lewis-Skelly, Henry-Francis, Butler-Oyedeji, Ismail Ou ..read more

Much of the focus regarding Arsenal U18s of late has, understandably, been on the free-scoring Chido Obi-Martin. However, there are plenty of other Arsenal players at that level that deserve recognition, including wingers Louis Zecevic-John and Osman Kamara. Zecevic-John, a highly regarded schoolboy who is usually deployed on the right wing, is starting to establish himself in the U18 team and has caught the eye with his pace, flair and directness. A frequent source of assists, one cross that Zecevic-John produced to set up a goal for Kamara in the thrashing of West Ham United last weekend wa ..read more