I am a little bit slow of mind this morning. A European trip will do that to you. Four flights, all of which were delayed, about 10 hours sleep over 3 days and countless steins of beer later, I am back in England with a cup of coffee. I am getting too old for these ..read more

Bayern Munich (0) 1 Arsenal (0) 0 Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg Allianz Arena, Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, Germany Wednesday, 17th April 2024. Kick-off time: 8.00pm (4-3-3) David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Takehiro Tomiyasu; Martin Ødegaard (c), (Jorge Luiz Frello Filho) Jorginho, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli. Substitutes: Aaron Ramsdale, Thomas ..read more

Arsenal (0) 0 Aston Villa (0) 2 Premier League Emirates Stadium, Drayton Park, London N5 1BU Sunday, 14th April 2024. Kick-off time: 4.30pm (4-3-3) David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Martin Ødegaard (c), Declan Rice, Kai Havertz; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard. Substitutes: Aaron Ramsdale, Thomas Partey, Emile Smith-Rowe, Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie ..read more

Anyone struggling to focus this morning? Whilst I am trying hard to only look at the game ahead, it becomes very hard to do when I am also getting my shit together to fly out to Munich on Monday. A busy day at work scheduled on Monday means I am having to get everything done ..read more

Morning from Suffolk! Spring is in the air as I write this with a coffee overlooking some brilliant gardens near Sudbury. It feels like the calm before the storm of Munich away, but before then we have Aston Villa tomorrow. For once, we go into a post-European mid week game with the advantage. We played ..read more

Happy Friday! Well done for making it through another week. Is that it for Liverpool? Not long ago I spoke about how it felt they were in a similar position to us last season – just getting through games, looking like they had run out of steam and about to drop off. Now I am ..read more

Death and taxes. We can now add to that list: Harry Kane scoring a penalty at the EmiratesHarry Kane finishing league top scorerHarry Kane failing to win a trophy I am not sure why drawing at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League led to so much negativity towards Arsenal. We now live in ..read more

Arsenal (1) 2 Bayern Munich (2) 2Champions League Quarter Final First LegEmirates Stadium, Drayton Park, London N5 1BUTuesday, 9th April 2024. Kick-off time: 8.00pm (4-3-3) David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Jakob Kiwior; Martin Ødegaard (c), (Jorge Luiz Frello Filho) Jorginho, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli.Substitutes: Aaron Ramsdale; Thomas Partey, Gabriel ..read more

Today we go again… Ahead of the game tonight, Mikel Arteta called Bayern Munich “a tough team”, and whilst they having a poor season (by their standards) in the Bundesliga this year, they are still one of the best teams in Europe. With just 6 games to go, Munich are 16 points behind unbeaten Leverkusen ..read more

I am getting old. It is now Monday and I am still exhausted from Saturday. Even with the train problems (which lead me needing 5 trains and a replacement bus to get home), it was a cracking day. What an important win that was against Brighton. And I know that will be said for every ..read more