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After the disappointment of last month’s late show at the Emirates, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side travel to Germany for the reverse fixture of the game that so nearly saw them practically thorough to the knockout stages.
Since the game at the Emirates, Arsenal have picked up 6 points without conceding in the League, however were knocked out of the Capital One Cup after a strong Chelsea side won 2-0 against a weakened Wenger eleven – however the 2-0 wins against a battling Crystal Palace and a table-climbing Liverpool have made the past weeks highly successful.
Dortmund have been in similarly ruthless form in the Bundesliga, triumphing in a difficult away game in at Schalke with goals from Emirates substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Jakob Błaszczykowski along with former Gunners target Nuri Sahin, before a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick within 18 minutes struck Klopp’s side to a 1-6 victory against Stuttgart.
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Arsenal has had a fabulous start to the new Premier League campaign as they sit 5 points clear at the top after 10 games. Not many fans would have imagined this situation after the disastrous Aston Villa result, but the team came together due to the exceptional spirit Wenger mentions in every press conference.
One of the players that have stood out for me this season is Olivier Giroud. He had some unfair critics last season, but I was impressed. Giroud had a notable pre-season as he got on with his job and worked hard even with the not so subtle approach for Suarez.
Wenger believes a decisive factor in Giroud’s improvement is due to the transfer failures in the summer. Speaking after the Norwich game, Wenger said:
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Borussia Dortmund’s in-form frontman Robert Lewandowski will not move to England this year despite rumours that the Balon D’Or nominee would be available for as little as £7million.
The Polish striker – who has 88 goals in 156 games for Dortmund since he joined them from Lech Poznan in 2010 – had claimed that he still wished to play in the Premier League despite consistent rumours that he had signed a pre-contract agreement with Bayern Munich.
Ch£ls£a’s Move…
Chelsea had moved to the front of the queue in the race to sign Lewandowski after Manchester United pulled out after seeing a £18million bid rejected during the Sir Alex Ferguson reign, with Manchester City and Arsenal also in the running.
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The controversial last minute deadline day deal that saw Mesut Ozil complete a move from Spanish giants Real Madrid to Arsenal may have come as a shock to many, but why on earth did he swap the white of Madrid for the red and white of Arsenal?
Since his time at Arsenal, Ozil has described the club as “the exact opposite to Real Madrid.” Some may wonder what Ozil means here; both top clubs domestically, both competing in the UEFA Champions league and both filled with world-class players. Surely they can’t be that opposite, Mesut?
So how are they “the exact opposite?”
The problem however, lies deeper than on the pitch. Ozil himself said that he “had no doubt that he would stay at Real Madrid” when the 2012/2013 season came to end. These words were soon to be forgotten when an incident occurred which meant that Ozil lost the Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s trust.
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On Wednesday Arsenal take on Borussia Dortmund in a confident mood after a convincing top of the table clash with Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium. It was dubbed a big test for the Gunners and a way of seeing how far this Arsenal team has come since the surprising and humiliating opening day defeat to Aston Villa. Well, that is what most newspapers are reporting. I for one do not buy it.
Liverpool are a good team with two in form strikers that a lot of people predicted would not work together because of their occasional moments of selfishness. We saw on Saturday a little bit of truth in that as Luis Suarez ran through the Arsenal defence in the second half and went for glory when perhaps the easier option was to pass it to Daniel Sturridge. Racism, perhaps?
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