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MARK Hughes sent Arsenal spinning out of the Carling Cup last night – then blasted Arsene Wenger for refusing to shake hands at full time. Second-half goals from Carlos Tevez, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Vladimir Weiss sealed Manchester City’s passage to the semi-finals and a mouthwatering clash with city rivals United. Hughes was celebrating a famous victory at [...]

Defender Mikael Silvestre says that the team are not far off from being able to lift the Premiership trophy or even the FA Cup or Champions League, such is the improvement in the squad. The team have already lost two games in the league this season, but Silvestre says that those defeats provided food for thought. Fresh [...]

Arsène Wenger believes Arsenal are now strongly positioned to challenge for the Premier League title after having moved into the top four of the table despite what he regards as an extremely difficult opening sequence of fixtures. Arsenal have played a game less than most of their rivals following the Champions League qualifying round against [...]

Arsenal will host Scottish giants Celtic tonight in the second leg of their Champions League qualification tie. The Gunners will hold a two-goal advantage heading into the match after an own-goal from Gary Caldwell and an inadverted William Gallas finish saw them run out 2-0 victors at Celtic Park last week. Arsenal will be without captain [...]

ARSENE WENGER admitted his Arsenal side got the rub of the green at Parkhead as they defeated Celtic 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie. But the Gunners boss still believes his men are well worth the healthy lead they take into next week’s second leg at the Emirates. And, though the wily [...]