“It's an important match for us because we know that we have to convince people that we can do well in the big games,” said Arsène Wenger ahead of the trip to Manchester United. “We know too that, looking at the title, it’s an important place to make points.

“But people are sceptical about our results anyway so we can go there and play free.

“That’s what I want my team to do - go there and play knowing it will have an influence on the Premier League.

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Members Day Q&A and Signing Session

As part of this winter’s Festive Members’ Day on 21st December 2010, hundreds of tickets have been made available for Members to attend a player signing session, first team Q&A forums, which will take place after the open training session.
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Eboue - It doesn't matter who we draw

By Chris Harris

Emmanuel Eboue says it doesn't matter who Arsenal are paired with in the next round of the Champions League.

The Ivorian and his team-mates will face either Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Schalke in the last 16 after finishing second in Group H with a 3-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade on Wednesday night.

Arsène Wenger has already labelled Barcelona as 'super-favourites' to win the competition after their 5-0 dismantling of Spanish rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico but Eboue believes Arsenal can make life difficult for any of their potential opponents in February.

"It doesn’t matter who we are going to play," he said. "The most important thing is to get everyone back and then to play for the team.

We are very focused now on the [Premier] League and we don’t focus on the [Champion League] draw. We will see. It doesn’t matter who [we play against], Barcelona, Bayern, it doesn’t matter. We just try to play our football.

Fabregas, Diaby unlikely to make Man Utd

Cesc Fabregas and Abou Diaby are back in training but they are unlikely to be fit for the crucial trip to Manchester United on Monday.

The Spaniard has been out with a hamstring problem since the defeat at Braga a fortnight ago. Diaby originally picked up his ankle problem during the 4-1 win over Bolton back on September 11. He has started two games since then but completed neither.

On Tuesday lunchtime, Wenger was conducting his press conference ahead of the massive match with Partizan Belgrade when the issue of Fabregas cropped up.

“He was out to practise today,” said the manager. “In fact he is still out there now.

“He has a small chance to play on Monday. That means it is a bit under 50 per cent at the moment.

“Diaby is out practising as well with him. He has a very small chance

Tottenham v Arsenal - Fixture rescheduled

We have today received confirmation from the Premier League that the following game involving Arsenal has been rescheduled as a result of TV selections:

Tottenham v Arsenal
Saturday 26th February 2011
Kick off: 12.45pm (Originally 3pm)
Live on: Sky Sports

Please note that this match will be postponed should Arsenal reach the Carling Cup final on Sunday, February 27 2011.

Nasri is EA SPORTS Player of the Month

Samir Nasri is the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for November.

The France international has followed up his October award with an even more emphatic win, scooping a mammoth 64.9 per cent of the votes cast in our official Club poll.
Samir enjoyed another stellar month for the Gunners. Oozing with confidence, he was Arsenal's creative hub and scored twice, including our Goal of the Month winner at Aston Villa.
Marouane Chamakh finished second in the November poll with 18.2 per cent of the votes. The Moroccan star won plenty of support after scoring four goals last month, including a brace at Wolves.

Arshavin - My joy at World Cup bid triumph

EXCLUSIVE

Andrey Arshavin

   

Arsenal v Fulham

Barclays Premier League
Saturday, December 04, 2010, 15:00

• Andrey Arshavin on Russia's successful World Cup bid

  8 mins 39 seconds
• Andrey Arshavin played a significant role in Russia's successful bid to host the 2018 World Cup bid.

Amid all the English disappointment over Thursday's FIFA announcement, the Arsenal striker left Zurich with a wide smile as his country prepared to stage the tournament for the first time.

Don't miss our new-look Friday Night line-up!

FRIDAY NIGHT

 Friday Night has changed so don't miss our new-look schedule from 5.15pm tomorrow!

Subscribers can watch our entire new-look schedule on Arsenal TV Online by clicking on the PLAY button to the right. Non-subscribers can watch the FREE Fans' Forum by refreshing this page at 6pm.
The Fans' Forum has been transformed into a FREE radio show. As ever Tom Watt will be your host, taking calls and emails on all the topics of the week.

Before that Tom will introduce ‘Arsenal 360’, a half-hour video reflection on the week just gone, plus Arsène Wenger's entire pre-match press conference.
Here's what you can expect on Friday, December 3:

Wenger - It's still a young Carling Cup side

Arsène Wenger insists his Carling Cup team is as youthful as ever, it’s just not as obvious as before.
The manager’s policy of giving youngsters the opportunity to cut their teeth in previous seasons seems to have been overlooked on the surface this time around, though look a little deeper and you can see Wenger’s point.

Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Craig Eastmond and Wojciech Szczesny have all played their part this season alongside relative ‘old timers’ Theo Walcott, 21, and Denilson and Nicklas Bendtner, both 22. Hardly a team of veterans.

Eboue back ahead of schedule for Wigan

Emmanuel Eboue has made a remarkable recovery from injury and will be named in the squad for the Carling Cup tie against Wigan at Emirates Stadium.

The Ivorian was stretchered off at Braga last Tuesday with a medial knee ligament strain. At the time, Wenger said: “It can be four weeks, can be six weeks or can be eight weeks. But I think it will be four weeks minimum.”

It turned out to be one week.

“Emmanuel Eboue is back in the squad much quicker than planned,” Wenger told TV Online on Monday afternoon. “When we made a scan his knee was swollen but the ligament was intact so we decided to push him back as quickly as possible and the tests were successful.”
 

Aston Villa 2 - 4 Arsenal - Highlights

Arsenal were in Barclays Premier League action on Saturday with an away match against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

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WENGER'S REACTION

Arsene Wenger... reflecting on Tuesday's 2-0 defeat against Braga

Braga 2-0 Arsenal

UEFA Champions League
Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 19:45

'The penalty decision was the turning point'

On a disappointing defeat...
We were not sharp enough to create clear-cut chances. Saturday's result had no knock-on effect because I had seven players who did not play and I had to rest some players. I think we had enough on the pitch to make a goal.

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