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'I won't have the time Arteta had' - Ruben Amorim's subtle dig at Gunners boss

Manchester United host Arsenal in today’s headline Premier League game as the two old rivals clash at Old Trafford with their own reasons behind needing to win.

Ruben Amorim’s side are in a terrible run of form, languishing in the bottom half of the table with almost no chance of finishing in a European spot. Added to their struggles is a growing injury list which includes Luke Shaw, Amad Diallo and Kobbie Mainoo, but victory today would provide a much-needed boost.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are hoping to keep challenging for the league title despite their hopes gradually fading with each passing week. The Gunners are 16 points behind league leaders Liverpool, with two games in hand, and know they cannot afford to drop any more if they hope to pull off a shock triumph.

Mikel Arteta confident Arsenal can rediscover scoring touch from set-pieces

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta is confident his team will rediscover their magic touch from set-pieces after their recent fallow patch.

Opposition teams appeared to have no answer earlier in the season to the dead-ball routines employed by Arteta’s side under the direction of set-piece coach Nicolas Jover, but lately they have been far less prolific.

They travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United on Sunday knowing a win is essential if they are to keep alive their increasingly faint hopes of catching Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Mikel Arteta confident Arsenal can rediscover scoring touch from set-pieces

The match at the Emirates Stadium earlier in the campaign saw two goals from corners as Arsenal ran out comfortable 2-0 winners.

Chris Wilson9 March 2025 13:00

Manchester United show promise but familiar flaws leave Ruben Amorim a headache

And the report from a slightly more drab event at United’s last match...

Ordinarily, a draw away from home in first leg of a European knockout round is one to be celebrated, putting any team in the driving seat to progress.

Manchester United’s home discomforts under Ruben Amorim, however, will make Old Trafford a jittery place come next Thursday, after a 1-1 first-leg draw in the Europa League last 16 was secured at Real Sociedad.

As often with this misfiring fallen giant, things could, and perhaps should, have been so much better in the Basque Country. Their crucial European adventure remains alive, but with plenty still to do to edge one step closer to that pivotal return to Champions League football next term.

Manchester United show promise but familiar flaws leave Ruben Amorim a headache

Real Sociedad 1-1 Manchester United: United could have been home and hosed in San Sebastian but wasted opportunities mean next week’s Europa League last-16 second leg at Old Trafford will be a nervy affair

Chris Wilson9 March 2025 12:40

The symbolic goal behind Arsenal’s ridiculous, record-breaking night

The report from an astonishing night at Arsenal’s last match...

Boring, boring Arsenal? Not in carnival week in Eindhoven. Many a colourful disguise has been donned in this corner of the Netherlands in the last few days and Mikel Arteta’s roundheads took the guise of cavaliers for an evening of record-breaking, riotous, and at times ridiculous, fun. The team who couldn’t score became the first side in Champions League history to score seven goals in an away knockout match. “A special performance and an unbelievable score,” said Arteta.

After two goals in four games, Arsenal had two in three minutes in the first half, a further two in three at the start of the second. They had five within 50 minutes, a fifth straight Champions League win booked and a quarter-final date in Madrid in their diaries, whether to face Real or Atletico. No other visitor to PSV Eindhoven in Europe had scored more than four goals. Arsenal got seven and had two more disallowed. All, of course, without a specialist striker, though each of Arteta’s front three struck, a midfielder got a brace and full-backs bookended the scoring, both from open play. “That’s the kind of team I want to manage,” grinned Arteta. “For the last three or four years the way we share the goals throughout the squad has been very impressive so we are not depending on one player.”

The symbolic goal behind Arsenal’s ridiculous, record-breaking night

PSV 1-7 Arsenal: The Gunners will be heading to Madrid after recording the biggest away win in knockout history, helped by two teenagers from the Hale End academy

Richard Jolly9 March 2025 12:25