The Winning Potion

FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN 2012/13

August 2012



2 - 0

Ayew (47) Yaya Toure (65)
(Giroud Torn Hamstring - 2-3 months injured)

4 - 3

Arteta (3) Bony (5) Cazorla (15) Vermaelen (64) - Coutinho (21, 54) Sterling (77)

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE



Henry: "An OK start. Never nice to lose but City are tough. We got a good win versus Liverpool with a string performance. Our defence is loose and despite it being early in the season, we ought to fix these problems next month. Poor defensive displays have been part of the problem at Arsenal and if we are to win something this season we must fix up."

ARSENAL DEPARTURES



Sebastien Squillaci – QPR - £1m
Craig Eastmond – Bristol City - £550k
Kristoffer Olsson – Doncaster Rovers – Loan
Andrey Arshavin – CSKA Moscow - £3m
Damian Martinez – Velez Sarsfield – Loan
Sanchez Watt – Blackpool - £500k
Gervinho – Hamburg - £10m
Ignasi Miquel – Nottingham Forest - £500k
Vito Mannone – Nottingham Forest - £1m
Benik Afobe – Swansea City – Loan
Abou Diaby – Bayer Leverkusen – Loan
Thomas Eisfeld – Nurnberg – Loan
Nico Yennaris – Brighton - Loan
TOTAL - £16.5m

GROUP F





Elsewhere, FC Nordsjaelland was placed in the Group of death with Real Madrid, Man City and PSG while Man United have been grouped with Valencia, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund.

THIRD ROUND DRAW


ARSENAL - BRIGHTON

Meanwhile holders Liverpool recieve Cardiff City at home and Newcastle United take on Chelsea at St. James' Park.

SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW 2012




Chelsea – Adriano £9.5m, Zakaria Bakkali £625k
Manchester City – Marek Hamsik £39.5m, Gerard Deulofeu £10m, Kaka £7.5m, Andre Ayew £15.5m
Manchester United – Nicolas Gaitan £9.5m (plus Anderson), Youssuf Mulumbu £14.5m, Jores Okore £2.3m
Newcastle United – Danny Welbeck (Loan), Titus Bramble (Free)
Southampton – Anthony Pilkington £8.5m, Tom Huddlestone £4.5m
Tottenham Hotspur – Marouane Fellaini £27.5m, Xherdan Shaqiri (Loan)



Paris Saint-Germain – Christian Eriksen £18m, Yohan Cabaye £21m, Raul Albiol £7m, Yuto Nagatomo £7.5m



Hamburg – Gervinho £10m, Bruno Ecuele-Manga £11.5m, Sebastien Rode £10.5m, Sergio Sanchez £7.75m, Bryan Ruiz £15.5m



Ajax – Ilsinho £5.5m, Victor Wanyama £14.5m, Darko Lazovic £9.5m, Benat £14m, Sebastien Corchia £18m, David Limbersky £1.8m, Guiliano £9.75m, Jelle Vossen £4.3m, Artur Boka £2m, Lisandro Lopez £8.25m
Vitesse Arnhem – Bashkim Kadri £1.8m, John Chibuike £1.5m



Fiorentina – Mateo Musacchio £9.5m, Ekdal Albin £2.8m
Napoli – Lucas Leiva £13.75m, Adel Taarabt £7.75m, Leo £7m



Benfica – Ognjen Vukojevic £6.5m, Cheikhou Kouyate £5.5m, Giannis Maniatis £2.2m
Braga – Lukoki (Loan)
Porto – Tomas Hubschman £4.5m
Sporting – Richarlyson £1.5m



CSKA Moscow – Andrey Arshavin £3m, Leonard Kwueke £6.5m



Celtic – Charlie Austin £7.5m, Shane Duffy £14.5m, Omer Damari £2.6m, Martin Kelly £9.5m, Tom Cairney £8.5m



Barcelona – Neymar £25m, Edinson Cavani £37m, Stevan Jovetic £22.5m, Andre Schurlle £37.5m
Real Madrid – Thomas Muller £43m, Kevin Prince Boateng £23.5m

September 2012 Part 1




Fulham 0 - 3 Arsenal
Cazorla (5, 10) Bony (72)

RVP MAKES HISTORY



Robin Van Persie smashed through the number of goals in a game record after putting SIX past Queens Park Rangers.

The Dutchman who controversially swapped Arsenal for Manchester United in the summer, should just what the ‘Gunners’ will be missing after the ‘Red Devils’ impressive 8-0 rout.

The 29 year old already leads the top goalscorers’ list with ten goals in three Premier League appearances and could prove to be a deciding factor for David Moyes’ in the title race this season.

Manchester United are currently sitting pretty at the top of the table with three wins out of three and will now face a stern test with Chelsea visiting Old Trafford this weekend.

1

September 2012 PART 2




V
West Brom 0 – 2 Arsenal
Gera O.G. (22) Schneiderlin (38)





1 – 4
Amrabat (4) – Schneiderlin (39) Walcott (45, 54) Bony (78)




V
Arsenal 4 – 2 Sunderland
Mertesacker (14, 39) Bony (42) Cazorla (90+2) – Sessegnon (63) Fletcher (67)



V
Arsenal 5 – 1 Brighton
Dunk O.G. (25) Oxlade-Chamberlain (30) Mertesacker (34) Walcott (53 pen) Maupay (78) – Crofts (57)
(Neal Maupay is now the youngest goalscorer & player ever with 16 years and 77 days)
(Arsenal will travel to the Madejski Stadium to face Reading in the next round)




V
Arsenal 5 – 1 Southampton
Pilkington O.G. (20) Cazorla (23) Vermaelen (37) Bony (50, 80) - Davis RED (12) Pilkington (44)

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE








ARSENAL’S EA SPORTS PLAYER OF THE MONTH



Morgan Scheiderlin

Morgan entered the team and has stabilised us very well. When we concede, his composure and ability to dictate the tempo of the game has helped us massively and it feels as though he’s been with us for 2 or more seasons.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE MONTH



THIERRY HENRY
Thierry’s Verdict – “A great month. We started the month with three difficult away games versus Fulham, West Brom and Galatasaray. We won all of them and continued our form right the way through. Bring on October!”