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Zurich welcomes Arsenal to Letzigrund on Thursday, 8 September, in a Europa League match. Premier League giants Arsenal travel to Switzerland to take on FC Zurich. Looking to rebound from Arsenal’s loss at Man Utd on Sunday, Arsenal is expected to turn up the heat in their Europa League group A opener away at Zurich; At the same time, the Gunners will field a changing squad; they should still have far too much firepower for the opposition. We reckon that Arsenal’s second-tier side, too, would be too much for FC Zurich and will eventually succumb to 3 goals, not to mention scoring a goal and taking their total over 2.5 goals.

FC Zurich has scored only four times in 7 league games this term, and Arsenals will be confident in keeping them out of this one. Arsenal, however, is currently sitting atop the Premier League table and has been coming to the fore of this season’s table. With the power Mikel Arteta is likely to carry from the bench in the last 20-30 minutes, Arsenal should be able to take three points on the road to open the groups. Arsenal has never played a game against FC Zurich and will be cautious about upsets in an important match. Despite controlling much of the game and looking better, Arsenal dropped their first points of the season.

Still, Arsenal made the trip bragging about a 100% success rate in their previous matches against Swiss sides, six wins out of six, with forgotten man Lucas Perez scoring a hat-trick in the 4-1 victory against Basel in the 2016-17 Champions League. If Mikel Arteta leads the club to just its third continental crown while pushing the leading team in the Premier League to a place at the top, significant progress has been made. Mikel Arteta’s side returned to Europa League action after finishing fifth in England’s Premier League last season and are currently bookmaker’s favourites to make it all the way. Arsenal started their League campaign well, and although they fell to a first defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday, they sit comfortably at the top of the table after six games.

Marquinhos and Matt Smith will likely make their FC Zurich debuts, having been included in Arsenal’s senior European Championships squad. At the same time, if Nketiah takes over from Gabriel Jesus this week, it will be aimed at finding the back of the net for his third consecutive Europa League start. Fabio Vieira’s cameo over the weekend left Arsenal supporters giddy, and I’m sure it pleased Arteta as well. Starting at his favoured No. 10 position would provide him with the ideal opportunity to do what he does best: create.

Mikel Arteta has confirmed that summer signing Fabio Vieira is fit and ready for Arsenal’s debut ahead of their Saturday trip to Bournemouth in the Premier League. Summer signing Fabio Vieira failed to return from his foot injury in time to feature in Arsenal’s opening two games of the 2022-23 campaign but is now expected to be fit and ready. Mikel Arteta loves how summer signing Fabio Vieira is capable of operating in a broad role behind the forwards. He is looking forward to working with him more and finding out where best he fits into the team. Arsenal will keep summer signing Marquinhos here for a few more months and make sure he settles in at the club and with the side. As he has proved impressive during the pre-season and in his two under-21s caps, Mikel Arteta is going to allow the full-back the opportunity to settle into the Arsenal squad, then evaluate things later.

The club’s PS 72m signing of Nicolas Pepe has been linked with a move to the likes of Nice, but Mikel Arteta has kept his mouth shut about the winger’s future and those of the rest of the squad that is struggling for game-time. Nicolas Pepe made just five Premier League starts last season under Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, and expectations are he will be gone this summer. Arteta revealed no new injury concerns for him before the clash with Bournemouth. Mikel Arteta has not ruled out Nicolas Pepe leaving Arsenal this summer, having scored only 27 goals in 112 Premier League games with the club. A report claimed Nicolas Pepe has emerged as a shrewd target for French side Nice but that they want only a loan move.

Arteta has also commented on Saka’s contract, as he believes in the player’s relationship with the club and his family members. It is now just a matter of time before he signs the contract extension. Arteta also added that he wants this to be completed on an urgent basis as he doesn’t want the players to be distracted during the campaign.

Arsenal has started the 2022-23 campaign very strongly as they grabbed two out of two victories and are in the second place only because the English Champions Mancheter City had kept clean sheets in both their games and scored more goals. However, it is too early to predict the table situation as this season is very different from others. The season will be paused in between so that the players can go and participate in the FIFA World Cup that will take place in Qatar later this year. So we can expect the unexpected from this campaign.

Newcomer Gabriel Jesus scored his fourth preseason goal as Arsenal comfortably beat Chelsea 4-0 in a friendly in Florida on Saturday. Jesus scored his fourth preseason goal but was later injured when Arsenal defeated Chelsea. Jesus led his preseason tally for Arsenal to four as a grand final ended with a win for Arsenal. The Gunners continued their impressive preseason with a convincing victory over London rival Chelsea at Saturday’s Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Arsenal ended their tour of the Americas with a win over Premier League’s Rival in front of a record 63,811 fans at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium just two weeks before the start of the new season.

Arsenal takes on Sevilla in the last preseason match at the end of a marketing campaign that has given fans hope. London rivals Chelsea brought the lineup back to the usual 3-4-3 to start the second half, and things looked better at the start but failed to score as the Blues’ clean-sheet problems of recent seasons continue to plague the Blues. Arsenal beat Chelsea at the first whistle with their aggressive and direct play, with centre-forward Gabriel Jesus setting the tone, scoring the first goal after Chelsea were knocked over in their half. Arsenal won a handful of their fixtures in the United States, thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, and Albert Sambi Lokonga at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.

A cheerful Gabriel Jesus moved calmly forward to Edouard Mendy, showing a composure rarely seen at Manchester City. He softly hit the chip to give Arsenal the lead and score four goals in four preseason games. Arsenal jumped ahead from an empty corner of Chelsea, with Gabriel Martinelli playing in Saka, who lacked the legs. Gabriel Martinelli split the Chelsea defence with a perfectly weighted ball, and Martin Odegaard made a touch before missing.

 Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, has seen Arsenal win all four of their preseason games, although he hopes Gabriel Jesus is ready to live to stream them on Sky’s first game of the season against Crystal Palace. The bench just before the hour mark needed to be replaced. Gabriel Jesus appeared to be Mikel Artetas’ ingenious attempt against Premier League rivals Chelsea, the prolific No.9 he has been shouting about, highlighting value at Emirates Stadium again. Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel expressed worry over his team’s progress and his individuals’ lack of dedication throughout their preseason tour of the United States after they were defeated 4-0 by Arsenal in Florida on Saturday.

Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Arsenal reduced Manchester City’s lead over the Premier League leaders to one point.  After looking at Arsenal, Liverpool came to a step closer to Premier League leaders Manchester City as an impressive winner. Liverpool has won nine games in the Premier League, while Arsenal remains fourth, one point ahead of Manchester United, with two games remaining. Liverpool has conceded two of their nine goals in a row. The victory means nine consecutive league wins and one point behind Manchester City in the same number of games.

Liverpool reduced the gap at the top of the table and won the league match by beating the mighty Arsenal, scoring two goals in eight minutes to secure the victory despite the poor performance. It was a showdown between the two most powerful teams: Liverpool, with eight consecutive league victories, and a mighty Arsenal who won five league games continuously before this defeat. The final whistle confirmed Liverpool as winners.

After all Liverpool’s good work, Liverpool’s patience proved to be decisive, with Diogo Jota breaking the stalemate just minutes after Jurgen Klopp‘s pulled Salah and Roberto Firmino off the bench. However, Jurgen Klopp’s defence held up during the assault and allowed the Reds to bide their time until Arsenal made a mistake.

Arsenal, well-fought for a top-four finish, pushed Liverpool to the max until Jurgen Klopp ruthlessly took over after the break. Arsenal harassed Jurgen Klopp during the first 45 minutes at the Emirates, with the Gunners midfield in control. Arsenal went on tiptoe with clinical Liverpool in the first 45 minutes, full of confidence after a five-game winning streak that took them to fourth place. Having beaten Arsenal in their last five league matches, Arsenal largely dominated the first half. Still, the game’s turning point came early in a frantic second half as clinical Liverpool extended their streak of nine league wins. Arsenal started the game and did their best to limit Liverpool’s passing game in the first 45 minutes with tackles and long fast counterattacks.

 A 0-0 score began to look like a solid result for Liverpool against Arsenal at half-time. After the break, Liverpool’s class showed themselves as they took control first of Diogo Jota and then Roberto Firmino for their ninth successive Premier League win. Minutes later, substitute Roberto Firmino scored 2-0 to send Jurgen Klopp one point behind Manchester City to the top of the Premier League table.

Liverpool played the rest of the game professionally as it ended 2-0 and Liverpool are now just one point behind league leaders Manchester City with nine games left each. Both the teams will go head to head on the 10th of April at Etihad. 

On Saturday, Arsenal will visit Aston Villa for their Premier League match.