If there’s one thing for certain in this world, it’s that numbers don’t lie. Here’s proof…
Arsenals’ Premier League season:
0 – Number of wins
0 – Number of draws
0 – Number of points
0 – Number of goals
3 – Number of losses
9 – Number of goals conceded
1 – Number of red cards
20 – Current position in the PL table
1954 – The last year Arsenal lost their first three league matches
Arsenal’s match v Manchester City:
0 – Number of goals
5 – Number of goals conceded
1 – Number of shots (25 for Man City)
0 – Number of shots on target (10 for Man City)
19 – Percentage of possession
0 – Number of corner kicks (14 for Man City)
10 – Number of Arsenal players on the pitch at end of the match
One of my all-time Arsenal players, Olivier Giroud, returns to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. This time as a player for the competition, Lille. Giroud scored 105 goals in 253 appearances for the Gunners.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard on Man City’s punishment. “In terms of how I feel, I potentially could be affected if you like, I wouldn’t want individual players to give stuff back, that wouldn’t be right. But the club, they have to be stripped.”
