Ballon d’Or: Dembele was a scatter-brained boy wonder who did not even know which was his stronger foot
Inevitably, Dembele’s rapid rate of goal-scoring could not last forever, but what his goals lost in frequency, they more than made up for in importance. Against Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 and Arsenal in the semi-finals, he scored strikingly similar goals that showcased both his tactical intelligence and his newfound poacher’s instincts.
Litein High School students in Kenya burn institution after demand to watch Arsenal vs Manchester City match is declined
The students’ grievances, neighbours say, was the school administration’s decision to bar them from watching a live English Premier League match between Arsenal Footfall Club and Manchester City Football Club that ended in a 1-1 draw.
Mirror images or complementarity? Fans wonder if Man City and Arsenal managers are football’s Siamese twins
Last season, Arteta was promoting the idea of two squads to cope with the packed calendar, while Guardiola was an outlier, complaining about having a bloated squad. Arsenal have improved their depth drastically to reach a head count of 25, but it is Guardiola who has moved position by starting the season carrying 26 senior players for the first time.
Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?
Athletes would then receive a detailed report including graphics and graphs, to help them understand what’s working well and what needs improvement. The athletes’ data then gets compared to normative information collected from Speedworks, a company run by renowned performance consultant Jonas Dodoo.
Eberechi Eze’s switch to Arsenal illustrates just how Premier League transfers are an incoherent mix of art and craft
Except, it wasn’t really a hijacking at all. Arsenal had actually struck the principles of an agreement with Palace as early as the morning of August 10. They managed to keep it extraordinarily quiet as illustrated by how it was only after Wednesday evening’s sensations that multiple sources were willing to talk about it.
Why Liverpool’s Mo Salah is prolific: He spends time on meditating and visualising matches, then studies goalkeepers
Mohamed Salah’s performances last season were an accumulation of many factors, both on and off the pitch. The thread that connects them all is his willingness and desire to do everything he can to perform at his best, no matter what his age.
Mohamed Salah: A fitness ‘freak’, who like wine, is delivering better performances as he gets older
Salah is also a Pilate’s devotee, and has stationed a Pilate’s reformer among the squat rack, weight stacks and treadmill in his home gym. “When you’re playing any sport, it takes movement away from you,” explains Rosenblatt. “A footballer might lose range around their ankle, hip or thoracic spine (the middle section) and Pilates will help restore that.”
