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The 2026-27 English football season begins with major timing changes aimed at reducing stoppages. Here’s what’s new: five-second countdowns, 10-second substitutions, a one-minute injury treatment requirement, and a penalty involving outfield players when play is stopped for a goalkeeper incident.
Arsenal threw away a 2-0 lead at bottom-club Wolves, drawing 2-2 as a 94th-minute own goal deepened ‘bottle job’ fears and shifted the Premier League title race toward Manchester City.
League One side Mansfield host Arsenal in the FA Cup last 16, as Newcastle face Manchester City and Wrexham draw Chelsea in a compelling fifth-round line-up.
Arsenal lead the Premier League by four points, but a draw at Brentford, injuries and rotation risks have revived questions over their late-season form and title resilience.
Eddie Howe downplays Sandro Tonali’s reported Arsenal interest, stressing the midfielder’s happiness at Newcastle while admitting frustration over a quiet window and a daunting League Cup tie at Manchester City.
The Champions League play-off draw takes place on Friday in Switzerland, deciding ties for teams placed 9th–24th. Here’s how the format, seeding and key knockout dates are structured.
Stumbles by Arsenal, Manchester City and Aston Villa have reopened the Premier League title race, with Manchester United edging back into contention and inconsistency at the top turning every round into a key test.
Michael Carrick, in only his second game as interim boss, has now masterminded wins over both City and Arsenal in eight days, lifting United into fourth and sparking talk of a revived campaign.
From blockbuster bids for Mohamed Salah and Vinícius Júnior to a scramble for rising English midfield talent, the market is alive with drama, strategy, and headline-grabbing targets.
With one Champions League group match left, Arsenal and Bayern are through but most clubs still fight for last-16 spots and play-offs. Here’s how the final matchday shapes the knockout map.
Gabriel Jesus scored twice in a 3-1 win over Inter Milan at San Siro, sealing Arsenal’s place in the Champions League last 16 and marking a major step in his comeback from injury.
Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-2 at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, ending a poor two-legged record but leaving regrets after surrendering a two-goal lead.
Liverpool’s 0-0 draw at Arsenal extended a ten-game unbeaten run but exposed a blunt attack, with no shots on target and declining chance creation under Arne Slot.
Gabriel Martinelli’s shove on injured Liverpool defender Conor Bradley in Arsenal’s draw has sparked condemnation and defence across football, despite his apology, reigniting debate over gamesmanship and player safety.
Enzo Fernández’s 94th-minute equaliser at the Etihad denied Manchester City a ninth straight home league win, widening Arsenal’s Premier League lead to six points and exposing City’s growing injury and form concerns.
Thierry Henry received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 Lifetime Achievement award, presented by his children, recognising a record‑breaking career for Arsenal, France and beyond.
Arsenal have reached 100 separate injuries since the 2024/25 season began, topping the Premier League injury table and stretching Mikel Arteta’s squad depth and title ambitions.
It was the kind of match that reminded everyone why the Premier League sells itself better than any league on the planet.
Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur each arrive at the midseason crossroads with distinct problems to solve; tactical gaps, injury concerns and underperforming signings that could define the title race and the hunt for European glory.
Big-money arrivals like Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak arrived amid fanfare and expectation; Wirtz for an initial £100m (rising to £116m) and Isak for a club-record £125m (potentially £130m with add-ons).
Here are some of the most notorious and unforgettable intra-squad clashes that have boiled over on the pitch.
The England international produced his first senior hat-trick, the first in a north London derby since 1978, and did so with the kind of swagger that will be replayed for years.
Adeyemi’s pace and directness are thought to suit the Gunners’ front line and their high-octane style.
The November international break, historically a time for sketching big moves, has once again become a planning hotspot for the Gunners as they consider how to turn a promising campaign into sustained greatness.
The Gunners have strung together an extraordinary run of shutouts, matching a 122-year club record with eight consecutive clean sheets across all competitions.
The Gunners have strung together a sequence of successive clean sheets in all competitions that has drawn talk of club and national records
Saturday’s 2-0 win at Burnley stretched their Premier League winning run to five and left the Gunners sitting seven points clear at the top.
Sold for just £1m in 2021, Gyokeres has since exploded into a club-record calibre striker:
Mikel Arteta’s squad leads the way, with Arsenal converting an extraordinary number of set-pieces into decisive finishes and frequently using their physical template to dominate aerial duels.
