It's official: Arsenal have confirmed that the match against Liverpool has been rescheduled and that the league, which was scheduled for February 26, will be played on Wednesday, March 16 at 20:15 local time (04:15 Beijing time on March 17).
The postponement of the match to March was due to Liverpool beating Arsenal to reach the Carabao Cup final, where they will play the final with Chelsea on 27 February local time.
Another make-up match is set, so arsenal will have four games in March, even if the make-up is not much.
But it should be pointed out that although the overall number of matches in March is not much, the match against Liverpool is arranged between the matches against Leicester City on March 14 and the away games against Villa on March 19, which means that there are 3 games to play in 5 days, and there are only 4 games this month...
No way, because March is the traditional international match day... So in fact, this make-up arrangement is hidden and dangerous. Of course, Liverpool are actually not happy, and people have more european games and Carabao Cup final tasks, and the physical consumption should be greater.
Arsenal rising star Hutchinson has recently been involved in first-team training and he could be named in the squad for the match against Brentford. (This was pre-match news, after which Hutchinson was indeed selected for the squad.)
Martinelli received a red card in the last game and will be suspended in this game, and according to Arsenal, at least one young player will be able to enter the big list for this game against Brentford, and although it is not yet certain, the 18-year-old Hutchinson who can play in the side has a good chance to play with the team.
Hutchinson has played 13 Premier League reserve league games this season, contributing five goals and five assists.
In Martinelli's absence, I personally think That Lovell should return to the starting lineup, and recently Arteta also praised Pepe for his positive attitude after returning from the African Cup of Nations, so maybe Pepe can also get a chance, in fact, there are many choices for winger positions.
Hutchinson's words, even if he is selected for the roster, the chance of playing is not great, but he is indeed likely to be selected, we will wait and see.
Hutchinson is known as the new Saka, the potential is very promising, this season may be difficult, but next season hope Arteta to give the youngsters some more chances.
Arteta attended the pre-match press conference and we looked at some of the key topics.
Did storm "Eunice" affect your preparation for the game?
We had to change some of the training sessions, it was too windy, so we had to adapt and put part of the training indoors and the other part outdoors. The team is safe, that's the most important thing, and we managed to get some training done.
Do you feel that Arsenal now have a good chance to compete for four?
Come on, we have to win tomorrow's game and then we'll get closer to the goal, the truth is that we do have a couple of make-up games in hand and the league is still a long way off. A lot of things are going to happen during this time and we have to be prepared for that because it involves a lot of team performance.
If you qualify for the Champions League this season, does that make your plan ahead of time?
That's where we are, and we've earned the right to occupy that position, thanks to the players and everyone at the club, especially our fans. We've been talking about the need for support for the club, but it's very important that the fans respond and they understand that these young players need support. Now that we've won that right [for four], we have to play a game to get the best rankings, and that's exactly what we're trying to do.
What would you do to prevent you from getting a red card again?
The first thing may be to stop talking about this, and I think the more we talk about it, the more likely we are to make mistakes.
Henry said that if Arsenal fail to finish in the top four this season it will be a failure, do you agree?
I don't know, I didn't see what he said.
Basically Henry is talking about where you are right now, what do you think?
Everyone is free to express the views he wants to express, which is not why some people allow others to write down their opinions.
Have you changed your summer goals?
Tomorrow, against Brentford, we play as well as we can and that's the goal.
In fact, the original text is very long, long, but most of the content is not important, the injury situation has been said yesterday, so it is enough to understand it in general.
Needless to say, there is a situation to pay attention to is that England has recently been affected by a strong storm, look at the recent training photos, the wind is quite strong, I don't know if this will affect the performance of the players in the game...
Torreira's agent Pablo Bentancour said recently that Arsenal were "outraged" by Vlahovic's rejection of them and his move to Juve in January, and Fiorentina would have been willing to sell the striker to the Gunners, but the player himself and his agent disrupted the deal.
Bentankull told Sport890: "Arsenal are a little angry right now because they wanted to sign Vlahović. Fiorentina wanted to sell to Arsenal, but his agent said the striker only went to Juve: you always have to do what the players want. ”
In fact, this is nothing to be angry about, each has its own position, can not be strong, many gun fans are angry at Vlahovic's insistence on refusing to join Arsenal, but on the other hand, this is also a real person, in fact, people really did not "use" Arsenal, because at the beginning of the fight, the source said that Vlahović's position was very firm, that is, he did not want to join, others said very clearly, Arsenal had to try to the end, this can not blame the players.
January is enough, in the summer, I hope the team can be flexible, if the primary goal is difficult to get, then change the target as soon as possible, don't delay to the end...
As for why Torreira's agent knew about the situation, it may be because Arsenal originally wanted to use Torreira as a trading chip to offset some of the cash, so his agent may have been prepared at the time, but there was no following...
The Mirrors combined with Milan Sports news that Arsenal may ask for Lautaro Martinez this summer, and the striker may be pushed to the transfer market at that time.
Martinez, 24, only signed Inter to a new contract expiring in 2026 last year, though the Nerazzurri are still likely to hear an offer for the Argentine, while Arsenal are looking for a new striker in the market after sending Aubameyang to Barca, with the Gunners already in contact with Martinez.
Martinez has been in nowhere in seven Champions League games this season, inter are concerned about the striker's performance in the Champions League, and Martinez does not seem to have much to call with Dzeko, in view of this, the Serie A giants are willing to hear offers this summer and they are already looking for alternative targets.
It's all rumors for the time being, none of them reliable, and I personally don't think Lautaro should be Arsenal's primary target.
Lautaro's performance in the Champions League this season is indeed average, but it does not mean that Inter is going to sell him, and it is too early to say this.