Arsenal edged into the semi-finals of the Europa League, but only after surviving a major scare as CSKA Moscow threatened a memorable comeback.

Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey gave Arsenal the upper hand in their Europa League last-16 tie with AC Milan as the Gunners won 2-0 at San Siro.

When Arsenal lost 3-0 at home to the best team in England, four days after losing in the Carabao Cup final, there were some onlookers who described it as rock bottom. Now that statement is looking both over-ambitious and lacking in foresight.

Man City 3 - Arsenal 0: Pep Guardiola has his first trophy as manager of Manchester City and Arsene Wenger may have won his last in charge of Arsenal after the Premier League leaders dismantled their rivals 3-0 in the Carabao Cup Final on a day of bitter contrasts.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Ostersund.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Östersund.

Arsene Wenger has been handed a three-match touchline ban and a £40,000 fine following a misconduct charge from the FA over comments he made about the refereeing of the game against West Brom.

"I maintain what I said in the press conference - 100%."

Arsene Wenger described the penalty Arsenal conceded in Wednesday night's 2-2 draw with Chelsea as "farcical".

Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2: So much for the Premier League schedule killing players.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has dismissed claims by Thierry Henry that there are signs of a divide in his squad.

Angry Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes the referee did not see the incident which saw a controversial penalty deny his side victory at West Brom.

Jay Rodriguez's last-minute penalty earned struggling West Brom a deserved point against uninspiring Arsenal.

Talks over extending Mesut Ozil’s contract at Arsenal are “going in a positive way”, according to the agent of the German midfielder.

Arsene Wenger has urged his young players to seize the chance presented by Arsenal’s Europa League campaign as they await their opening away fixture at BATE Borisov in Belarus.

Arsene Wenger will put his faith in modern-day recovery methods to prepare his Arsenal players for a busy week — even though he does not trust them.

Arsenal will face a traditionally tough trip to Stoke this evening but in Sead Kolasinac, manager Arsene Wenger believes he has the perfect man to deal with the situation.

Defender Calum Chambers says he plans to return to Arsenal and fight for his future at Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool have abandoned their hopes of signing Virgil van Dijk and apologised to Southampton for “any misunderstanding” over their interest.

Arsene Wenger finally recorded a Premier League victory against Jose Mourinho as Arsenal kept their slim top-four hopes alive with a well-deserved win over Manchester United.

Middlesbrough 2 Manchester City 2: Middlesbrough interim boss Steve Agnew criticised the controversial penalty decision against Manchester City which left his side’s Premier League survival hopes hanging by a thread.

Marten de Roon fired Middlesbrough to victory in the desperation derby as Sunderland's hopes of another remarkable Premier League escape were dealt a potentially fatal blow.

Premier League

Now that the dust has settled on the Christmas fixture schedule, it’s time for Fantasy League managers to catch our breath and take a look at the lessons we’ve learned so far.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic compared Dimitri Payet to Lionel Messi after his latest wonder goal.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has paved the way for a move for an experienced defender after insisting he has set no age limit on any new signing.

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Arsene Wenger admits Per Mertesacker’s knee injury means Arsenal are back in the market for a defender, as chief executive Ivan Gazidis accepts the club is feeling the pressure to win a major trophy.

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Arsenal 2 Bournemouth 0: If Arsenal’s title chances are to be built on consistency, then two players in particular — Mesut Ozil and Petr Cech — are showing the way after a victory over Bournemouth that puts Arsene Wenger’s men top of the Premier League and back on course for a first championship in 12 years.

Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2: Crisis — what crisis? Arsenal got back to winning ways in the best manner imaginable, with a cup victory on the turf of their deadly rivals Tottenham, to end a run of two successive defeats and lift the air of pessimism that had taken hold in the red part of north London.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger launched a scathing attack on the dirty tactics of Chelsea striker Diego Costa and labelled referee Mike Dean naive after losing 2-0 at Chelsea, where his side finished with only nine men.

Arsene Wenger has said he considered replacing Calum Chambers in Arsenal’s goalless draw against Liverpool and revealed that the England defender is struggling with confidence.

Petr Cech has probably never had so much fun after the kind of all-action man-of-the-match display he rarely got to enjoy at Chelsea; but Arsenal’s defensive frailties should not be the only concern as they were held to a goalless draw by an improving Liverpool side at the Emirates.

During the summer transfer window of 2013, Luis Suarez dominated relations between Liverpool and Arsenal as the two clubs fought out a public spat over the player’s future. Two years on, the shadow of the striker still hangs over the Premier League rivals despite having long since moved to Barcelona.