Arsenal will soon have to leave their disappointment behind after a 1-1 draw against Everton while they start preparing for a huge quarter-final tag of Champions League with Real Madrid
Arsenal's Premier League title now looks almost dead – if it once really lived in the first place – after their draw with Everton. The men of Mikel Arteta will now switch their attention to their Champions League collision against Real Madrid.
The Gunners were held on Saturday at a frustrating 1-1 draw in Goodison Park after the Penalty of Iliman Ndiaye had canceled the opening goal of Leandro Trossard.
Arsenal rumbled about the penalty decision in which Myles Lewis-Skelly had punished a mistake on Jack Harrison despite minimal contact with the wing player in the area and they will have to brush their disappointment quickly prior to a huge quarter-final draw with reigning Champions League winners Real Madrid.
The European Cup is probably the best chance of the team to land a trophy, because they are still criticized in recent years due to their lack of cutlery. In anticipation of the crucial competition, with the Arsenal season on the line, Mirror Football has completed some of the largest Arsenal news.
Keown's Real Madrid Warning
Arsenal will be against the Spanish giants, such as Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius JR and Jude Bellingham arrive next week with the Emirates – and Arteta's side will be important underdogs for the draw.
Madrid won the trophy last season and has lifted the famous silverware 15 times, while Arsenal is still waiting to become European champions. Arsenal is also struggling with a number of injuries for important players. Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Magalhaes are some of the players who are not available for the collision.
But club legend Keown insists that it would be unwise to count the gunners and believe that the men of Carlo Ancelotti have vulnerabilities that Arsenal can uncover. “I get it, Real Madrid appears at the business end of the season,” he said TNT Sports.
“It's pretty magnificent and they are 15 winners. But Discount Arsenal is not. I watched Real Madrid against Real Sociedad, send four goals. They can admit. It is not all happy in the real Madrid garden. Arsenal can exploit that. Let's see what is happening.
Arteta Slams Slams Penalty Decision
When a controversial decision against Arsenal takes effect, you can always count on Arteta to give his opinion and he rarely enters – and it was no different after Everton's controversial penalty was given this weekend.
Lewis-Skelly struggled with Harrison in the box and seemed to drag it down, but there was certainly not much in it and you would understand it if the VAR officials decided that it was not a punishment. Arteta was icy in his interview after the game and said he could not understand why the spot kick was given after several times from viewing the incident back.
“We had a lot of control over the competition, we didn't admit anything at all,” he said. “Then we are not dealing with the direct game and from nothing the referee decides to give a penalty,” the boss of Gunners told BBC Sport.
“I have seen it 15 times and for me it is never a penalty. If that is a penalty, then O'Brien should be out. Because he is on a yellow card, he stops David [Raya] Play quickly and a big counterattack. That should be a second yellow card. They are very good at what they do. They want to make chaos. We have given away so many crazy mistakes that leads to a set piece. You have to win the game, that's a shame. We have no margin that is so clear. “
Gyokees “says yes to Arsenal”
A striker will not be 1 on the priority list for Arsenal when it comes to transfers this summer and they can do it much worse than Sporting Lisbon Hitman Viktor Gyokeres, who has been associated with people like Manchester United and Real Madrid. The target statistics of the 26-year-old are this season stunning, 43 goals in so many performances in all competitions and Arsenal hope that they have a chance to make him, despite enormous interest from top clubs.
The new transfer chef Andrea Berta from the clubs arrived last week and will be given the task of adding quality to the team that will help them fight the title. Gyokeres would be a top objective for him and the club and, according to reports from the Portuguese Outlet Corriero de Manha, Gyokeres is interested in a move to the Emirates and said “yes” to a transfer after conversations with Berta, who played a “decisive role” in convincing him.
It was thought that Gyokeres was intended for a move to Old Trafford, where he would be reunited with former Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim. United probably seems to end in the mid-table this season, so a move to Arsenal would be more attractive.
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