Captain Thomas Vermaelen has challenged Arsenal to maintain their momentum towards securing a top-four finish with victory over Everton at the Emirates Stadium . The Gunners produced a late rally to come from behind and beat Norwich 3-1 on Saturday, which lifted them into third place as neither Chelsea nor Tottenham were in Barclays Premier League action. It was a fifth straight win on the bac...Full Story »

Arsenal battled to a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena, but still bowed out of the Champions League on the away goals rule. Trailing 3-1 from the first leg, manager Arsene Wenger accepted it would be a Mission:Impossible for his beleaguered side in Bavaria and so it proved despite a heroic performance to beat the runaway Bundesliga leaders. Oliver Giroud fired in after just three...Full Story »

Arsene Wenger believes the next six games will make or break Arsenal's Premier League title challenge. Wenger’s Gunners are in seventh place in the table and are already 12 points behind league-leader Manchester United, but they have played eight of their 14 matches away from home. With Arsenal playing four of its six matches in December at the Emirates, Wenger hopes his side can build mo...Full Story »

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Wigan pulled off a shock win at Arsenal to boost their Barclays Premier League survival hopes. Franco Di Santo fired the Latics - who last week beat leaders Manchester United - ahead on the break after seven minutes, before Jordi Gomez doubled their lead inside 90 seconds. Thomas Vermaelen reduced the deficit with a bullet header on 21 minutes, but the second-half onslaught from the shellsho...Full Story »

Thomas Vermaelen, left, believes Arsenal have discovered the consistency that could make them Premier League title contenders next season. Thomas Vermaelen has pointed to flashes of form and quality demonstrated by Arsenal this season as evidence that talk of a title challenge next term is far from outlandish. The Belgium international has conceded, however, that his side have to generate more ...Full Story »

BATTLE OF THE BELG ... Thomas Vermaelen has praised Arsenal's fighting spirit THOMAS VERMAELEN says Arsenal's fighting spirit can see them home in the scrap for third place. The Gunners moved into the top three for the first time this season with a gritty 1-0 win at Everton on Wednesday, while Tottenham stumbled to a home draw with Stoke. It is a world away from the dismal days of their worst...Full Story »

FIGHT TO THE FINISH ... Arsene Wenger ARSENE WENGER warned his team the tough part is yet to come after they turned their season around — and leapfrogged Spurs. rsenal were 12 points behind their rivals when they drew 0-0 at Bolton at the start of February. But Thomas Vermaelen's header hoisted them into third, a point ahead of stuttering Tottenham. Boss Wenger said: "What we have done...Full Story »

Arsenal moved up to third in the Barclays Premier League as Thomas Vermaelen's early header at Everton earned Arsene Wenger's men a 1-0 success and a sixth successive top-flight victory. The Gunners made a strong start and went in front in the eighth minute when Vermaelen converted Robin van Persie's corner. The Toffees got a grip on proceedings and had what appeared to be a legitimate goal ch...Full Story »

Thomas Vermaelen struck in the fifth minute of injury time as fourth-placed Arsenal moved to within one point of bitter rivals Tottenham with a dramatic 2-1 win over Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners went behind to a precise finish from Hatem Ben Arfa in the first half but they were level 55 seconds later when Robin van Persie held off Mike Williamson's challenge to slot home Theo ...Full Story »