Real Madrid are the most followed club in the Champions League with 17.4 million Twitter followers, putting them ahead of their deadly rivals FC Barcelona who have 16.1 million followers. Liverpool won 3-1 against Chelsea, while Manchester City and Crystal Palace played to a draw.
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Elsewhere, Newcastle United and Stoke City shared the spoils, Watford secured a home victory and Leicester City triumphed on their travels. They managed to beat Arsenal both home and away last season and Garry Monk knows that Swansea would need to be at their absolute best to match that feat: “They (Arsenal) look like title contenders, they’ve had a fantastic start to the season”.
Manchester United have been put on alert after reports that Lionel Messi is “closer than ever” to leaving Barcelona and has begun to take English lessons ahead of a possible move to the Premier League.
Bafetimbi Gomis of Swansea City celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Swansea City at Emirates Stadium on May 11, 2015 in London, England.
West Brom set up a thrilling finish, as Rickie Lambert converted from the penalty spot after Callum McManaman had been brought down by Nathan Dyer.
The Canaries are presently on a five-game winless skid with two draws and three straight defeats.
“Two minutes extra-time (were shown on the board) and we concede the goal on 2 minutes 35 seconds”, he said. In the return fixture on New Years Day 2014 Arsenal would triumph 2-0 with goals from Nicklas Bendtner and Theo Walcott both coming in the closing minutes of the game. Cardiff however would be relegated from the Premiership at the end of that season. He is a bit of a mixture between Walcott and (Olivier) Giroud. There looks to be goals in this game.
Louis van Gaal’s men were able to hang on, though, to take a point that leaves them fourth, with Palace eighth. He also has completed 0.7 through balls ranking him 5th in the top 5 leagues in Europe and top in the Premier League.
Steve McLaren’s side created the better chances but Aleksandar Mitrovic hit the post in the first half before Butland twice saved well from Moussa Sissoko and kept out Jamaal Lascelles’ late header with a superb stop.
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The prospect of injuries, or a lack thereof, to his players was of greater importance than the result for Wenger, and judging by his words, Arsenal are leaving no stone unturned this time around in their pursuit of the league title.
