In stoppage time Oumar Niasse scored to give Everton hope following a mistake by Petr Čech who failed to control a tame back pass by Monreal. The Gunners won 2–0 with Lacazette scoring both goals. The resulting free-kick was headed in by Kolašinac for a debut goal, and forced a penalty shootout.   Draw ‹See Tfd›

Arsenal began September with a 3–0 win over Bournemouth at home in the Premier League.

In the second half, Arsenal went 2–0 up through a Theo Walcott chip before Hull got a goal back, with Robert Snodgrass converting his penalty when Čech took down Dieumerci Mbokani.

[44], Arsenal responded to the midweek League Cup defeat with a dominant 5–1 win at West Ham United.

Arsenal's pre-season continued in Norway, against Viking FK. The Gunners played the fourth Europa League match at home to Red Star Belgrade on 2 November but they lacked a cutting edge as they drew 0–0. Three days sooner Arsenal were away to Burnley in the league. [8] Arsenal beat the All Stars 2–1 on 28 July (July 29 BST), with a Joel Campbell penalty and a Chuba Akpom close-range finish coming either side of a goal from Didier Drogba. It was Arsenal's first draw at home since April, and their second of the season. [15][16] Wojciech Szczęsny, who amassed over 150 appearances for the club during an eight-year stay, joined Italian champions Juventus for £10.0 million after his two-year loan at Roma expired. However, during the final 20 minutes the Gunners mounted an emphatic comeback with Alexis Sánchez and Lucas Pérez both scoring before Simon Francis was sent off. Arsenal made its first summer signing prior to start of the current season on 25 May, with the acquisition of Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka for a reported £30 million fee. Arsenal won 3–1 after first-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and Mohamed Elneny. Review July. Here’s another gem: “Arsenal’s ongoing absence from the Champions League [is] contributing to so many of the financial issues that have resulted in 55 members of staff being made redundant this summer.”.

On 58 minutes skipper Vincent Kompany made it 2–0 to City and David Silva added a third. On 19 December the Gunners played in the fifth round of the League Cup against West Ham at home. First Arsenal took on Everton at Goodison Park but lost 2–1. The 25-man squad travelled up to Beijing to face Premier League rivals Chelsea.

During the first half Norwich grabbed a shock 1–0 lead as the Gunners were booed off on the half time whistle. Arsenal began their Premier League campaign at home to Leicester City, with the Gunners having lost their last two openers, both at home to West Ham and Liverpool. What will they look like? Three days later the Gunners played in the League Cup semi final first leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. FM2021 is currently on sale There are far more significant factors that are going to impact on the finances of football in England than CL income- like whether paying customers are going to be able to attend matches when Covid is clearly increasing- possibly for the whole season. The match ultimately ended 2–1 to take the Gunners into the fifth round. Throwing in a few alleged facts about the cost implication of not getting into the CL- does not amount to a credible financial analysis. But what is noticeable is that there is nothing to balance this in terms of trophy wins neither in terms of what Arsenal won, or in terms of what other clubs won. The victory saw manager Arsène Wenger become the most successful manager in FA Cup history with seven wins.

  Loss ‹See Tfd›, On 9 May 2017, Arsenal announced they would travel to Australia as part of their pre-season schedule and play two matches against Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers. [24] Arsenal would then travel to newly promoted Hull City on 17 September. “As Arsenal seek to navigate another period of relentless off-field turmoil, it falls to the manager to try and find some stability.”.

The club's opening day defeat was the second in succession, and the third in four years (after defeats to Aston Villa and West Ham in 2013–14 and 2015–16, respectively).

In my view what they should have done was let Mr Wenger have one more year, save all that redundancy money paid to Mr Wenger and his team, and use that extra year to plan the overhaul and bring in a new managerial team at the same time.

Both teams were aiming to bounce back from opening-weekend losses, and while both squads had opportunities of their own, Arsenal enjoyed the better of the first half, with Oxlade-Chamberlain shooting narrowly wide. The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

[2] Arsenal continued their recruitment in July, signing young forward Takuma Asano from Sanfrecce Hiroshima for an undisclosed fee, widely believed to be £800,000.