Showing posts with label Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 May 2019

UEL : Mkhitaryan mungkin terlepas final Europa

ARSENAL menyatakan mereka “terlalu bimbang” Henrikh Mkhitaryan mungkin terlepas aksi final Liga Europa menentang Chelsea di Baku kerana ketegangan politik antara Armenia dan Azerbaijan.
Kapten Armenia itu menarik diri daripada aksi awal Gunners pada pertandingan itu menentang Qarabag kerana pertelingkahan mengenai wilayah Nagorny Karabakh, isu yang dibimbangi Arsenal sekali lagi selepas mereka menyingkirkan Valencia 7-3 secara agregat awal pagi semalam dan layak ke final di ibu negara Azerbaijan itu pada 29 Mei ini.
“Kami meminta jaminan UEFA (Kesatuan Bolasepak Eropah) mengenai adakah selamat buat Henrikh Mkhitaryan berkunjung ke Baku bagi final Liga Europa, dengan pasukan dan pemain memerlukannya berada di dalam skuad,” menurut Arsenal dalam satu kenyataan.
“Jaminan mengenainya masih belum diperoleh dan kami berharap UEFA dapat memberikannya dengan segera. Kami sudah tentu amat bimbang dengan lokasi final yang membuatkan Micki mungkin tidak boleh bermain di final.”
Azerbaijan dan Armenia bertelagah mengenai Nagorny Karabakh sejak pemisah Armenia merampas wilayah itu ketika peperangan yang didakwa meragut 30,000 nyawa pada awal 1990-an.
Genjatan senjata dipersetujui pada 1994 tetapi kedua-dua negara masih berbalah dan sering berbalas tembakan.
Mkhitaryan sebelum ini tidak membuat kunjungan ke Azerbaijan ketika beraksi bersama bekas kelabnya Borussia Dortmund dalam aksi Liga Europa menentang Galaba FK pada 2015.
UEFA menyatakan dalam satu kenyataan: “Ia prosedur standard bagi UEFA menghantar surat sokongan kepada persatuan, kelab atau kedutaan dalam usaha mendapatkan visa bagi pemain dan membenarkan mereka beraksi dalam perlawanan kejohanan UEFA.”

Friday, 6 April 2018

UEL : Arsenal 4-1 CSKA Moscow

  • Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring after just nine minutes when he finished off a free-flowing Arsenal move
  • CSKA Moscow grabbed the equaliser six minutes later through Aleksandr Golovin's sensational free-kick
  • Alexandre Lacazette then restored Arsenal's lead from the penalty spot after Mesut Ozil was felled in the box
  • Ramsey scored his second and Arsenal's third on 27 minutes with a flick over CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev
  • Lacazette made it 4-1 to the home side when he cushioned Ozil's cross before firing into the bottom corner



Mkhitaryan sits on the Emirates turf after picking up a knock which saw him substituted on 62 minutes for Alex Iwobi

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Mkhitaryan endures miserable debut as Arsenal slump at Swansea

Welcome to Arsenal, Henrikh Mkhitaryan. You would feel sorry for the new arrival if this was -- in any way -- a surprise, but The Armenian international surely knew what he was joining: A side, whose 3-1 defeat to the team at the bottom of the Premier League, could not be described as a shock.
Sam Clucas scored twice and Jordan Ayew added the other when taking advantage of a comical error by Petr Cech. As the hosts roared to victory, it seemed long ago that Nacho Monreal gave the away side a lead in the first half. From there it was textbook Arsenal, with plenty of pleasant football but nothing to show for it.
It has been like this for so long that such a result won't change anything. Or, at least, while Arsene Wenger is still in charge. The Liberty Stadium bounced at the end as their team celebrated a win that followed victory in their last league games vs. Liverpool, while the Arsenal fans slunk home as they have done many times before.
Against Swansea, the Frenchman came on for what is set to be his last Gunners' appearance
There was a slight surprise on the Arsenal teamsheet, not so much on the pitch but the bench, where new signing Mkhitaryan sat beside Olivier Giroud, despite the French striker's apparently impending move to Chelsea.

In the wake of his side's disappointing display in South Wales, Wenger paid tribute to his departing forward.

It's a tribute to Olivier (that he played) because he is a guy who gave great service to the club, he never let us down on the commitment front and saved us many times,' Wenger said.

'I took him from Montpellier and made him a strong international player for France. We have come together through good and bad but always his behaviour was top, top class.' 

Friday, 10 March 2017

EUROPA LEAGUE : Manchester United survive | Lacazette gives Lyon advantage against Roma


Jose Mourinho's fears over the pitch failed to materialise, despite Aleksandr Bukharov's equalising goal

Rostov has close ties to Armenia, Henrikh Mkhitaryan's home country (AP)

Lacazette gives Lyon advantage against RomaLyon players celebrate after beating Roma 4-2 in France in the first leg of their last 16 Europa League tie. Photograph: Luciano Rossi/AS Roma via Getty Images