Arsenal go from bad to better

Arsenal go from bad to better

START WITH A DRUBBING
28 Aug Arsenal start the season with a draw and
a defeat but things are about to get a whole lot
worse: theylose 8-2 at Old Trafford. It is
Arsenal's heaviest defeat since 1896
TICKET GIVEAWAY
29 Aug Arsenal offer free tickets to the estimated
3,000 fans who travelled to Old Trafford for the
8-2 defeat by way of apology. "We can only
apologise and come back in our strength and
desire in the next game," says Wenger
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
31 Aug Having lost Cesc Fábregas and Samir
Nasri against his wishes during the summer,
Wenger bolsters his squad as the transfer
window closes.Mikel Arteta (right) is brought
in from Everton to complement earlier signings,
such as Per Mertesacker and Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain
DERBY DELIVERANCE
2 Oct On a sweltering autumn afternoon, Kyle
Walker wins the north London derby for Spurs
with a late, long-range strike. The result leaves
Arsenal in 15th place, two points off the relegation
places. Only Wigan and Blackburn have
conceded more goals
BLUES BRUSHED ASIDE
29 Oct Arsenal's season starts to recover with a
riotous victory at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea
take an early lead but Robin van Persie scores a
hat-trick and Theo Walcott is unplayable as
Arsenal inflict a punishing defeat
JOY IN EUROPE
23 Nov Van Persie (left) scores both Arsenal
goals as they beat Borussia Dortmund in the
Champions League, ensuring Arsenal's
qualification for the last 16 with a game to spare.
Manchester City and Manchester United both fail
to progress
CITY STRIFE
10 Dec A 1-0 victory against Everton lifts Arsenal
into fourth-place. Eight days later they lose to
Manchester City. In their games against City,
Manchester United, Spurs and Chelsea so far this
season, Arsenal have won only once, lost three
times and conceded 14 goals
ROBIN RELIANT
31 Dec Van Persie scores his 35th goal of the
calendar year, one shy of Alan Shearer's Premier
League record
HERO BITES BACK
9 Jan Thierry Henry (right) scores for Arsenal on
his return to the Emirates. Things go less
smoothly in his next match: Arsenallose at
Swansea and Henry is involved in an argument
with one of his own fans at the final whistle.
Arsenal are now four points off the Champions
League places