Arsenal fotball

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for any abuse - whether racist or otherwise - to be stamped out of the game.

Goal 40 v Arsenal, Premier League

By Sunday, Chelsea and Liverpool will already know what their expected title rivals have done for the weekend. Defending champion Manchester United is at Blackburn on Saturday, when Arsenal is at Sunderland.

Liverpool followed Arsenal and Manchester United in seeing off the minnows of

If Arsenal's eventual failure in four competitions last season is measured statistically, one of the key points to emerge is the lack of goalscoring support for Emmanuel Adebayor.

So why exactly is it that Celtic in particular and sports teams in general endure such hardship when it comes to playing outside their own manor, with many going so far as to approach a games in completely different ways depending on whether they're ....

'You see, Barbara,' I explained, 'in meetings nobody is ever sure which agenda David is on: his UEFA agenda, his Arsenal agenda, his FA or Premier League agenda, his G14 agenda, etc, etc.'

Right now, two wins in a row looks entirely beyond a demoralised squad which started with two successes and a draw this season, but has just lost to Arsenal, Hull, West Ham, Spurs and Blackburn, conceding an alarming 12 goals in the process.

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR has warned the Premier League and teams in Europe that Arsenal can do something special if his partnership with Robin van Persie is allowed to blossom.