Welcome to the pilot episode of a new column called Arsenal Weekly! As the name suggests, every week, or more precisely every Monday, I'll be serving you an overview of the most important and interesting news from the past week. Of course, there will be results of the matches played, interesting facts about the club or individual players, hot news and the upcoming match schedule. In short, you will find everything that every Arsenal fan should know. With Arsenal Weekly, you won't miss any important information. Now, let's get together for the first part, in which I'll sum up everything the last week of January brought in North London.
Results
| 📅 Date and time | 🏟️ Match and the result | ⚽️ Shooters | 🏆 Competition |
| 28. 1. 2026, 21:00 (CET) | Arsenal 3:2 Kairat Almaty | Gyökeres, Havertz, Martinelli | Champions League (Round 8) |
| 31. 1. 2026, 16:00 (CET) | Leeds 0:4 Arsenal | Zubimendi, Madueke Gyökeres, Jesus | Premier League (Round 24) |
News and attractions
Champions League
- Arsenal complete the win against Kairat Almaty a flawless run through the Champions League regular season and became the first team in the competition's modern history to win full points. Eight games, eight wins and a record of 23:4. The Gunners are assured of being in contention for the rest of the competition thanks to their first place finish in the Millionaire's Cup. play all return matches at home stadium.
- Arsenal's potential rivals Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, Olympiakos and Leverkusen are in the eighth round.
- In the game against Kairat, he was in action for the first time since his August injury. appeared in the starting lineup Kai Havertz. The German striker helped Arsenal to victory with one goal and an assist and deservedly won the Player of the Match award. Another interesting fact is that Arsenal captain was in the absence of all the players from the leadership group English defender Ben White, for whom it was his Arsenal debut, which he spiced up with an assist.
- To make matters worse. Wednesday's Champions League match brought two debuts. The youngsters made their first starts in the Arsenal A team and also in the Champions League Brando Bailey-Joseph and Ifeoluwa Ibrahim.
Premier League
- Noni Madueke at the weekend against Leeds scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal. Despite the goal first being marked as own goal, it was eventually awarded to Madueke after review. The English winger added an assist to his goal and deservedly won the Player of the Match award.
- Declan Rice played his 300th Premier League game against Leeds at the weekend and at the age of 27 years and 17 days he became the fifth youngest player, who broke that mark. Only Wayne Rooney (26 years and 58 days), James Milner (26 years and 117 days), Gareth Barry (26 years and 247 days) and Raheem Sterling (26 years and 348 days) have done it faster.
- Arsenal jumped to the top of the table by 6 points, The reason for this is the hesitation of Aston Villa (Aston Villa 0:1 Brentford) and Manchester City (Tottenham 2:2 Manchester City).
Other
- Max Dowman signed a pre-contract in the week, which obliges him to sign a professional contract when he turns 17 (31 December 2026)
- Bukayo Saka did not finish the warm-up before the Leeds game and unfortunately was unable to start the game at Elland Road. It is not yet known what the injury is.
- Mikel Merino suffered a fracture in the foot area (in the match against Manchester United) and is expected to spend at least a few weeks on the sidelines. Of course, the media immediately started to report that the North London club will try to bring in at least a short-term replacement for the experienced Spaniard on the last day of the January transfer window. Let's see how the situation turns out.
- Oleksandr Zinchenko has agreed to end his loan spell at Nottingham and head straight to for a permanent transfer to Ajax in the Netherlands for the sum of approximately £1.3 million. Good luck, Zinny!
- Arsenal Women's Team Sunday night at Emirates Stadium lifted the trophy for the FIFA Women's Champions Cup winners, by defeating the Corinthians women's team 3:2 in overtime in a dramatic match.
Next week's programme
| 📅 Date and time | ⚽️ Match | 🏆 Competition |
| 3. 2. 2026, 21:00 (CET) | Arsenal vs Chelsea | EFL Cup (semifinals, 2nd match) |
| 7. 2. 2026, 16:00 (CET) | Arsenal vs Sunderland | Premier League (Round 25) |
And that's it from the first episode of Arsenal Weekly.
See you next time, I'll look forward to it!
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