Bukayo Saka's road to recovery began with surgery on Christmas Eve, such was his hunger to get it started.

Now, the winger is determined to be fit and firing for Real Madrid.

Piece on his journey so far and what comes next:

www.standard.co.uk/sport/footba...

5Live experts on Lewis-Skelly red card:

Pat Nevin: “a bar so low even a limbo dancing snake couldn’t get under it…”

Mark Chapman: “baffling and nonsensical from supposedly one of our best referees.”

I don't think anyone except VAR or Michael Oliver thought that was a red.

At this point, serious questions have to be asked about Michael Oliver. I'll start: is he biased, corrupt or just utterly incompetent?

And if PGMOL attempt to defend that decision, they might as well declare that they're not fit for purpose.

INEOS first 10 months at #MUFC

- Extend ETH contract & sack him, costing £millions
- Appoint Ashworth & sack him, costing £millions
- Unprecedented ticket price rise
- Mass redundancies
- Overseeing worst on-field results since 1980s (28 league games, 35 points from takeover)

Firing Arteta if we finish 2nd again would be silly. The most you can realistically ask of a manager at this level is to consistently put their team in a position to win silverware. Arteta is set to do it three seasons running. Keep doing that and things will break for you to win something.

If only Unai Emery was given more time at #Arsenal… #AFC

14 goals scored since Odegaard returned to the starting XI.

That's in 3.5 games of football...

NEW: The opposition helped but Arsenal's attacking performance on Saturday was encouraging, with a mixture of getting Saka isolated before supporting him in/around the box and some great combination play.

For @arseblog.com: arseblog.com/2024/11/tact...

🎙️ New Arsecast Extra for @arseblog.com on beating Forest, Odegaard’s return, Saka’s brilliant goal, Jesus & Sterling, City struggles & lots more.

🎧 Listen via Acast: shows.acast.com/arseblog/epi...