The battle at The Bridge on Sunday afternoon is set to turn into the battle of Barbie Boots as Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner and Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka square off in their new bright pink boots.

Gunners striker Bendtner paraded his posh pink apparel and celebrated with the winning goal against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday as Arsene Wenger's men booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

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Today is Thanksgiving in the US, and we've decided, like most Americans will do, to go around our Offside round table and list some things we're thankful for. For those who don't know what Thanksgiving is, it's the last Thursday in November when Americans control the turkey population and then unnecessarily gorge themselves on food [. Click to continue reading...

Pink is the new black *Adopts David Attenborough voiceover* Above me see all four limbs of the pink-footed Franck Ribery - football's finest quadruped. Once a native of France, he now roams around his European hunting ground terrifying his opponents with fearsome looks and those flamboyant pink boots. Click to continue reading...

New captain Francesc Fabregas led his side to their first victory in almost three weeks last night as the Spaniard masterminded the Gunners' 1-0 triumph over Ukrainian outfit Dynamo Kiev. Following a contentious drop ball, Fabregas hit a forty-yard pass to substitute striker Nicklas Bendtner, who controlled the ball on his chest before coolly finishing [. Click to continue reading...

The team of misfits Fabregas has to tame (The Independent)Nicklas Bendtner sends Cesc Fabregas's Arsenal into Champions League last 16 (Telegraph)Bendtner blows away the gloom as Arsenal do bare minimum (The Guardian)Fábregas enjoys the perfect start as captain prodigy (The Guardian)Bendtner's late hit puts edgy Arsenal in the pink (The Independent) Maybe some people gave up on the team. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner scores an 87th minute winner and Franck Ribery slices and dices Steaua with 2 assists. Expect to see these bad fellas take off. Pink's magic, yo. Click to continue reading...

I'll be honest, I don't think this should be an issue. I get why it is, I just don't agree. Nicklas Bendtner is wearing pink shoes, so what? This isn't a big deal. It doesn't reflect on the club in anyway and in fact, he was probably given a lot of money to wear them. And, hell, it takes a lot of balls to step onto a pitch wearing pink shoes (you can see a picture of them here. Click to continue reading...

Pink to make your title hopes shrink Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner was the first Premier League player brave/flash/stupid/paid enough to wear pink boots when he wore the Nike Mercurial Rosa against Manchester City on Saturday. Unfortunately it seems that the slightly effeminate footwear serves only to convince the opposition that they are capable of giving you a [. Click to continue reading...

Previews of the weekend's fixtures courtesy of The Sun, The Telegraph and Sky Sports. The Injury Front Michael Owen does it again. I guess it's comforting Beye, Gutierrez and Martins are coming back...then again, maybe not. If Kinnear can stay calm about this, it will be the first sign of hell freezing over. Click to continue reading...

Aresenal player Nicklas Bendtner injured his ankle during a World Cup Qualifying match over the weekend. He is expected to be out for the next two games, a Premier League game against Everton this Saturday and a Champions League match against Fenerbahce on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

What a difference a few days make. After a pretty dreadful performance from Arsenal last Saturday, they were given a wake up call by some of Wenger's threats prior to the game against Porto. Turns out his bark is worse than his bite, as the only change from Saturday was Samir Nasri in for Emmanuel Eboue.

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In the run up to Arsenal's Uefa Champions league tie with Porto Arsene Wenger has said today that he will make changes for tonights game with Porto. After Saturday's big dissapointment against Hull, Wenger feels he needs to freshen up the side with Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela and Samir Nasri have been names that have [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's Carling Cup tie with Wigan Athletic has been pencilled in to be broadcast live on Sky Sports next month. Arsene Wenger's young Guns were rewarded for the mauling efforts against Sheffield United with a game which could see the likes of Egyptian frontman Amir Zaki come up versus Gavin Hoyte. Click to continue reading...

If you've missed me, sorry. I've been reading and following football, just not post due to laziness related to being sick. Anyway. There's no way I'm going to catch up, so moving on. Here's an unrelated picture of Carlos Vela and Nicklas Bendter from that great Carling Cup match. Yeah, I'll admit it, I like Nick's thighs. Click to continue reading...

The following piece takes a look at the footballing origins of Arsenal's sensational starlets who romped to a 6-0 victory over Championship outfit Sheffield United on Tuesday night. The position of the player refers to their natural position(s), and not the role in which they played in the aforementioned fixture. Click to continue reading...

The following piece takes a look at the footballing origins of Arsenal's sensational starlets who romped to a 6-0 victory over Championship outfit Sheffield United on Tuesday night. The position of the player refers to their natural position(s), and not the role in which they played in the aforementioned fixture. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner is a Danish international, and was a former FC Copenhagen player. This towering striker was loaned out to Birmingham where he had 42 appearances and 11 goals which is decent in my opinion. He returned to Arsenal in the 2007-2008 season. Bendtner can either play forward or  midfield. Click to continue reading...

It was a grand moment for the future football superstars in the Carling Cup in the English Premier League. Liverpool - 21 year old Lucas Leiva broke the tie score with a header in the 58th minute to give Liverpool a 2-1 win over Crewe Alexandre. Arsenal - Arsenal scored 6 goals against Sheffield United. Click to continue reading...

So that's what the top of the table feels like. On to the games...

Arsenal 3-1 Bolton -- Man the Gunners played some beautiful soccer on Saturday. 21 shots, 17 corners, 70% of possession. Turns out they were Jekyll this weekend and are now on top of the EPL standings. Kevin Cyril Davies (14') had the goal for Bolton, before three straight by Emmanuel Eboue (offside, 26'), Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Denilson (87'). Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger's Young guns face Sheffield United in the Carling Cup this Tuesday, with the youngsters and squad players expected to get a full 90 minutes. That means Nicklas Bendtner and Carlos Vela will most likely partner each other on the night. We saw their frightening partnership in pre-season against Burgenland, Stuttgart and Ajax and [. Click to continue reading...

The amber fluid was flowing in the land of ArseNews as a silky Arsenal side outclassed a tough Bolton outfit. Megson's Men took the lead in the 14th minute as Kevin Davies climbed above Kolo Toure to head in a Joey O'Brien corner. A lack of communication between Toure, William Gallas and Gael Clichy [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal took on a tough Bolton side at the Reebok this afternoon looking to extend their points in the Premier League table. Arsene Wenger left Robin van Persie and England ace Theo Walcott on the bench for the trip to the Reebok Stadium. Nicklas Bendtner was handed a start to partner Emmanuel Adebayor up front and Emmanuel [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal took on a tough Bolton side at the Reebok this afternoon looking to extend their points in the Premier League table. Arsene Wenger left Robin van Persie and England ace Theo Walcott on the bench for the trip to the Reebok Stadium. Nicklas Bendtner was handed a start to partner Emmanuel Adebayor up front and Emmanuel [. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner and Emmanuel Eboue have been handed starts by Arsene Wenger as the Gunners' take on Bolton later this evening. Dutch forward Robin van Persie has been dropped to the bench, while Alex Song is also replaced despite putting in a workman-like effort against Dynamo Kiev during midweek. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner and Emmanuel Eboue have been handed starts by Arsene Wenger as the Gunners' take on Bolton later this evening. Dutch forward Robin van Persie has been dropped to the bench, while Theo Walcott is also replaced despite putting in a energetic performance against Dynamo Kiev during midweek. Click to continue reading...

Theodorus Walcottus Awesomus

Arsenal meets Blackburn this weekend, another team that believes in Josip Simunic style of tackling. Here is hoping that Walcott gets the start after his barnstorming performance against Croatia which should have boosted his confidence to stratospheric levels.

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Daniel Jensen's stoppage-time winner gave Denmark a 3-2 victory over Portugal in a World Cup Group One qualifier on Wednesday which saw four goals being scored in the last seven minutes. Nani opened the scoring after 42 minutes.Denmark levelled through Nicklas Bendtner's header in the 83rd minute.

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More World Cup Qualifiers means more recaps. I think Abby will have some post gushing about Theo Walcott, so I'll only briefly mention him here. And post a picture. Lot of Gunners in action, and from what I've heard, no major injuries.

Robin Van Persie
Started and played 69 minutes for the Netherlands in their 2-1 win against FYR Macedonia.

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As could be expected, lots of Gunners in action over the weekend in World Cup Qualifiers, mostly in the UEFA region. As promised, a brief look at each player and his role (if any):

Alexandre Song Billong
Started and played 90 minutes for Cameroon in their 2-1 win over Cape Verde Islands.

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All the speculation going around this week was whether star man Nicklas Bendtner was going to be fit or not for his native Denmark. In the end he shaked off a knock on his ankle to start on his own upfront. In a drab first half Bendtner had hardly no service and Denmark resulted into long balls [. Click to continue reading...

Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner has shaken off an ankle injury to start for his country in their World Cup Qualifier against Hungary tonight. Speedy winger Theo Walcott claims a surprising start in England's WCQ versus Andorra at the Olympic Stadium. Johan Djourou continues in defence for Switzerland v Israel while Arsenal's French trio Bacary Sagna, William Gallas [. Click to continue reading...

  Nicklas Bendtner had a big blow yesterday picking up an ankle injury after landing awkwardly after an aerial challenge. He did not participate in full training today as his ankle is still swolen but he has done other developments.  Soren Kaalund has commented on the matter . . . I dare not put percentages on how likely it [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal FC fans have allot to celebrate today after a great 4-0 victory over FC Twente. The Championship League qualifying match meant that they are one step closer to bringing home that cup again. In the Image Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner is seen celebrating with team mates after making a heal goal during the match held [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal FC fans have allot to celebrate today after a great 4-0 victory over FC Twente. The Championship League qualifying match meant that they are one step closer to bringing home that cup again. In the Image Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner is seen celebrating with team mates after making a heal goal during the match held [. Click to continue reading...

1-0 Samir Nasri 27'

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2-0 William Gallas 52'

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