Arsenal and Swansea City are playing in the English Premier League on Tuesday and the midweek match comes after a rough defeat for the Gunners against Chelsea and now they return to Emirates Stadium for a game at 3:45 pm ET and 8:45 pm local time and it will be streaming from the NBC Sports Live Extra website as they try to get back on track.
Arsene Wenger had his side meet after the match and he was left without answers after the weekend, as Chelsea dominated at Stamford Bridge and shutout the Gunners 6-0 and that was the worst defeat of the season for the team and now they matchup with the Swans are hoping that a return home is the remedy they need to win. The team gave up goals very quickly and within 20 minutes the game was out of hand at 3-0 and Chelsea did not stop attacking and now the Gunners have to try and turn things around to get back into the top three and this comes after the team had been leading the EPL standings for most of the season.
Wenger and Arsenal have not won a trophy in years and now they matchup against Swansea and that comes after the team won at the Emirates last season and the manager said his team will be prepared on Tuesday for the match. Olivier Giroud has been leading the team in scoring and the attack needs to be much more consistent and Wenger is hoping that the frontline will get things done early to get the sour taste of the Chelsea match done with. The team comes into the day at fourth on the league table and time is running out for them to catch up with the top teams in Chelsea and Liverpool.
After being at the top for most of the season, Arsenal now is seven points back of Chelsea at the first position on the table and they are just one point back of Manchester City in the top three. Liverpool has now moved into the top two after the Reds and Gunners were tied on points and they pulled ahead after another dominating performance and they also got three more goals from Luis Suarez. The team is now leading Man City and Arsenal, while Tottenham and Everton are next on the league table and they are up over Manchester United, who has won two in a row after some rough defeats earlier on the schedule.
Manchester United and Man City are playing in a big match in the Manchester Derby on Tuesday at Old Trafford and that could be the last chance for Man U to get back into things in the EPL and Arsenal is rooting for Wayne Rooney and company, as a loss would put them in position to move up on the league standings if they can win their match or at least get a point. The club comes in after the Chelsea loss and a win away against Tottenham and they still have matches coming up with Everton and Norwich City and they will play the FA Cup semis against Wigan and that will be at Wembley Stadium in April.
Check here for the Swansea City and Arsenal live coverage from NBC.
