{"id":182946,"date":"2026-05-03T16:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182946\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:37:10","slug":"riccardo-calafiori-says-arsenal-win-sends-message-to-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182946\/","title":{"rendered":"Riccardo Calafiori says Arsenal win sends message to Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal extended their lead from three points to six with an emphatic 3-0 win over Fulham prior to City\u2019s fixture against Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s players delivered possibly their best performance of the season so far with Viktor Gyokeres scoring either side of Bukayo Saka\u2019s strike in a ruthless first-half display at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.84486658.jpg\" alt=\"Viktor Gyokeres \" data-title=\"\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Adam Davy\" data-usage-terms=\"EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club\/league logos or \u201clive\u201d services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club\/league\/player publications.\"  \/>Viktor Gyokeres scored twice against Fulham to take his tally for the season to 21 (Adam Davy\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The games continue to come thick and fast for Arsenal with the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid at the Emirates on Tuesday. The last-four tie is evenly poised following a 1-1 draw in Spain last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a clear message,\u201d said Calafiori, who had a goal disallowed for offside. \u201cThe crowd was good, the atmosphere was unbelievable. It was a huge moment, good for confidence and when we do things well, there\u2019s not many teams that can beat us. That\u2019s the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have to take it step-by-step because on Tuesday we have a massive game and we are focusing on this game, too. We are fighting for everything at this moment. It is the most important part of the season and we have to be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saka returned to the starting line-up for the first time since Arsenal\u2019s defeat to City in the Carabao Cup final on March 22 following an Achilles injury, and he was the inspiration behind his side\u2019s statement win.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.84486233.jpg\" alt=\"Bukayo Saka \" data-title=\"\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Adam Davy\" data-usage-terms=\"EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club\/league logos or \u201clive\u201d services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club\/league\/player publications.\"  \/>Bukayo Saka scored Arsenal\u2019s second against Fulham shortly before half-time (Adam Davy\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Saka provided Gyokeres\u2019 ninth-minute opener and then doubled Arsenal\u2019s advantage with a fine finish in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n<p>He was withdrawn at the interval to ensure he is firing on all cylinders for this week\u2019s second leg as Arsenal bid to secure their first Champions League final in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>And Calafiori continued: \u201cYou saw what he (Saka) did (against Fulham). He still needs to find his form back again, but he\u2019s an unbelievable player and we want everyone available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of our best players and he\u2019s going to help us a lot. I\u2019m pretty confident of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal extended their lead from three points to six with an emphatic 3-0 win over Fulham prior to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-182946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}