When you could have asked me 2 months ago if Arsenal will secure a champions league place for next season, I would have said no. To be honest throughout the season Arsenal have not been a best team at all, with the departure of Robin van Persie to Manchester United in the begging of the season, made things worse for the team that have been loosing their key players to their rivals in the past seasons. Their failure to secure a player of RVP’s caliber meant that Arsenal had no true goal scorer this season and had to depend on the player they had at their disposal.
The beginning of the season was not sailing that smooth for them, as they saw mixed results on the path to challenge for the league title and with no time they saw themselves fall behind the pack. Things got better to worse when they were knocked out of one of their potential silverware by a third division team Bradford city in the capital cup, meant that our only chance for silverware was the FA cup and Champions league. But we were also knocked out of FA cup by Blackburn who know play their trade in the championship. We were later knocked out by Bayern Munich in the champions’ league despite our 2-0 win at Allianz Arena, as they managed to go through to the next stage with 3-2 aggregate.
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| Arsene wenger hugs Lukas Podolski after there 1-0 victory at Newcastle www.3news.co.nz |
One positive thing we took out of the second league game against Bayern is that we have never lost a game after that. The last time we lost a game in FA was our loss to our North London rival Tottenham Spurs and after that we went on to a record of 10 games without a loss. We managed to close the 8 points gap Spurs had on us and went on to secure a berth in the champions’ league. Yes we have not yet qualified but one thing about Arsenal is that they have never failed to make it to the group stages once they have reached this stage. Yesterday was a very hectic day for both Arsenal and Spurs fans as both team looked to secure a place in the next season champions’ league. Once again it was Laurent Koscienly who came to our rescue with his second half close range volley from a free-kick, just like last season he was again our hero as his header secured us a third place finish. Gareth Bale went on to score a thunderous goal in the dying minutes of the game but there was nothing they could do as Arsenal had to loss for them to finish off on 4th place.
The 4th place has been much of silverware for Arsenal in the past season but I believe that now it’s even much bigger than this. Arsenal are on a good financial state coming to the next season and Arśene Wenger is expected to spend big in the transfer window this off-season. With Arsenal expected to make some big signings the champion’s league is the best way to attract top quality players. The odds are on Arśene Wenger’s side as he is expected to dominate more especially in FA as he is now the longest serving manager after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. We will have to wait and see how Arsenal will turn up next season.
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| Arsenal players celebrating after scoring a goal www.wallhud.com |
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