Wenger's record in Europe was the biggest black mark against him.
That side from 2002-2004 should have won a CL.
Champions League is a bit of a closed shop, now more than ever
Juventus are the biggest club in Italy domestically, it made a couple of finals but got trounced by Barca and Real
As Letters said, our European record under Wenger was a black mark for him. But again I’d say that’s less outright failure to win the thing, and more than in almost twenty seasons in the competition we made the final once, and the semis twice
Arteta so far at least hasn’t done too badly in that we’ve been back in two seasons and one quarter final and one semi final. We want more and it’s right to expect more, but the disappointment of PSG aside….it was a decent European campaign that slightly elevated a frustrating season
Wenger’s record was shocking really in knockout ties. Arteta from 2 campaigns has already got us through 3 ties. Porto, PSV and Real Madrid. Which pretty much eclipses anything Wenger did during his last decade with us in the competition.
Didn't Partey try that a few season back before he started placing his effiorts?![]()