Oh well Gooners, a night to forget but with the good news that
Arsenal qualify for the next round as group winners.
Not exact matches
After a long trophy drought,
Arsenal have now won two FA Cups in successive seasons, and have avoided the Champions League
Qualifying round for next year, but when Rosicky was asked what he thought about the season just past instead of saying how well the club did he turned the conversation back to his «frustration».
Bale actually upset the spuds by wanting
Arsenal to
qualify for the
next round of the champions league!
Wenger did say after the defeat to Bayern Munich in Germany that
Arsenal would still be giving it their all to try to
qualify for the
next round but I am not so sure and the words of the former
Arsenal and France star Robert Pires this week have done nothing to change my mind.
And should
arsenal progress in the fa cup by
qualifying for the
next round.
In what is undoubtedly the tie of the
round, Milan will take on
Arsenal as the two sides will see this competition as their best hope of
qualifying for the Champions League
next season.
Now, because Leicester have made it into the
next round of the FA Cup after beating Sheffield United this weekend, they have now qualified for the Sixth Round and are set to face Chelsea on the 17th March, when they should be playing Arsenal at
round of the FA Cup after beating Sheffield United this weekend, they have now
qualified for the Sixth
Round and are set to face Chelsea on the 17th March, when they should be playing Arsenal at
Round and are set to face Chelsea on the 17th March, when they should be playing
Arsenal at home.
Barcelona lost a 3 goal lead and crashed out; Madrid was rescued by a last minute penalty at home despite a comfortable 3 goal lead away; Lazio lost a 2 goal lead and got eliminated; the «Almighty Athletico» (according to Wenger haters) nearly got eliminated at Lisbon succombing to a defeat; and another monster that would destroy
Arsenal if we ever were unfortunate to meet them, Leipzig, was thrashed by Marseille yet it is
Arsenal that secured a 2 - 2 draw and
qualified for the
next round that should be hanged.
Arsenal will go into this away game with West Brom on a real high after beating Borussia Dortmund and
qualifying for the
next round of the Champions League.
One look at his stats, though, and the direct effect the German international has had on
Arsenal flying high in the Premier League,
qualifying for the
next round of the Champions League and defending the FA cup and you get a much different story.
Arsenal only just
qualified for the
next round of the UEFA Europa League despite losing to Ostersunds last night, and they could now be drawn against any of the 15 teams left in the competition.
In 48 hours time
Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have already
qualified for the
next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway...
If it wasn't impressive enough
for Eddie Nketiah to score both goals against Norwich on his
Arsenal debut to send the Gunners through to the
next round of the Caraboa Cup, the 18 year - old has done even better on his debut
for the England U19s by scoring FOUR times in the World Cup
Qualifier against the Faroe Islands.
Having already
qualified for the
next round of the Europa League,
Arsenal do not have to risk too much away to Cologne tonight, but at the same time it would be much better to get a result in Germany that would guarantee us top spot and keep the confidence building.
While the club may try to drill into its supporters that this is fantastic news, it could turn out to be disastrous all
round should
Arsenal fail to
qualify for next season's Champions League.