Arsenal built the stadium in the most expensive city in the country to build in and never once fell out of those all -
important Champions League places.
Not exact matches
I am not suggesting that he will field a weaker team with that FA cup replay in mind, as securing a
Champions League place is more
important to Liverpool (he would love the top four to be called the Rodgers trophy believe me).
Wenger has stated that the
champions league money is not as
important as it was in the past, for Arsenal fc, Is that an advanced excuse or cover ready in
place?
Although he missed the latter stages of the season through suspension, Palacios was one of Tottenham's most
important players in the 2009 - 10 campaign, which saw the North London side finish fourth in the Premier
League and book a
place in the
Champions League.
Perhaps just as
important, though, is the fact that three of our big rivals for the top four
Champions League qualifying
places did see players pick up injuries with their national teams.
We still have some
important work to do before the end of the season and even if the Frenchman is planning to leave he will want to ensure that he does so on some sort of a high, perhaps with an FA cup to celebrate but if not then at least with our usual
place in the
Champions League.
While a lot of the talk ahead this Premier
League match has been about the protests planned by three different Arsenal fan groups, the comments about this from Arsene Wenger and the debate about the manager, the board and the owner Stan Kroenke and who is to blame for our problems, the Gunners do have the small matter of a game to0 win and it is very
important that we do so if Arsenal are to ensure a
place in the
Champions League for next season.
After a shocking performance in the mid-week
Champions League tie, Wenger has to once again revitalise the team's confidence to get an
important home win in the fight for a
place in the top 4.
The most
important match for Arsenal fans over this Premier
League weekend is, of course, our own away game against West Brom and it is one that the Gunners desperately need to take all three points from in order to keep in touch with the clubs currently occupying the top four
Champions League qualifying
places.
This could be a nervous affair as both teams know how
important it is to the fans, and especially to the race for the
Champions League places.
This season hasn't exactly been extraordinary considering the standards set by these two clubs, but the meeting of Manchester United and Manchester City this weekend is still a massively
important tie as both sides look to finish in the
Champions League places.
Games don't get much
important than this and you could be at the 2016
Champions League Final taking
place at the magnificent San Siro on Saturday 28 May 2016.
Three points for Arsenal will all but guarantee qualification for the knock out stage of the
Champions League, but equally
important the target has to be to finish the group in first
place to ensure a potentially easier game in the knockout stages of the competition in February.
Fresh off of dumping his own parent club Juventus out of the
Champions League with Bayern Munich's final goal in Wednesday night's 4 - 2 victory, with Koman also providing the assist for Thomas Muller's all -
important goal which paved way for Bavarians to take their
place in the quarter - finals.