3 — No manager has lost
more League Cup finals than Arsene Wenger (2007, 2011 and 2018), level with Alex Ferguson (who also won the trophy four times).
Not exact matches
I think we should be
more concerned with the
cup final and not this filthy stats, the
league is over and the dust is settling down.
It was not that Theo or Giroud should be defended for any weak campaign,
more that if they had had a hypothetically strong campaign in a competition a lot of fans deem second tier, (Carling
Cup, Europa
League, even F.A.
Cup to some fans, I'm guessing including yourself as you seem happy to disregard the opening goal of the
FINAL for some strange reason.......)
SEE
MORE: Qatar 2022 World
Cup news FIFA confirm Qatar World
Cup final set for December 18 Qatar World
Cup 2022: Premier
League Boxing Day fixtures are safe, insists FIFA vice-president
SEE
MORE: Manchester United could become first team to reach this cool Premier
League landmark against Watford Premier
League title odds: Bookmakers install Tottenham as new favourites after Leicester slip up Charlie Adam slams Liverpool pair for bottling penalties in Capital One
Cup final
If they stay in Europe and the FA
cup United could have 25
more games before the end of the season, at an average of one every four days starting with the second leg of their Europa
League tie tomorrow and then the EFL
cup final this weekend.
With the a draining Europa
League campaign coming up for the Gunners next season they are going to need more depth to their squad as when you consider there are 38 league games, up to 15 games in the Europa League (should they reach the final) up to 6 games in the FA Cup and the same in the League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the s
League campaign coming up for the Gunners next season they are going to need
more depth to their squad as when you consider there are 38
league games, up to 15 games in the Europa League (should they reach the final) up to 6 games in the FA Cup and the same in the League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the s
league games, up to 15 games in the Europa
League (should they reach the final) up to 6 games in the FA Cup and the same in the League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the s
League (should they reach the
final) up to 6 games in the FA
Cup and the same in the
League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the s
League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the season.
Arsenal play their
final game of the Premier
League season against West Bromwich Albion this Sunday with third place
more or less wrapped up, so Arsene Wenger seems likely to shuffle his pack ahead of the far
more important FA
Cup final clash against Aston Villa the following week...
SEE
MORE Tottenham chiefs wanted to AXE England new boy Harry Kane says Tim Sherwood Former Premier
League club Coventry City on verge of liquidation FIFA confirm Qatar World
Cup final set for December 18
SEE
MORE Mexico prepare for
final Gold
Cup warm - up game Liverpool: One defender confirms Anfield departure, another on the brink of contract extension $ 7m Arsenal transfer target offered contract extension amid Premier
League interest
Walking out on a
cup final early is poor saying the things after is poor we have had the most consistancy of any pl club for 20 years it goes bad we lose and we show no honor in defeat i never mentioned wenger i mentioned the lack of support in a
cup final was sad and by walking out it showed we've been spoiled city did nt leave the semi early last year when we beat em they did nt leave early wehen they lost in
league one and i cant stand city im arsenal through and through we won a
cup last year and the year before were in another
cup final and tempemental fans leave early even though it takes alot to get to a
cup final maybe you need to lose
more to lose respectable its hard it sucks but its a
cup final bigger than the management our opinions for a day its about how you show you solidarity as a club win or lose every other club in england would of taken our spot in a heartbeat if they could of and we lea e early that shows spoilage and it was embarrassing to see we need to be stronger as supporters newcastle does nt like ashley yet they still show up and when was the last time they won a
cup?
Actually winning
cups getting to those
finals by beating the best teams in the
leagues even though we lost one to the best team in the
league this year is
more than one fact and what the guy stated in the article is a host of statistical facts and we sniffed the
league in 2016 every one but us failed to beat the champions that year twice there is a host of facts that hold up success here an mostly ranting opinions saying yea we won
cups and made it to
finals so what, we did nt win ecl or epl only 1 team does that and other than Leicester which we were 2nd only city, mu and chelsea have won since we last won so not many clubs do that and totten ham hasnt won a
cup since 2008 we have won 5 in 8 seasons and been to 3 other
finals
Considering how Arsenal played in the first two months of this season, it seems like a dream to see us going ten games unbeaten at this moment, and only needing five
more wins to secure second place in the Premier
League and a repeat success in the FA
Cup Final.
Spurs have a game in hand on the rest, having played in the
League Cup final last week, but still need to do
more if they want that top four place.
READ
MORE: Man Utd 2 - 0 Hull player ratings: Paul Pogba drives Red Devils towards
League Cup final Deal agreed as Man United cut losses on # 24m Morgan Schneiderlin, quick Everton medical could benefit Red Devils FA
Cup 4th round draw hands kind ties to Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool *, but Arsenal legend stitches up former club
Jose Mourinho and Manchester United needed a result
more than ever in today's FA
Cup quarter -
finals following this week's Champions
League exit.
Manchester United needed a result
more than ever in today's FA
Cup quarter -
finals following this week's Champions
League exit.
Arsenal have the benefit of
more experience of playing on the hallowed turf, although Man City have already won the
League Cup Final there earlier in the season so will know what to expect as well.
More recently we've witnessed relegated Wigan Athletic beating mega-wealthy Manchester City against all the odds in the 2013
final,
League One outfit Bradford City recovering from a 2 - 0 deficit to defeat Premier
League leaders Chelsea 4 - 2 at Stamford Bridge in 2015 and just last February Lincoln City shocking Premier
League Burnley to become the first non-
league club since 1914 to reach the
cup quarter -
finals.
There is an argument that Pochettino deserved
more credit for finishing fifth and reaching the
League Cup final in his first season.
It all started with the manager admitting he had not seen Santi since the
League Cup Final as he had returned home for
more rehab, but he had heard that the outlook was encouraging.
Yes, there were challenges associated with that move — debts to pay, players sold without proper replacements and the whole nine yards, but we still tried to compete, even though we fell short on several occasions and none hurts
more than the 2006 Champions
League final but nine years of a trophy drought changed to sheer elation when the Gunners won the FA
Cup in 2014.
There are five
more league matches left after this weekend's
cup final.
Of course, if United make it to the quarter -
final of the UEFA Champions
League, it could add two
more matches, and embarking into the next round of the FA
Cup, should United beat Birmingham City or Huddersfield Town, whoever wins the replay, will add another but not enough to reach 200 this season.
Now that we have no
more international breaks for a while, the games will come thick and fast with the EFL
cup quarter
final on Wednesday, followed by the six
league games mentioned above all taking place in December.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed the
League Cup final because of injury but believes that makes him all the
more motivated to help Manchester United reach the Europa
League final so that he can be a part of the success.
If the current
league position was just a little
more healthy then perhaps we could expect to go into this game all guns blazing, in the hope of securing a semi
final berth in this season's EFL
cup competition.
The Merseyside are currently occupying the
final Champions
League spot, and they will have the aim of preserving the position whilst seeking to bag some kind of silverware from the FA
Cup, which gives them a
more realistic chance than the Champions
League.
This was a full # 62m increase on the previous season's total revenue figure of # 302m - a season which saw the club play a lot
more games at Anfield, participate in the Europa
League and indeed reach the
finals of two
cup competitions (said European competition and the League Cu
cup competitions (said European competition and the
League CupCup).
Celtic are currently on a British record run of 64 domestic matches unbeaten and could lift
more silverware at the weekend when they play Motherwell in the
League Cup final.
I think we should have treated the
Cup Final with
more credit than «just another
league match».
Nothing
more than your average club but they still won the Europa
League, beating Roy Hodgson's Fulham in the
final and Atlético soon followed it up with the European Super
Cup.
I'm with Bun: I just about give us
more of a shot in the
league cup final than I do winning (or even getting to the latter stages of) the Europa.
In addition to winning the
League Cup and our UEFA
Cup Final appearance, we also enjoyed two
more League Cup Finals, an FA
Cup Final and two consecutive European adventures that brought with them the scalps of Lazio, Stuttgart and Roma.
Reaction: Hodgson lionises England record - chaser Rooney (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney sees off Slovenia to close on record (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Coleman foresees glory for conquering Wales (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Hodgson tells under - fire Sterling to toughen up (friendly) Report: England and Ireland draw a blank in Dublin (friendly) Reaction: De Gea uncertainty clouds Man United's horizon (Premier
League) Report: Arsenal thwart Man United as De Gea departs (Premier
League) Reaction: Liverpool prepare for life without «irreplaceable» Gerrard (Premier
League) Reaction: Gerrard «devastated» after
final Anfield game (Premier
League) Report: Gerrard says farewell as Crystal Palace poop party (Premier
League) Reaction: Arsenal manager Wenger irked by Swansea «accident» (Premier
League) Report: Arsenal sunk by Fabiański and Gomis (Premier
League) Reaction: Rodgers accuses Fàbregas as Liverpool's top - four bid fades (Premier
League) Report: Chelsea close Champions
League door on Liverpool (Premier
League) Reaction: Mourinho steels Chelsea for challenges ahead (Premier
League) Report: Hazard storms Palace to give Chelsea title (Premier
League) Reaction: Mourinho feels the love despite Chelsea jibes (Premier
League) Reaction: Arsenal «boring», not Chelsea — Mourinho (Premier
League) Report: Arsenal stalemate delays Chelsea coronation (Premier
League) Reaction: Fight for
final places, Sherwood tells Villa (FA
Cup) Report: Aston Villa end Gerrard's FA
Cup dream (FA
Cup) Reaction: Mourinho calls for caution as title beckons (Premier
League) Report: Hazard fires clinical Chelsea closer to title (Premier
League) Reaction: Van Gaal says Man United top dogs after derby romp (Premier
League) Report: Man City blown away by Man United fightback (Premier
League) Reaction: Hodgson urges Kane to build on perfect debut (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Van Gaal beams after Man United storm Anfield (Premier
League) Reaction: Gerrard sorry for red card against Man United (Premier
League) Report: Gerrard off as Mata brace ends Liverpool run (Premier
League) Reaction: PSG revel in Champions
League breakthrough (Champions
League) Report: Thiago Silva and 10 - man PSG claim Chelsea revenge (Champions
League) Reaction: Wenger thrilled as Welbeck proves point (FA
Cup) Report: Old boy Welbeck fells Man United in FA
Cup (FA
Cup) Reaction: Rodgers rues cost of Liverpool resurgence (FA
Cup) Report: Blackburn intrude on Gerrard's FA
Cup dream (FA
Cup) Reaction: Wembley win leaves Mourinho feeling «like a kid» (Capital One
Cup) Report: Clinical Chelsea earn Mourinho third
League Cup (Capital One
Cup) Reaction: Man City stirrings give Pellegrini Barça hope (Champions
League) Report: Suárez scores brace as Barcelona down Man City (Champions
League) Reaction: Rodgers plots Liverpool assault on top four (Premier
League) Report: Coutinho rocket sinks seething Southampton (Premier
League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends Man United's «long - ball» tactics (Premier
League) Report: Blind late show rescues spluttering Man United (Premier
League) Reaction: Pellegrini remains hopeful as Mourinho sulks (Premier
League) Report: Silva keeps Man City on Chelsea's heels (Premier
League) Reaction: Mourinho cries foul over Costa «stamp» claims (Capital One
Cup) Report: Ivanović sinks Liverpool as Chelsea reach
final (Capital One
Cup) Reaction: Odds were against Man United — Van Gaal (FA
Cup) Report: Minnows Cambridge hold Man United in FA
Cup (FA
Cup) Reaction: Rodgers buoyed by Sterling - inspired Liverpool (Capital One
Cup) Report: Sterling slalom checks Chelsea in
League Cup (Capital One
Cup) Reaction: Arsenal masterclass sets standard, says Wenger (Premier
League) Report: Cazorla stars as Arsenal stun Man City (Premier
League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends methods after United defeat (Premier
League) Report: Tadić strike punishes shot - shy Man United (Premier
League) Report: Bloodied Skrtel earns Liverpool a point (Premier
League) Reaction: In - form United «forcing luck», says Van Gaal (Premier
League) Report: De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool gloom (Premier
League) Reaction: Liverpool will «fight» for return — Rodgers (Champions
League) Report: Basel thwart Liverpool to reach last 16 (Champions
League) Reaction: Van Persie rescued United, admits Van Gaal (Premier
League) Report: Van Persie sends lacklustre Man United third (Premier
League) Report: Agüero undoes Southampton as Man City go second (Premier
League) Report: Stunning Agüero treble gives Man City hope (Champions
League) Reaction: Hodgson dismayed by England fan chants (friendly) Report: Rooney at the double as England silence Scots (friendly) Report: Rooney, Welbeck inspire England fightback (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Tevez returns as Argentina overcome Croatia (friendly) Reaction: Man City have «crisis of confidence» — Pellegrini (Champions
League) Report: Nine - man Man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow (Champions
League) Reaction: Van Gaal says beaten Man United getting closer (Premier
League) Report: Agüero gives City spoils against 10 - man United (Premier
League) Reaction: Shocks are warning for England, says Hodgson (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney on mark as England school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier
League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier
League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier
League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold City (Champions
League) Report: Totti makes history as Roma thwart Man City (Champions
League) Reaction: Rodgers heartened by Liverpool resilience (Champions
League) Reaction: Van Gaal wants
more from match - winner Di María (Premier
League) Report: Falcao debuts as Man United crush QPR (Premier
League) Reaction: Hodgson hails Welbeck for biding his time (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Welbeck gives improved England winning start (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics (friendly) Report: Rooney rescues England in turgid Norway win (friendly) Reaction: Wenger backs Sánchez to fill Giroud's shoes (Champions
League) Reaction: Pellegrini gladdened by Jovetić display (Premier
League) Report: Jovetić at the double as Man City sink Liverpool (Premier
League) Reaction: Ancelotti predicts «new cycle» for Madrid (UEFA Super
Cup) Report: Ronaldo still the boss as Madrid win Super
Cup (UEFA Super
Cup) Reaction: Wembley win sets tone for Arsenal — Wenger (Community Shield) Report: Vibrant Arsenal down Man City in Community Shield (Community Shield) Reaction: «Lethargic» Arsenal not ready yet — Wenger (Emirates
Cup) Report: Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal (Emirates
Cup) Reaction: Wenger enthused by Sanogo - Campbell double act (Emirates
Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates
Cup)
What made the gesture all the
more remarkable was that Hill's previous Wembley appearance, for Tranmere in the
League Cup final 14 years earlier, ended prematurely when he was sent off.
Despite again failing to deliver a sustained title bid, eventually finishing an all - too - familiar fourth and also going out of the Champions
League once
more to Bayern Munich, not to mention Wenger losing his 1,000 th match in charge 6 - 0 at Chelsea, the long wait for some silverware to put in the Emirates Stadium cabinet was ended by an energy - sapping extra-time FA
Cup final win over Hull, having trailed 2 - 0 inside the opening eight minutes.
Aston Villa Vs Liverpool — English Premier
League — 2014 - 15 Match Preview At the FA
Cup's Semi
Final match of 2014 - 15 season Aston Villa Vs Liverpool will play at the Second Semi
Final tomorrow at 19th April,
More...