I remembered it was two nights ago where I watched Arsenal losing to Olympiakos. That match was one of the non-stressful matches to watch for any Arsenal fan for a long time. Win or lose, we are still group winners. I was whining that Chelsea went through to the knockout stages the same night. The next night, I felt so elated and popped champagne for celebration after watching both Manchester clubs crashed out of the prestigious UEFA Champions League, Europe’s top tier club competition.
After the intense celebrations with all my fellow gooner buddies, I reflected for a while. So what if City and United were to play in the Europa League? Does it matter to Arsenal?
My first thought was that it does not matter. Arsenal’s jinx in the champions league is Barcelona anyway. Twice in a row Barcelona has knocked us out. Besides, City are relatively poor in Europe anyway. However, with both City and United in the Europa League now, they will conserve more energy for the premier league and it may harm Arsenal instead.
Of course, this will be the perfect chance for Arsenal fans to ‘get back’ at United fans and all the 8-2 crap they ever said about us. Morale in the city will also be very low and it may affect their upcoming heavy schedules. Hopefully, this will also teach fans of Manchester clubs to not be so arrogant with their achievements so far this season, they had not won anything yet.
Manchester City at Real and Barca’s level? Not just yet.
I wished Arsenal would draw Barca again though. You know, third time lucky and stuff like that. We may also teach Cesc a lesson hopefully? Or am I hoping for too much?
u are hoping for to much but i do believe that we are capable of beating any team because of the determination of the players. They have the it factor now. They will do whatever it takes to win and be diciplined enough to see matches out. I believe if we do draw barca or madrid in the quarterfinals that it is game on but I would rather not face them until the semis. The best thing would be what happened last year that they faced each other in the semis and if that happen we have more than a capable enough squad to make the finals. As everyone seen last year we can beat barca in one game and thats all it takes
Be careful what you wish for! Although it’s technically impossible to draw Barca in the next stage as they topped their group like we did, “knowing our luck” as you mentioned, we’ll probably draw AC Milan which would be a BIG challenge. They gave Real Madrid a dose of hell in a pint of mayhem!Real Madrid did eventually achieve a clean bill of health, but only after violent blood-thinning nerve-attacks and a drip of lukewarm Mourinho eased the pain.
It was great to see “MANCHESTER: A City United in Failure” both aptly degrade themselves for their expensive glory hunting, trophy buying, profligate hortatory.
Thank The Lord of Football for Financial Fair Play Rules
Thank The God of Greatness for The Arsenal Way
Thank The Deity of Deliverance for Arsenal FC