If it is any consolation in defeat, Arsenal can still achieve something unprecedented this season. Take a breath, resist the doomer-ism, and it is also unlikely Arsenal’s season will play out like that. Channel the fury, get the first 11 out there and the league title in particular is well within reach. But the team he is rebuilding on the hoof, expensively supplemented, is still full of notes of controlled self-expression. This is not to make light of the spirit and the talent in the team, or the stellar progress of a winning season so far.

Source: Irish Examiner April 06, 2026 11:29 UTC