Arsenal: every Europa League winner loses
Arsenal were beaten by the mighty FC Cologne in the Europa Cup. The German side was poor, needing a pretty soft penalty to hit the net; but even when faced with the Bundesliga’s worst side Arsenal couldn’t score. But fear not, Arsenal fans. The Gunners can still win the second-rate cup. No team to have captured the trophy since the first winners in 2010 has gone the course undefeated.
The following is a guide to how many matches the eventual winners lost by. Defeats in two-legged knock-out rounds are in brackets.
2010: Atletico Madrid 3 (1)
2011: Porto (2)
2012: Atletico Madrid 1
2013: Chelsea 2 (2)
2014: Seville (3)
2015: Seville 1
2016: Seville 4 (2)
2017: Manchester United 1
Onwards and upwards, Arsenal. One the best players take part it’ll be shoo-in, right. Ozil and Sanchez will fire Arsenal home – unless thy leave the club in January.
Posted: 23rd, November 2017 | In: Arsenal, News, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
