AND NOW YOU’RE GUNNER BELIEVE US?
The last time Arsenal notched up three consecutive second-place finishes in the top flight, they went on to win the league fairly comfortably the following season, beating Liverpool by seven points. With Mikel Arteta now in Phase 19 of the five-phase plan he embarked on to establish his side as champions, trophy-hungry fans of the club will be hoping he can emulate his predecessor, Arsène Wenger, by masterminding a successful title tilt after back-to-back-to-back finishes as runners-up. During his time at Arsenal, Arteta has left virtually no stone unturned in his attempts to maximise the potential of his squad, using opposing team’s anthems, a team of pickpockets, a longwinded metaphor involving lightbulbs, a training ground labrador, a bowl of lemons and an olive tree in his as yet unsuccessful efforts to get them over the line and on to the Premier League winners’ podium in May.
