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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Tom Malley

When Arsenal last qualified for the Champions League: Mikel Arteta pushing to turn tide

Arsenal kicked off their UEFA Europa League campaign with a 2-1 victory over FC Zurich last week as their impressive start to the season continued, although their hiatus from the Champions League for another season continues to cause concern.

Mikel Arteta is building something exciting at the Emirates Stadium, with the Gunners currently sat top of the Premier League after six games, but the Spaniard has failed to return the Gunners to football’s most prestigious club competition during his three-year reign.

But Unai Emery was also unable to achieve that goal before him during his 18-month stint as manager, meaning that club legend Arsene Wenger was the last to guide the Gunners to Champions League football before his 2018 departure.

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