Two defeats in the space of five days in May cost Arsenal a spot in next season's UEFA Champions League.
The Gunners had enjoyed a solid upturn in form following a disastrous start that saw them lose all of them first their Premier League outings but eventually, injuries to key players Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu derailed their campaign, allowing Antonio Conte's Tottenham Hotspur to pip them to a fourth-placed finish in the final stretch. Since then, plenty of the game's most famous talking heads have ruled out Mikel Arteta's side.
Blowing a chance to qualify for Europe's most prestigious competition has proved to Manchester United legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane that Arteta's project was all hype and they will fall away this season. But does that actually make any sense?
