Thursday, 30 May 2019

Old failings rear up in Baku to leave Arsenal’s ambitions shipwrecked | Amy Lawrence

Unai Emery’s side capitulated against Chelsea and, with such an important summer ahead, the damage may be severe

There was something almost pitiful about Unai Emery gesturing enthusiastically from his technical area, urging his team forwards, in the 90th minute at 4-1 down. He suddenly looked like a footballing King Canute, trying to stem a tide that washed all over Arsenal and left their present and future ambitions shipwrecked.

The scale of the capitulation left Arsenal in shock. At the end of it all, the shattering despair felled their players. They had been banking on this, hoping that the Europa League final would bring a happy ending to this season and positivity for the next with a return to the Champions League.

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2YWVEMO

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