Arsenal coach from 1996 to 2018, Arsène Wenger managed to put the Gunners back on the English football map, winning the Premier League in 1998, 2002 and 2004, the FA Cup six times during his 22 -year -old reign and By reaching the Champions League final in 2006. But its end of the course was catastrophic for several years. The Alsatian has never accepted the takeover of Chelsea and Manchester City, new super-rich, even taking it on the Cityzens of Pep Guardiola.
In April 2017, after a fairly logical victory (3-1) of Man City against an arsenal formation led by Laurent Koscielny, Francis Coquelin, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud or Alexandre Lacazette, the coach of the London club S 'was violently caught up in arbitration. At the limit of conspiracy. We were on the edge of the scandal. And the Gunners' supporters are having fun today of the player targeted by Wenger at the time: Raheem Sterling, who is now playing in Arsenal.
Arsène Wenger: “It is not a coincidence”
“He dives very well. I think there was not penalty, we all know that Raheem Sterling plunges very well, he does it really well ”had launched the French coach at a press conference, when the fault of his Spanish defender Nacho Monreal, on a sterling in full sprint, was rather obvious. Sergio Agüero had quietly adjusted Petr Cech. Before driving the nail: “And the third goal was offside. I am very angry because, at 2-1, we were in the match. The third goal kills us and it is not a coincidence if errors are still in favor of the home team, as we all know. ”
Sterling, who was once a British football prodigy, often made the difference against Arsenal, scoring eight goals in 24 games against the Gunners with Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea. The 30 -year -old English international, loaned without an option to purchase from the residents of the Emirates Stadium, has more playing time in recent times due to the many absences in the offensive sector of Mikel Arteta (Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus , Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli are unavailable). Perhaps it will allow Arsenal to stay in the title race behind Liverpool …
