Maybe Enda Kenny and Arsene Wenger should start a support group/website/movement. How does underpressure.com or a 1800 leaders losing support helpline sound? They can surely empathise with each other. Does this sound familiar? 'All Time low', 'His days are numbered', 'Groundhog day' 'No Way Back' a selection of the back page headlines today. The German lads were fairly quick about horsing it into the Londoners too following their 5-1 Munich mauling at the hands of Bayern in the Champions League.
Same again next year? 🖠#UCL #FCBARS 5-1 pic.twitter.com/nyErNKd2a4
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) February 15, 2017
The Gunners are facing a seventh Champions League last-16 exit in a row with Wenger's contract due to expire at the end of the season. A decision on the Arsenal manager's future will reportedly be made at the end of the season and sources close to the club say 'there is currently no prospect of Wenger leaving before the summer'. The 67-year-old has already been offered a new contract and it remains on the table. It is expected the decision for him to stay or leave will be mutual between the Frenchman and the club. So a highly charged atmosphere around the Emirates Stadium but there was a surprising defence for the underfire boss today.
Morning - lot of bad feeling towards Arsene Wenger on here-hope arsenal fans one day remember the amazing job he's done-one of the best!
— Philip Neville (@fizzer18) February 16, 2017
5-1 is how it finished at the Allianz Arena, with four goals from the German Champions in the second half.
Arjen Robben and Alexis Sanchez traded goals in the first half, but strikes from Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and two from Thiago Alcantara capped a superb second half for the home side.
Wenger says they didn't hold it together after the hosts scored their third goal and described the evening as a 'nightmare'. Honest at least. And don't get Republic of Ireland assistant boss Roy Keane started on optimists who thought the Londoners might have had a chance of Euro glory this season. The Corkman calls it straight. He's a great pundit! Whole hearted and fully committed much like he was as a player with Manchester United. Speaking of which, the Red Devils are below Arsenal in the league, out of the FA Cup, and spent more than Gunners last summer...so where is the hysteria in that neck of the woods? The Mayfield maestro is always worth a watch. Plenty more chapters in this story.
