Arsenal have been in and off form this season. They drew a blank
at Fulham and dropped three points due to a lethargic,
disinterested, and uninspiring performance; yet the Gunners also
destroyed Fenerbahce, Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United and FC
Twente with some scintillating movement.
Head coach Arsene Wenger believes the best way to lift silverware,
whether in domestic competition or in Europe, is to favour
attacking football over defensive.
Wenger is reported to have told journalists: "I believe it is the
best way to win trophies... If you get bored the whole year and
lift a trophy at the end of it and then be happy for three days
then for me it is worse to do that. It cannot last. Who plays the
best football? Brazil. So why should there be an opposition to that
style of play?
"We went to Fenerbache, who have never lost a Champions League game
at home, with a midfield of Under-21 players," he said.
"You listen to the clubs in Italy and in France and Arsenal are
their model," he added, "We have to be strong enough to keep the
way we play and we can win the Premier League and the Champions
League."