Arsenal still have a chance of European qualification going into the final game of the season.
Last night’s 3-1 win at Crystal Palace made it four league wins in a row for the Gunners.
Mikel Arteta’s men ruined the party at Roy Hodgson’s final home game in charge thanks to a Nicolas Pepe double either side of Gabriel Martinelli’s crucial strike.
Arteta spoke about the prospect of qualifying for Europe after the final whistle.
He said: “If somebody told us in November, December that we would have the chance to qualify for Europe in the last game, I would have said ‘you are crazy’.”
Arsenal could still get into the UEFA European Conference League by finishing seventh.
They need results to go their way, such as Everton and Tottenham dropping points away from home against Manchester City and Leicester respectively.
Arsenal host Brighton on the final day of the season, which is a winnable fixture for Arteta’s side.
But what he said about European football didn’t go down too well with some Arsenal fans on Twitter.
They don’t feel like it should be ‘crazy’ for a club of their ambition to have the most minor European hopes at the end of the season.
Here’s how his comments went down:
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