(Author's note: This will be kind of a two posts in one since June only had one match and it was pointless to make a single post to just show one match)
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Season Finale (Part I): May
Fixture
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We started the month with what seems to be becoming a yearly tradition: a match against Atlético de Madrid. While it might seem the easiest of the remaining opposition, the Colchoneros managed to knock Barcelona out of Champions League with relative ease and its starting attacking duo is the most inspired in the whole Liga BBVA this season (Jackson Martínez and Luciano Vietto).
Things started incredibly good for us as we dominated them during the whole first half with a superb Alexis Sánchez who seemed to be on fire.
However Atlético was far from being considered dead as they managed to scored one goal shortly after the second half start thanks to a relatively lucky shot by Koke, Sánchez gave us some peace of mind once again by completing his hat trick but Atlético never gave up and kept fighting until the very end... with satisfactory results thanks to a brace scored by Luciano Vietto.
In the end we grabbed a good yet bittersweet 3-3 that could prove vital against an incredibly brave Atlético.
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Back to the Premier to play against a Leicester that I don't understand how it's not faring better in the league table, the foxes managed to strike first thanks to a corner header scored by De Laet, but such early goal seemed to spur my lads, who led by a inspired Andrija Zivkovic, managed to conquer the King Power Stadium by sheer force... with some unexpected results: Callum Chambers and Lewis Cook scored in this match.
We grabbed a comfortable win thanks to a superb Andrija Zivkovic and his top notch assists.
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Atlético came to the Emirates in one of those matches that can shorten people's lifespans. The Spaniards gave us the scare of a lifetime when Jackson Martínez scored a goal that left us without final... Thankfully for us it was time for Alexis to show once again, as the Chilean scored a brace that seemed to neutralize the Colchoneros.
In the second half the match was pretty even with Atlético trying to make a miracle and our lads trying to exterminate any possible comeback attempt... which was eventually done thanks to Keita that scored the third goal for us shortly before the match's end.
We made it! Our second consecutive Champions League final, Bayern München and the Millennium Stadium awaited us.
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Swansea visited the Emirates and truth to be told we had a bone to pick with them after they forced to do such an embarassing display in the FA Cup semifinals, it was time to make them pay.
This time Warburton's lads chose to go all out... and oh boy, what a mistake it was... If you give us spaces you gonna regret it... Sure the Swans had their chances, but they were wide open and our lads knew how to take advantage of that...
In the end a comfortable win against a team that should consider itself lucky to leave the Emirates with only two goals conceded.
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Time to put an end to the Premier League with a visit to Turf Moor in a match that didn't have that much of a story behind: since we had two finals ahead of us, I chose to used a rotated team in order to prevent fatigue and injuries and it worked.
Burnley played a good match and put up a good fight but sadly for the Clarets our accuracy up there seemed to be higher and that was more than enough to grab the win in the end.
The most remarkable thing happening in the match was Luka Pavic's league debut (he already made his senior debut and is somehow of a regular in cup matches, but had yet to play in league) that proved to be quite satisfactory.
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The month reached its great finale in the best way possible: in Wembley against a great opponent such as Manchester United.
David Moyes' second arrival to the Red Devils seems to have worked wonders and we knew we had to play a flawless match if we wanted to conquer yet another FA Cup (it would be 4th in a row for Arsenal, the 2nd in a row for me).
The match started in the best way possible with us scoring twice thanks to Mesut Özil and Jack Grealish, but Man U managed to fight back by scoring a goal in the 45th minute that could have left a heavy impact on our lads' morale.
Thankfully the Red Devils were unable to take advantage of Depay's goal and the they were unable to score yet another goal... while for us once again Baldé Keita managed to finish the work by scoring the third goal.
We claimed yet another FA Cup but after paying a great price: Olivier Giroud ended up injured and he would miss the Champions League final.
League Table
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No more jokes, no more snarky remarks about us being born to be 4th... We retained the league title and we're a force to be feared.
Player of the Month
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Alexis managed to qualify us to the Champions League final on his own.
Other News
-Uwe Rössler appointed as Sunderland's new manager.
-Óliver Gil (Arsenal) claims the manager of the month award beating Marcelo Bielsa (Chelsea) and David Moyes (Man U) in the process.
-Lewis Cook (Arsenal) ended up the best young player of the month, beating Demarai Gray (On loan at Leicester from Tottenham) and Andrija Zivkovic (Arsenal).
-Kaylen Hinds (On loan at Kilmarnock from Arsenal) ended up as the second best young player of the month in the Scottish Premier.
-Dan Crowley (On loan at Rangers from Arsenal) ended up as the best player of the month in the Scottish Premier.
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Season Finale (Part II): June
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We got a date with history for the second time in the short span of two years, as we had the chance to do what nobody had done before: winning two consecutive Champions Leagues.
But it was not meant to be an easy task as we had to play agains Bayern München. The Bavarian giants managed to overcome a 3-1 disadvantage against Juventus and they had the most devastating striking force in the whole continent: Lewandowski-Aubameyang... while on the other hand... we lost Giroud.
The match started incredibly well for us as Özil got us an early advantage that Aboubakar expanded shortly after the first half's end.
In the second half Arturo Vidal scored the first goal for them thanks to a (nonexistant) penalty but thankfully Aboubakar once again gave us a solid advantage.
That gap didn't kill Bayern off as the Bavarian squad went all out from that point and they were nearly unstoppable, thankfully for us Horn had a good day and Bayern fell one goal short of reaching the extra time.
We managed to engrave our name in history once again in a match that ended up becoming one **** of a war of attrition.
Player of the Month
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Aboubakar managed to fill Giroud's European gap and scored a brace that gave us our second Champions League.
Other News
-Vincent Aboubakar (Arsenal) claims the FWA footballer of the year award.
-Kyle Walker (Tottenham) claims the PFA footballer of the year award.
-Controversial choice for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, as Alex Oxlade Chamberlain claims the prize...despite being in a "questionable" age range for claiming such title... and making a more "modest" campaign compared to other contestants such as Dele Alli (Tottenham), James Wilson (On loan at Crystal Palace from Manchester United), Andrija Zivkovic, Lewis Cook and Serge Gnabry (Arsenal) among others...
-Vincent Aboubakar (Arsenal) ends up the League Topscoarer with 30 goals.
-Andrija Zivkovic (Arsenal) ends leading the top assister with a total of 12 assists.
-Thibault Courtois (Chelsea) ends up being Chelsea's only redeeming point and claims the Golden Glove.
-Óliver Gil (Arsenal) claims the Manager of the Year award for the second time in a row.
-Outrageous, controversial and downright disrespectful choices at the team of the season: despite clearly dominating the composition there is a grand total of...ONE player from Arsenal in the squad (Aboubakar), Manchester City is the team with most players in it...despite their disappointing season.
-Kaylen Hinds (On loan at Kilmarnock from Arsenal) ends up as the as the second goal scorer after scoring 15 goals, ending just goal short of claiming the Top Goalscorer in the Scottish Premier.
-Dan Crowley (on loan at Rangers from Arsenal) puts a golden end to its superb campaign by claiming the Young Player of the Year award in the Scottish Premier.
-Olivier Giroud ends up as the top scorer in the Champions League once again after scoring 13 goals, Alexis Sánchez ends up 2nd with 10 and Mesut Özil 3rd with 7.
-Mesut Özil ends up as top assister in the Champions League with 6 assists.
-While England seems to disrespect Arsenal's achievements, Europe doesn't as a total of SIX players make it to the Champions League's Dream Team: Timo Horn, John Stones, Nacho Monreal, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez and Olivier Giroud.
-Alexis Sánchez ends up as the Best Player in Europe, beating Jame Rodríguez and Cristiano Ronaldo in the process.
-QPR's unlucky relegation ended up becoming the last nail in Steve Clarke's coffin, Zeljko Petrovic will be his replacement in Loftus Road.
-Ronald Koeman and Southampton part ways after yet another disappointing campaign.
-Everton sacked Quique Sánchez Flores after the Toffee's more than disappointing campaign, once again the toffees came to fish in Watford as Mauricio Pochettino was the man chosen as his replacement.
-Guardiola's English adventure ended up being extremely short lived as the citizens sacked him after only one year (apparently only the English FA though of City's performance as "good"), his replacement has generated major upsets all around England: José Mourinho will be the new boss in the Etihad.
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