In 10 days our season is over as any chances of Silverware this season is gone.
PSV Eindhoven defender Alex (or should that be Chelsea defender) gave us a fighting chance with a Champions League lifeline in the form of an own goal after 58 minutes.
Arsene had made clear that he thought we needed to get an away goal in the first leg, but going a goal behind left us needing to score twice to reach the last eight, and when the own-goal went in, there really looked a chance it might happen.
But again we are left feeling sorry for our selves for not finishing off any of our created chances and paid the ultimate price.
With eight minutes left on the clock Hleb fouled Xiang Sun, and Mendez took the free kick (a distance away from where the foul was committed) which Alex rose over too many of our defenders to head in and cap of what has simply been a gut-wrenching few weeks for Arsenal and all us fans. This season had so much promise with Arsene finally getting Baptista and the young guns shining brightly, but what are we left with? A fight for third place in the Premiership... You don’t need to be a mind-reader to guess what Thierry must be thinking about his decision to stay with us over Barcelona.
Add to that he appeared to be struggling with a groin injury and was forced to play after Arsene had made it clear he was not fit (and may well have further incurred injuries) and there can be no denying - we need a player to score as well as Henry. Yes Adebayor has played well this season given his age and experience, and yes Van Persie has been injured, but we need someone to put the ball in the back of the net - now. Adebayor and Fabregas wasted good chances - that at the level we want to be cannot afford to be missed.
Let’s face it, PSV defended over both legs and scored on almost their only chance in both matches. But why oh why if we played so well have, could we not get goals? The fact that this has happened in the FA Cup against Blackburn, in the Carling Cup against Chelsea and now against PSV shows that this is no coincidence.
There are no excuses and we cannot blame luck as we got away with a penalty appeal after 64 minutes when Denilson body checked Farfan to the ground, but referee Alain Hamer waved their appeals away.
We were in command after taking the lead in this leg and Arsene played his trump card sending on Henry for Baptista but he was clearly injured and although he soldiered on tested Gomez with a trademark free-kick - why is there no one else we could have bought on.
Let hope we get the transfers we so clearly need to help prevent next season going as disastrously as this one.
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