It’s been a rollercoaster season for Arsenal, who at one point seemed set for their first Premier League title in 12 years, but an awful run of form has seen them concede their advantage and also exit all cup competitions.
Whilst it may go down as a season of failure overall, there’s plenty for Arsenal to look back upon and there has been many stand-out moments. Not all of these will be memories for Gooners to cherish but they can at least provide some usefulness in the coming years.
Arsenal can, of course, still win the Premier League title and if they somehow managed to complete a miracle and lift the prestigious honour, it would definitely go down as the most outrageous moment of the Premier League season- not just for the Gunners!
The chances of Arsene Wenger’s side completing that target are very, very slim though, so we’ll just stick to these outrageous moments!
Hit the image below to see the FIVE most outrageous moments from Arsenal’s season!
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Beating Bayern Munich
Arsenal came into a mammoth game at the Emirates Stadium in the Champions League with everything to play for. After a disastrous start to the European campaign, which was outrageous in it’s own right, the Gunners surprised everyone with a fantastic victory.
Petr Cech, making his Champions League debut for Arsenal after seeing David Ospina play the first two group games, was the hero between the sticks as the Gunners completed the ultimate smash and grab. Olivier Giroud’s header put Arsenal ahead, before Mesut Ozil sealed the victory right at the death.
It sparked the revival of Arsenal’s Champions League campaign, although they wouldn’t get past the first knock-out round in the end.
Getting stuffed by Sheffield Wednesday
Losing in the League Cup to a lower-ranked opposition isn’t surprising too much, especially when Arsenal hand opportunities to their youngsters, but the manner of Arsenal’s defeat to Sheffield Wednesday was shocking and there were senior players within the ranks.
A 3-0 defeat set Arsenal crashing out at the early stage and the Gunners were never really in the game, whilst the Owls had a memorable victory to celebrate. Gooners won’t have cared too much about the competition but the overall result was very, very poor.
Welbeck’s dramatic return against Leicester
Back in February, Arsenal’s victory over Leicester City was seen as the catalyst for the Gunners success that put them in the driving seat for the Premier League title. It didn’t quite pan out that way, as Arsenal fell apart, but it was a huge result.
At half-time the home fans booed their players off the field, after Jamie Vardy had put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot, but Leicester were reduced to ten-men shortly after the break. Theo Walcott pulled things level with twenty minutes to go, before an unlikely hero stepped forward.
Playing his first competitive match for Arsenal since April 2015, Welbeck rose to head home a winner in the dying seconds which put the Gunners just two points behind Leicester.
Gabriel’s scuffle with Diego Costa
In the early stages of the season, a fiery London derby took place at Stamford Bridge between Arsenal and Chelsea. Whilst the Blues came away with the points, the main area of discussion was a battle between two Brazilians.
Gabriel Paulista was the victim of Diego Costa’s misbehaviour and earned a red card for his reaction shortly before the break, whilst Chelsea’s Spanish international somehow managed to avoid a dismissal of his own.
Having shoved his hands in the face of Laurent Koscielny three times, Arsenal’s frustrations with Costa were understandable.
Arsenal’s demolition of Manchester United
The stand-out result of Arsenal’s season has to be a blistering performance against Manchester United back in October, where the Gunners blew their opposition away with three goals in the opening thirty minutes to seal the result.
Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil struck within minutes of each other to give Arsenal an early cushion, before Santi Cazorla put the game beyond doubt in the 19th minute. It was a display of the Gunners at their best and shows that, when on form, they’re nigh impossible to stop.
