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Wednesday’s cover: A familiar roadblock lies ahead for Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal

Arsene Wenger makes the cover of The National Sport on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 as the Arsenal manager prepares his side to take on Germany’s Bayern Munich in the last-16 first leg of the Uefa Champions League.

Steve Luckings
Steve Luckings
Abu Dhabi

February 15, 2017

Arsene Wenger makes the cover of The National Sport on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 as the Arsenal manager prepares his side to take on Germany's Bayern Munich in the last-16 first leg of the Uefa Champions League.

Richard Jolly writes that Wenger’s side find themselves in a particularly Arsenal-esque predicament ahead of Wednesday’s clash at the Allianz Arena.

Real Madrid had set an unwanted record in the Champions League, exiting in the last 16 in each of the six campaigns from 2005 to 2010. Arsenal have already emulated them in the six subsequent seasons. If history is any guide, they will soon surpass them and Arsenal is a club where history tends to repeat itself.

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