Country: England
Player:Rice
Not a fluke tbh, especially over two legs.
I’m not quite sure what the word for it is then. We won’t be facing a side on the same level as us until the final of this tournament, if we win it then fair play but how many games would you say were a true test of his managerial ability? It would just be the final, a one-off game.
In the league where we are faced with stronger teams and a larger sample size he’s shown himself to be inept. Big fish small pond vibes basically.
I see where you're coming from but it is the Europa League. There were probably only a handful of clubs in the competition at the start that you'd think of as a good test for Arsenal. Leicester, Milan, Ajax, Sp**s etc all got themselves knocked out. That's not Arteta's fault.
Is Olympiakos, Sparta Prague, Villareal, Man Utd that easy? Couple of dark horse teams in the first couple of knock out rounds. A decent side in the semi's and a fairly highly rated side in the final. I'd think that's a fairly par run for the Europa League ( If we get there)