 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka yakatevera yakanga isina kubereka. Arsenal zvakare yakabuda muChampions League muchikamu cheboka, asi yakadonha muEFAFA Cup. Wenger akatungamirira chikwata chake kusvika kumagumo, kwavakarasikirwa neGalatasaray pakurohwa. Muligi, Arsenal yakapedza 18 mapoinzi kuseri kweManchester United semumhanyi, uye kunyangwe ivo vakavhara musiyano kusvika pamapoinzi masere muna 2000-01, havana kumbobvira vaisa chinetso chakakomba. Kushaikwa kwemikombe kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi muna 2001, apo Michael Owen akarova zvibodzwa zviviri zveLiverpool kuti akunde Arsenal muFA Cup Final. Wenger akaramba kuti chikwata chake hachikwanisi kuita kuti bhora rivepo, asi akaramba kupomera vamwe vanhu, zvikurukuru Henry, nokuda kwokurasikirwa nemikana. 