 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Arsenal yakapfuura mumatanho eboka emwaka wa2008-09 weChampions League uye vakakunda Roma neVillarreal kuti vasangane neManchester United mumasemi-fainari. Kukundwa ne1-0 paOld Trafford kwaireva kuti Arsenal yaida kukunda zvibodzwa zviviri zvakajeka kuti ifambire mberi, asi zvibodzwa kubva kuna Park Ji-sung naCristiano Ronaldo mumaminetsi gumi nerimwe ekutanga zvakapedza mikana yekirabhu yekusvika ku2009 Champions League Final. Wenger mumusangano wake wevatori venhau mushure memutambo akatsanangura mutambo uyu se husiku hunogumbura kwazvo pabasa rangu, achiwedzera kuti Ndakanzwa kuti vateveri vaive vakagadzirira husiku hukuru uye kuodza moyo vanhu vanomira kumashure kwechikwata zvakanyanya kurwadza. Arsenal yakarasikirwa nevatambi veBarcelona 53 pahuwandu mumakwikwi ekupedzisira mumwaka unotevera, uye pasinei nekurova kirabhu yeSpain 21 kuEmirates Stadium muna 201011, Arsenal zvakare yakabviswa, panguva ino muRound ye16. Arsenal yakabuda muchikamu chimwe chete chemakwikwi kwemwaka wechipiri wakateedzana, vachipesana neMilan. Mushure mekurasikirwa nemutambo wekunze 4 0, timu yakapa chiitiko chakashinga mumutambo wechipiri pamba, ichikunda 3 0 manheru, asi isingakwanise kuwana chinangwa chekupedzisira icho chingadai chakatora mutambo kuenda kunguva yekuwedzera. 