Arsenal are searching for a fourth consecutive Premier League win at Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday night as they look to chase down second-placed Manchester City . With a nine-point gap to leaders Chelsea , the title looks to be beyond Arsene Wenger 's men yet again despite their recent good form . But would finishing as runners-up to Jose Mourinho 's men be good enough for a club with 13 titles to its name ? Arsenal fan Lee Hurley of blog Daily Cannon tells us whether coming second would be a success for the Gunners . Just four points from second place , Arsenal haven ’ t finished that high in the league for 10 years and it can be no coincidence that their surge to catch the oil-rich Manchester City comes after the Emirates-austerity period has ended . But while it represents an improvement in the eyes of fans , it can ’ t be the end of Arsenal ’ s ambitions and it won ’ t be seen as success in its own right . This is a club that wins titles , 13 of them for those who think football was just invented in 2005 when Chelsea decided to start buying trophies as they couldn ’ t win them any other way . Arsenal players look dejected during the Monaco defeat as they now face a daunting second leg comeback . Arsene Wenger found it painful viewing as his Arsenal side capitulated in a 3-1 defeat by Monaco . Alexis Sanchez has been a star performer for the Gunners this season as they seek a top-two finish . In a league that contains clubs who have been outspending Arsenal significantly , to finish second is not to be sniffed at and had it not been for the crippling injury problems that afflicted Arsenal , again , at the start of this season , who knows how much closer to Chelsea they might have been . But that ’ s how it ’ s been with Arsenal over the past 10 years – a severe case of the ‘ might have beens ’ – what might have been had they not lost so many top players to City and Barcelona and United , or if Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny not been monumental idiots in the League Cup final , or the oil money not flooded in as soon as the club lay the foundations for the Emirates or Eduardo ’ s leg not been snapped in 2008 when Arsenal were running away with the league or last season when injuries did the same , albeit in a less dramatic fashion . Or , or , or ... . If I ’ m honest , it 's all got a little tedious for many fans , which is why the FA Cup success last season was celebrated so wildly – a nice little change of pace from finishing fourth and embarrassing ourselves in the knockouts . The departures of Thierry Henry ( left ) and Cesc Fabregas ( right ) to Barcelona in the past were huge blows . Arsenal players Mathieu Flamini ( left ) , Olivier Giroud ( middle ) and Aaron Ramsey ( right ) celebrate FA Cup success in May 2014 - the club 's ended a nine-year trophy drought . Wenger has come under a barrage of criticism from Arsenal fans after last Wednesday 's defeat to Monaco . I can ’ t speak for all Arsenal fans . Such is the divide between Gooners , nobody could do that ( so don ’ t trust anyone who claims they do ) . For some fans nothing short of a trophy every year would represent success to them , regardless of how stupid that expectation is . For others they recognise how hard it is to just get in the top four every year ( don ’ t believe me , ask Spurs , Liverpool , Manchester United , even Chelsea who dropped out for a season ) and how the footballing landscape has changed so dramatically over the past decade . Ultimately , football is about what you can celebrate and while it ’ s great fun to get into the Champions League every year , at least until the group stages are over , it ’ s just not the same as watching your captain lift aloft that great big trophy . After years of scrapping fourth , I ’ d be more than content should Arsenal grab second place . I want more , though , and I think that is the one and only thing that unites Arsenal fans – they all want more . How patient we all plan to be for it to arrive is another matter altogether . Daily Cannon is part of the Football Collective blogger network . Follow them on Twitter @ DailyCannon .
Arsenal are just four points behind second-placed Manchester City . The last time the Gunners finished as high as second was 10 years ago . Supporters should be happy if Arsene Wenger 's men achieve that . However , the club must start challenging for the Premier League title .