arsenal manager arsene wenger has made the stunning claim that his side would be better off in the europa league next season, after repeatedly failing to make an impact in the champions league tuesday night's 2 0 win in monaco was not enough to prevent a last 16 exit as arsenal lost out on away goals rule following their 3 1 first leg defeat at the emirates last month and wenger, who has been in the competition for 17 straight seasons, says that his side might even be better away from the top tier competition in future given their recent trend of exiting almost as soon as the knockout stages have begun arsene wenger had admitted that arsenal might have a better chance of winning in the europa league  wenger's arsenal side could only find two goals in monaco on tuesday, when they needed at least three  after repeated champions league failure, wenger has speculated about winning the europa league in future  the third placed team in each champions league group   a fate that wenger has never suffered   move into the europa league rather than a total exit from europe, and the arsenal boss believes that might be a better silverware opportunity when asked if these early exits were eating away at him, wenger replied: 'yes, but we were eliminated by teams who reached the final maybe it would be better not to pass the group phase and play the europa league than to be eliminated in the last 16 we would have more chances to win a title' when pressed for clarification, the arsenal manager insisted this was meant to be a comment about the abrupt and unforgiving nature of the champions league in its sudden death phase rather than a serious realignment of ambitions olivier giroud opened the scoring for the gunners as they looked to fight back from their first leg defeat  giroud celebrates putting arsenal in front at the stade louis ii to give the away side a bit of hope early on  aaron ramsey added a second goal for the gunners but they could not find a third to send them through  the welsh midfielder was a substitute on the night but came on to help arsenal in their late charge  wenger has never won a european trophy but perhaps the europa league would offer a better opportunity  the arsenal boss also told l'equipe that he thought his team's performance was good but that they left themselves too much to do after a poor showing in london last month 'the performance was good, it was a difficult task,' wenger said 'they surprised us in the first game because subconsciously we were too sure of ourselves 'in the second half, we lacked a bit of freshness i am very disappointed to be knocked out, of course, but i will remember a lot of positives from this game' alexis sanchez went down under the challenge of nabil dirar in the penalty area but was booked for diving  wenger was unhappy with the performance of referee svein oddvar moen (second right) during the game  wenger made it clear he was unhappy with the performance of referee svein oddvar moen during a first half where arsenal could have won a penalty when alexis sanchez went down inside the area and the home side were allowed to commit multiple fouls with no bookings handed out 'i think his (moen's) first half was very poor,' wenger said 'i just told him at half time that i was not happy with some decisions' 2015   beaten by monaco, last 16  2014   beaten by bayern munich, last 16  2013   beaten by bayern munich, last 16  2012   beaten by ac milan, last 16  2011   beaten by barcelona, last 16  2010   beaten by barcelona, quarter final  2009   beaten by manchester united, semi final  2008   beaten by liverpool, quarter final  2007   beaten by psv eindhoven, last 16  2006   beaten by barcelona, final  2005   beaten by bayern munich, last 16  2004   beaten by chelsea, quarter final  2003   knocked out, second group stage  2002   knocked out, second group stage  2001   beaten by valencia, quarter final  2000   knocked out, first group stage  1999   knocked out, first group stage  the closest wenger has come to lifting the famous trophy was arsenal's final defeat by barcelona in 2006  wenger and his players watch on disappointed as barcelona lift the trophy in paris' stade de france  video jardim explains wenger handshake snub 
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