Let’s be frank: the 2020-21 season has not been a lot of fun for Arsenal fans, who should take fleeting moments of joy wherever they can get them. Nicolas Pepe provided one such moment against Slavia Prague.
Watching the Gunners scrap with newly-promoted Leeds United for a place in the top half can’t be easy for a fanbase that enjoyed 20 uninterrupted years in the top four under Arsene Wenger.
It was a reasonable assumption to make that last season’s 8th-placed finish, their lowest since 1994-95 – thanks to Unai Emery’s dreary final months and rookie coach Mikel Arteta taking time to get to grips with a top job – was as far as they could fall.
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