Arsene Wenger, recent admission that domestic dalliances may have scuppered Arsenal’s Champions League prospects, provides fodder for an intriguing debate, about the impact, that a deep run in the English cup competitions, has on the duration of an European adventure. While the League Cup has been often brandished as a distracting bedlam, fit for sounding out potential young superstars, it provides minimal distraction to teams engaging in European expeditions, as evinced from the fact that both Chelsea and Spurs, can balance this anomaly on 15th of March, without taxing themselves, ensuring unmitigated focus on the global frontier. The Statistical Slate Having negated the...
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