Arsenal are in Spain this evening to take on Valencia in our Europa League semi-final second leg against Valencia. A 3-1 lead from the first leg seems relatively healthy, but this week has illustrated that dark, evil magic is at play across European football, and that you simply cannot take anything for granted. Terrible things have occurred and we can only hope that it's just a Champions League specific conjuration – or if it does seep into the second tier competition it only affects Chelsea. Which is to say that Arsenal need to make sure our recent domestic form doesn't follow us to the Iberian peninsula. We all know how bad we've been. We've all seen this team struggle for results and...
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