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27th April 2018
11:13pm BST

“Arsenal is the love of my life,” he explained.
“I turned many, many, many jobs down to stay here and face the challenge when we built the stadium.” “I speak to everybody. I met Martin Edwards. Many people came to see me in my home. But I was always, I think, loyal to this club.”As it went, Ferguson postponed his retirement, eventually bowing out in 2013 after making United the most successful club in English football and adding a third European Cup to their trophy cabinet. Wenger went on to win the Premier League twice more, memorably seeing his team navigate their way through the 2003/2004 league campaign without losing a single game. Recent years have been more challenging for Wenger, however. Having missed out on Champions League qualification last year, Arsenal's hopes of returning to the competition rest on success in the Europa League. Despite playing against 10 men for the majority of their first leg with Atletico and dominating the chances created, a late Antoine Griezmann goal means the Spanish side have the advantage ahead of the return in Madrid.
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