Ian Wright lashes at Arsenal after failing to qualify for Champions League

Arsenal will end another season with a disappointment.

The Gunners will want to beat Everton at Emirates on Sunday and expects relegated side Norwich to get the better of Spurs at Carrow Road.

Otherwise, Mikel Arteta’s side had to settle for Europa League next term.

Ian Wright considers the season a disappointment but certainly not a failure.

Wright said on the Kelly & Wrighty Show: “I said if Arsenal could finish sixth, because they finished eighth the previous season and I think the previous season before was eighth as well, that is good progress and steady progress as well. This season gave them a little look into what it could be like being in fourth, what market you can start shopping in.”

He added: “But this season, it’s Icarus, they flew close to the sun and the fans went with them with their eyes wide open, but they’ve been burnt by the glare. What we’ve seen is that right when it really matters, the players just did not respond.

“That was just the tipping edge of ‘this is where we are, this is where we are’. Sixth, back into the Europa League and steady progression. It was a disappointment but not a failure.”

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