2011/12 Season Review: A Campaign We Will Struggle to Forget – Part 1

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Arsenal suffered a shambolic end to the previous campaign and the summer became the perfect period to escape from another painful season that ended with no silverware yet again. The Gunners ended the season in fourth place with 68 points to show for it in the Premier League.
Last season, Manchester United ended Arsenal’s FA Cup aspirations with a 2-0 victory in the quarterfinal stage. That game was marred by a gruesome injury suffered by the team’s best defender by a far mile, Johan Djourou, who turned out to become an aberration this season. FC Barcelona handed the Gunners a footballing lesson in the Champions League, ousting...