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Arsenal to miss out on the Champions League? Good… move along, let someone else have a go

On Tuesday morning, Arsenal fans woke to see their club's unbroken 19-year run in the Champions League under serious threat. The drawbridge is being pulled up.

It is apt that this is also the day that the Champions League quarter-finals kick off.

This is the stage of the competition that Arsenal have now failed to reach since 2010.

Arsene Wenger cuts a frustrated figure following Arsenal's humiliating loss at Crystal Palace
Arsene Wenger cuts a frustrated figure following Arsenal's humiliating loss at Crystal Palace
The Arsenal players look stunned on the Selhurst Park pitch during Monday night's 3-0 defeatu00a0
The Arsenal players look stunned on the Selhurst Park pitch during Monday night's 3-0 defeat

To put that into context, among the team knocked out by Barcelona seven years ago were Mikael Silvestre, Denilson, Nicklas Bendtner and Emmanuel Eboue.