Arsenal have proved a lot of their critics wrong by winning the Premier League, one of which being Manchester United legend turned pundit Paul Scholes
Manchester Untied legend Paul Scholes has admitted he was too "harsh" on Arsenal this season. Earlier in the campaign, the ex-England international said Mikel Arteta's side "do not deserve" to win the Premier League.
Despite the strong criticism of the former midfielder, the Gunners were crowned champions for the first time since 2004, after Bournemouth held Manchester City to a draw. Having let some sizeable leads slip through their fingers, Arsenal ended the campaign seven points clear of City.
This Saturday, they could transform an incredible season into an unprecedented one in their history when they face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Looking ahead to that fixture, Scholes admitted many of his comments on Arsenal were too strong.
When Arsenal's results began slipping at the start of March, Scholes, on the Good, the Bad and the Football podcast, said: "Whoever wins the league, you said at the end of it they deserve it.
"None of them have convinced me that they should be Premier League champions. I don't think they should give the trophy out this year. No one deserves it. Honestly, it's not been great to watch.
"That is because they've been in really good positions over the years and not been able to get over the line. So now they're in an incredible position. Now look, you're not going to see free-flowing football. You're not.
"Like I don't think we've seen it all season from any team as I keep saying, but especially at this point, it's how they get over the line that is the most important thing."
Looking back on those comments, Scholes, on the same podcast, said: "It wasn’t the most entertaining, but when you look back, there was a lot of pressure from them to get over the line. They’ve done it in a different way and you can see that.
"It’s not easy to win the Premier League. I was a bit harsh and a bit tough, but the question now is can they go on and dominate English football.
"I think they will get better, they have the players to get better, they will still need to sign players, but getting over the line is so big, doing it for the first time.”
Arsenal's attention will now turn to this Saturday when they take on PSG in Budapest. The north Londoners have never won the Champions League in their history and will be competing in their first final since losing to Barcelona in the 2006 showpiece at the Stade de France.
Pupabors
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who cares Abt u
mitinotuz
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Scholes was anlysing with a lamp in his throat that's the reason he never saw any positivity in everything Arsenal did. Now that Arsenal has won the league he's talking about dominance. Always inclined on the negative
Gesso
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all these useless English legends cont turn to coaching while their Italian and Spanish are doing pretty perfect after hanging up their boots. all they do is sit and talk nonsense
GunnArs
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luckily i stopped listening/reading whatever scholes or keane or neville or carragher say about arsenal or in general. 😜
wowadrsyz
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imagine hes worried about arsenal the champions and it doesn't matter whether they dominate or not the real question is what has Manchester united been doing for the last 14 years without epl title. Garry Neville worry about that. mumu legend
resabekpst
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Don’t worry about it mate, for there’s no better feeling than seeing them proved wrong. I personally love their assumptions.
sukbkopst
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I've said time and time again that these so called pundits will always not be convinced by Arsenal even if we win the league. Schole is now saying "can Arsenal now dominate the league?" Nothing that we do will ever be enough for them..
bro, that's human for you... Nothing ever satisfied human...Arteta will surely dominate, his winning sent guardiola paking, he knows his reign is over..simple...
seackrtu
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Paul Schole was speaking objectively by the time he made that statement, assuming everything remained equal, But as we all know the real world is never near utopian, more so the Premier League wold! Let's recall the VAR claims that immediately followed Arsenal's crowning as EPL champions!
miguelbumba
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I've said time and time again that these so called pundits will always not be convinced by Arsenal even if we win the league. Schole is now saying "can Arsenal now dominate the league?" Nothing that we do will ever be enough for them..