Ka taƙaita labarin:  A shekarar 1988, lokacin da Arsene Wenger ke samun ci gaba a matsayin manajan Monaco, ya bayyana a wata hira da wata jarida ta gida cewa ya yi digirin digirgir a fannin tattalin arziki saboda hakan ya ba shi 'hanyar fahimtar abin da ke faruwa a kusa da ni'. Dan wasan mai shekaru 65 yanzu dole ne ya kunsa kansa game da yadda aka fitar da Arsenal daga gasar zakarun Turai a cikin 16 na karshe a shekara ta biyar a jere, duk da nasarar da suka samu ta 2-0 a kan tsohuwar kungiyarsa wanda ya bar ta 3-3 a duka. Komawar Wenger zuwa Monaco ba ta kasance mai ban sha'awa ba kamar yadda yake so saboda ba a buɗe banners a filin wasa na Louis II ba kuma an yi musayar kyawawan halaye a yayin wasan da Arsenal ta lashe yaƙin, amma ta rasa yaƙin. Komawar kocin Arsenal Arsene Wenger zuwa tsohuwar kungiyarsa ta Monaco ya ƙare da nasara 2-0 wanda ya ga tawagarsa ta fita 3-3 a duka. Wenger ya nuna bacin ransa duk da cewa tawagarsa ta yi nasara da 2-0 a kan Monaco yayin da aka fitar da su daga gasar zakarun Turai. Wenger yana riƙe da kansa a hannunsa (hagu) kuma yana nunawa (dama) yayin da Arsenal ta kasa jujjuya rashin nasarar 3-1 daga wasan farko. Wenger ya bar filin bayan ficewarsu daga gasar zakarun Turai a zagayen karshe na 16 a shekara ta biyar a jere. Wenger zai yi nazarin wasan da tawagarsa ta yi a gasar zakarun Turai a wannan kakar bayan an sake fitar da su a wasan karshe na 16. Wenger ya bar filin wasa yayin da tsohon kulob dinsa Monaco ya fitar da Arsenal daga gasar zakarun Turai ta karshe. Karanta babban marubucin wasanni Martin Samuel's wasan rahoto daga Stade Louis II. Fitowar Arsenal a kan kwallaye a waje yana nufin Wenger yanzu dole ne ya mai da hankali kan cancantar gasar shekara mai zuwa kuma ba za a iya yin komai ba don ragewa saboda an hana shi wuri a wasan kusa da na kusa da na karshe ta ƙungiyar da ke matsayi na huɗu a Ligue 1. Wenger ya ce kafin wasan, 'Mun fita a cikin 16 na karshe a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata, amma sau biyu a kan masu cin nasara a nan gaba,' Wenger ya ce kafin wasan, kodayake zai dauki wani aiki don Leonardo Jardim na Monaco ya zama na uku mai yiwuwa zakarun Turai don fitar da Arsenal. Wenger tabbas zai yi nazarin ficewar tawagarsa kuma ya kasance a cikin wannan...
Arsenal ta Arsene Wenger ta yi nasara da 2-0 a kan Monaco a karawa ta biyu a gasar zakarun Turai. Hakan bai isa ba kamar yadda Arsenal ta yi rashin nasara a kan kwallaye na waje yayin da aka gama 16 na karshe 3-3 a cikin duka. Arsenal ta fice daga gasar zakarun Turai a zagaye na 16 a shekara ta biyar a jere. Wenger ya kasance kocin Monaco tsakanin 1987 da 1994, ya lashe Ligue 1 a kakar wasansa ta farko.