in light of the achievements that was the invincible season you would expect that arsenal would push on and grow into an english powerhouse the way that so many dominant teams have done in the premier league you would unfortunately be wrong ever since NUMBER_TOKEN arsenal failed to even come close to winning the premier league again they did make it to the champions league final in NUMBER_TOKEN which they lost to barcelona and they have won several fa cups since then however considering that this team was once invincible they have greatly underperformed in recent years but what happened to arsenal exactly what is it that took them from this to this the story of arsenal's downfall has been pretty widely documented a simple search on youtube or google brings up hundreds of results on why this happened however in truth there are several reasons for why arsenal have regressed since this legendary season many have placed the blame for arsenal's downfall on the construction of the NUMBER_TOKEN million pound stadium the arsenal board of directors and their lack of compassion for the club the departure of several star players in the years that followed and inadequate recruitment for replacements and many many other factors now all of those reasons are more than likely true you'll see no arguments from me regarding any of those reasons stated however i personally believe that the main reason why arsenal did not create an empire in the premier league is mostly due to the fact that other teams evolved and adopted newer fresher tactics i mean arsenal had a world-class team with players that had just gone undefeated throughout an entire season for one or two players most of the team was still in their physical prime and the team had an average age of about NUMBER_TOKEN so realistically what stopped them from retaining the premier league using similar or even the same tactics directly after the invincible season jose mourinho took over at chelsea and alongside roman branovich conducted a massive squad overhaul although chelsea spent close to NUMBER_TOKEN million pounds on players this wasn't the only thing that changed mourinho brought in a highly effective style of football one that we really had not seen in the premier league up until that point one such change that he employed was changing the premier league meta from the NUMBER_TOKEN formation to a NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN this allowed for a more congested midfield giving rise to the destroyer royal in the premier league otherwise known as the makalele role this along with many other innovations led to chelsea winning the league and walking it for the next two seasons following this manchester united saw yet another period of dominance with star players rising such as cristiano ronaldo wayne rooney carlos tevez rio ferdinand and many more stepping up to the plate sir alex ferguson rebuilt the united squad that dominated throughout the NUMBER_TOKENs and the early NUMBER_TOKENs and created a whole new empire this united team achieved a three-peat winning the premier league for three years in a row between NUMBER_TOKEN and NUMBER_TOKEN. the point that i'm trying to make here is that arsenal just could not keep up whether this was because of the previous reasons stated or not no matter who you are if you ever get to the top just know that your opposition is always plotting a way to overthrow you and unfortunately since then arsenal have failed to find a way back however that's not to say that things won't change football is a fickle sport after all one day you're on top the next
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