Arsenal striker believes Gunners can be great again
9:53am Tuesday 13th May 2008
ROBIN VAN PERSIE believes if Arsenal stay true to their aesthetic style of football the trophies will soon start finding their way to the Emirates.
The Gunners looked on course for a first league crown in four years after opening up a five point gap on Manchester United earlier in the season. But a severe dip in form, coupled with an unfortunate string of injuries lead to Arsene Wenger's men dropping out of the trophy hunt on all fronts.
Inevitably, the team came under fire for Wenger's persistence with his philosophy of attractive football, but van Persie believes the team can silence the critics by sticking to their guns.
"I am 100 per cent convinced we will soon win big trophies," said the Dutchman. "When that happens, I know the whole world will be behind us. It will be a lasting memory if we win it with our style of play.
"We started great, but at the last hurdle we did not make it. We were very unlucky. Against Liverpool in the Champions League, we were more or less in the semi-final six minutes from the end. We get one unfair penalty against us and we are out of the Champions League.
"Should we put all our philosophy and vision on the way Arsenal play overboard because of one lousy penalty? I don't think so."