00:13ah the premier league you can just smell it in the air even if the league feels a bit different
00:19now
00:20we all remember how it used to be i'm talking about those cold rainy days and those tough
00:25games where every inch mattered we're talking about the era of the big names the legendary
00:32manchester derbies the intense london derbies the genius of sir alex ferguson and the magic of the
00:38thierry henry days but then there's the year 2004 that was the last time arsenal actually hugged the
00:47premier league trophy since then nothing but waiting but this year this year feels different
00:54this might finally be the one they've been searching for after 22 long years the arsenal
01:01the gunners they are our heroes today let's hit it up let's take it back way back the golden days
01:10of
01:11the gunners didn't start with orry or bergkamp they started in the 1930s with a true mastermind
01:18herbert chapman just imagine this for a second winning five league titles in a single decade
01:26that was the level chapman set for this club in those years arsenal wasn't just a team they were
01:33the giants of england they were the team everyone feared and everyone wanted to be
01:39chapman didn't just win he changed the game forever he once said winning is not enough you must win with
01:48a sense of purpose herbert chapman every big club has a dna a reason why they are great for arsenal
01:59that dna was written by the legends who defined what it means to be a gunner it all started with
02:06the mastermind herbert chapman this morning i'm so husky i can scarcely speak but my deputy old tom
02:15whittaker will perform in the 1930s he didn't just build a team he built a dynasty he won five titles
02:22in one decade and left us with a golden rule winning is not enough you must win with style and
02:30who was the
02:31first man to show us that style cliff bastin he was a winger who played like a ghost appearing out
02:37of
02:37nowhere to score 178 goals for over half a century his record was the impossible mountain no one could
02:45climb until ian wright arrived wright he wasn't just a striker he was pure lightning he played with a smile
02:54that lit up all of london in 1997 he did the unthinkable he broke bastin's record screaming
03:01just done it to the fans who loved him like a brother he finished with 185 goals and a legacy
03:08of
03:08pure passion but the story didn't end there just as righty was hanging up his boots a tall elegant
03:16frenchman stepped onto the pitch years again i'm not saying we're gonna win the league i'm just saying
03:22that at the end of the day no matter how thierry henry he took everything right and basting built
03:27and turned it into art he shattered the record again reaching 228 goals he was the soul of the
03:35invincibles he made the game look easy and he made winning look beautiful but if the gunners want
03:42to reach the top of the world in 2026 they have to kill two giants at once in england it's
03:49the same
03:49old ghost manchester city they are currently tied at 70 points and that arsenal cardio is being tested
03:56to the limit they cannot afford to finish second again like they did in 2024 and 2025 but in europe
04:03the challenge is even more intense they have reached the champions league semi-final but standing in
04:09their way is the master of the dark arts diego simeoni and atletico madrid last year they watched as
04:17psg knocked them out in the semi-finals before the parisians went on to win their first ever title
04:22this year arsenal is determined not to let that happen again they have to go through spain first
04:29it's the grit of north london versus the wall of madrid can arteta finally break the semi-final curse
04:36can they reach the final and potentially face the defending champions for a massive rematch the next 30 days
04:43will define this club for the next 30 years it is all or nothing to understand where arsenal is going
04:50you have to look at the man leading them michael arteta before he was the boss he was the general
04:57in the midfield he arrived in 2011 during a tough time and eventually became the captain leading the
05:03team to back to back fa cups in 2014 and 2015 he knew what it felt like to win in
05:10red and white
05:11but his true transformation happened after he hung up his boots he went to manchester city to learn from
05:17the best serving as an assistant to pep guardiola he saw how championships were built when he returned home
05:25to the emirates in 2019 he didn't just want to coach he wanted to change the culture he had a
05:31vision
05:32he was young he was intense and he was demanding he told the world respect the process and now in
05:402026 that process has turned into a powerhouse arteta has become the fastest manager in arsenal history
05:47to reach 200 wins doing it even faster than the legendary arsem wenger he took a team that was
05:53struggling and turned them into title contenders three years in a row he's no longer just the student
05:59he is the architect of a new empire the question is can the man who won the fa cup as
06:05a player
06:06finally deliver the premier league as a manager arson wenger is the godfather of the modern arsenal
06:12to talk about 2004 you have to talk about the man who dared to dream that a team could go
06:18an entire
06:19season without losing here is the script and the visual guide for the wenger and the invincibles chapter
06:27the professor's masterpiece tone philosophical elegant and grand if herbert chapman built the
06:37foundation arson wenger built the palace when he arrived in 1996 they asked arson who by 2004 the
06:46whole world knew his name wenger was a visionary he changed how players ate how they trained and how
06:53they thought but his greatest moment came when he looked at his players and told them something crazy
06:59i think we can win the league without losing a single game people laughed the media called him arrogant
07:07but wenger wasn't guessing he had built a machine tone shifts to epic and rhythmic 2003 2004 38 games
07:1726 wins 12 draws 0 losses they weren't just a team they were the invincibles from the speed of henry
07:25to
07:25the power of vieira and the magic of bergkamp they played football from another planet they won the
07:30title at the home of their rivals tottenham and finished the season with a unique gold trophy that
07:35no other club in england has ever touched wenger stayed for 22 years winning seven fa cups and three
07:42league titles but 2004 was his masterpiece he proved that perfection isn't just a dream it's possible
07:49ah we've seen the history we've seen the legends but now we have to face the truth it is april
07:582026 arsenal is being chased by manchester city they are days away from a massive champions league
08:05semi-final against atletico madrid the question everyone is asking is this the year the 22 year
08:13drought finally ends can they actually pull off the double or are we just watching history repeat itself
08:21personally i think this team has the mental cardio they were missing before but in football as we know
08:27anything can happen in 19 minutes before we go i have to give you my all-time arsenal 11. this
08:35is the dream
08:36team that would beat anyone in the world
08:40take it now i'll take it now
08:43i see a little old right there let's go
08:48yeah
08:51side of showdown john the office made sure they did this toy so you feel me
08:55and it feels like a rock out champ if you would talk to you you sauce the well tries to
09:01probably
09:02take sure that voice stand out when we always take the nuggets listen to the last half of my
09:07who your niggas put them on and my cut that's my squad but what about yours who did i miss
09:13maybe
09:14ian wright or bukayo saka belongs in there drop your all-time 11 in the comments below thanks for watching
09:21this journey through the history of the gunners which team should we talk about next or is there
09:25a specific character from football history you want to see a documentary on let me know and i'll hit
09:30it up peace
09:31you
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