Alan Brazil: Wenger’s men miles behind the Euro stars

ARSENAL will give their title hopes a big boost if they beat Spurs today and that’s a terrifying thought.

Why? Because after their midweek mullering in Munich, it’s clear the Gunners are miles behind the best in Europe.

That’s a position the best in England should never find themselves in.

Arsene Wenger was full of big talk before the Bayern game. He had a game plan, he said. His side could win if they stuck to it.

Instead, they got absolutely gubbed, and, as far as I’m concerned, that was no surprise.

If I was a betting man, I would have had a massive wedge on Bayern to do some serious damage, despite what happened at the Emirates a fortnight ago.

I was astonished when Arsenal won that night because, in truth, Munich were different class.

They absolutely slaughtered the Gunners yet somehow lost 2-0.

It was hailed as proof of Arsenal’s improvement now it just looks like a fluke.To read more from Alan Brazil, click hereThe gulf in class between the sides is absolutely enormous, and, at the Allianz Arena, Wenger’s men plummeted into it.

Arsenal didn’t work hard enough, they didn’t close down when Bayern had the ball, and they were ripped apart as a result.

By contrast, Pep Guardiola’s team just like his Barcelona side kept the ball for huge stretches, and when they lost it, worked like dogs to get it back.

That’s something no English team of the moment seems capable of.

And as far as the Premier League is concerned, that should be triggering alarm bells.

Forget Manchester United, forget Chelsea Arsenal and Manchester City are the only two teams who can win the League now.

And the idea that Arsenal could claim their first title in 12 years while being so far off the pace in Europe should worry us all.

The Premier League has more money, more top players and, supposedly, more top managers than any other league in Europe.

So why are England’s best clubs falling further and further behind the best from Germany and Spain?

It’s absolutely bizarre, but it’s the truth English clubs are going backwards.

All the stuff we’re told about the Premier League being the best league in the world is getting harder and harder to justify.

Okay, it’s exciting I’ll give you that.

But how can we call it the best when its teams are anything but?

I can see Arsenal winning today’s north London derby. I can also see them winning the League.

If that’s how things turn out, delirious Gooners will savour their moment and rightly so.

The Premier League trophy will be decked out in red and white ribbons once again and paraded around the streets of Islington to a soundtrack of cheers.

But I reckon the noise that will greet an Arsenal title win from across the Channel and across the whole of Europe would sound more like laughter.