The 1-3 of Arsenal against Inter at the Giuseppe Meazza served to reconfirm the perfect Champions League 2025-26 of the ‘Gunner’ team after the winter ‘break’ in Europe: a full performance (7 wins in 7 games) with a forcefulness (20 goals for, just two against) that places them as anot one of the favorites to lift the European title in the final in Budapest.
And Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta to the head, has won seven consecutive Champions League games for the first time in its history. A milestone, in England, only equaled (and surpassed, 10 in a row) by Manchester City (in 2023-24) and that they will presumably raise to eight if they beat Kazakh Kairat Almaty on the last day… bottom with just one point in seven days.
At the continental level, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Dortmund have been able to win eight or more consecutive games. A ‘club’ that Arsenal wants to join.
- Bayern Munich – 15 consecutive wins (2019-20)
- Bayern Munich – 10 consecutive wins (2013)
- Manchester City – 10 (2023-24)
- Real Madrid – 10 (2014-15)
- Barcelona – 9 (2002-03)
- Barcelona – 9 (2014-2015)
- Bayern Munich – 8 (2022-23)
- Borussia Dortmund – 8 (1996-97)
- Arsenal – 7 (2025-…)
Against Inter it was another demonstration of power: in a complicated field, without the imperative need to win (virtually they were already in the TOP-8) and without key pieces in the eleven such as Declan Rice, Gabriel, Martinelli or Odegaard, who were substitutes. lThe Londoners knew how to control (especially in the first half), but also fit… and they withstood the attacks of a team, the Milanese, wounded in its pride.
Inter 1-3 Arsenal Resumen Champions League
“Above all, the ambition and the conviction we have that we can compete against any team,” Arteta made clear minutes after the victory. Leaders in the Premier League (with +7 to second) and leaders in the Champions League. Next to nothing.
Above all, the ambition and conviction we have that we can compete against any team
Liverpool’s ‘bad example’
However, and without needing to look back too far, They have the ‘bad example’ of Liverpool at the Emirates. And those at Anfield already drew this path (or a very similar one) last year: winners of the ‘league phase’ of the Champions League with 21 points out of a possible 24… and champions in the Premier League. Bad fortune, however, crossed the path of the one who was the favorite to win the Champions League: PSG and the penalty shootout left them out in the round of 16.
It was precisely the French team that ‘stopped’ Arsenal last year in the Champions League, eliminating them in the semi-finals and making it clear that, At that time, they were not yet ready to reign in Europe.
Gabriel Jesus celebrates a goal against Inter.
Arsenal, however, are under pressure for now: a relentless schedule (on February 3 they will play against Chelsea to qualify for the Carabao Cup final) and a long list of injuries that they have skilfully sorted out. They have not lost since 2-1 against Emery’s Aston Villa at the beginning of December.
“We have to move forward,” insists Arteta who knows, more than anyone, how much Arsenal fans yearn for a title. And since 2004 there has not been a Premier League while in Europe the Gunner’s record is just two titles: Cup Winners’ Cup (1994) and Fairs Cup (1970).
