Arsene Wenger believed incredible season possible after 8 point clear off table

 



Arsene Wenger believed Invincible season was possible after Thierry Henry performed "miracle"

Arsenal went an entire Premier League season unbeaten during Arsene Wenger's tenure, and the Gunners now have a chance to win their first league title since that campaign

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Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he knew his team could go an entire season unbeaten when Thierry Henry inspired them to a comeback victory over Liverpool.

The Gunners went down in history in the 2003-04 season, becoming the first side in Premier League history to go an entire campaign without losing a single game. That record still stands, though other teams have picked up more points than Wenger's team managed after their return of 26 wins and 12 draws.

Wenger was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame on Wednesday, along with legendary former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. United came close to stopping that unbeaten run early on, and Wenger reflected on the ups and downs of his team's famous season.

"If you have the best players in the world, you have an obligation to be as good as you can be," Wenger said. "That is the real competition. Winning is not enough. The obligation of perfection is the most important thing for me.

"If you win the championship [as we did in 2001/02], you always think that you could have done it without losing those games. So I felt that I needed to find a new motivation for the players, to push harder and see how good we could be."

Arsenal drew 0-0 with United early in the season, with Ruud van Nistelrooy missing a penalty, before running away with the title. Still, it was only after victory against Liverpool in April, with Henry scoring a hat-trick as the Gunners came from behind, that an unbeaten season was truly on the manager's mind.

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