Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: Arsenal FA Cup win would make it a better season

Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Winning the FA Cup final would make it "a better season" for Arsenal, says midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The Gunners missed out on a place in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years after finishing fifth in the Premier League.

Arsenal face Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday (17:30 BST), with the Blues aiming for a league and cup Double.

We have given ourselves an opportunity to win a trophy, said Oxlade-Chamberlain.

In football, winning trophies is what it is all about. It will be a bonus to the season, to finish on a positive note.

The north London side's season has been affected by fans protesting for manager Arsene Wenger to end his long association with the club.

If his side win, Wenger will claim his seventh FA Cup - matching the number of times Liverpool and Chelsea have won it in. In addition, he has also won three Premier League titles.

Oxlade-Chamberlain said: The season has been an odd one and if you look at the table, we finished on 75 points. In other years, that might have left us in a different situation.

Times change and you have to move forward with the other top teams. We have failed to do that in the league and that is why we missed out on the top four.

We wanted to finish higher up in the league, there is no doubting that. We cannot hide from that and we need to own up to that. It is a big trophy, one we want to win and would definitely boost morale going into next season.

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