‘Destiny in our own hands’

ARSENE WENGER headed to Turin last night knowing Arsenal’s future is in their own hands - just weeks after his side were considered “a joke”.

It is not so long ago everything looked bleak for the Gunners, their FA Cup defence ended by Bolton, languishing well off the pace in the Barclays Premiership and facing the might of Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Yet Wenger’s young side have come of age in what has been one of the most testing campaigns in recent memory for the north London club.