Blues expose Gunners’ shortcomings

IF YOU had told Arsene Wenger back in the summer that his side would miss out on the Carling Cup this season, the Arsenal manager would not have lost much sleep.

But there is some tossing and turning in store for the Frenchman, with the reverberations of yesterday’s Wembley failure threatening to derail yet another promising season.

But as Wenger surveys the wreckage of this latest disappointment, Birmingham will deservedly celebrate their triumph with fervour — Arsenal’s six-year wait for silverware is dwarfed next to Birmingham’s 48 years of hurt.