Everyone laughs at United, but they have been in five finals in five years

I UNDERSTAND WHEN PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTION: 'SURELY YOU SHOULD COMPETE FOR A TROPHY?'

- MIKE WALTERS

ARSENAL legend Thierry Henry has cranked up the pressure on Mikel Arteta by admitting it’s “normal' to be agitated about his five years without winning a trophy or reaching a final.

And the Gunners record goalscorer cannot understand why Arteta signed former England winger Raheem Sterling on loan last August when “everyone has been screaming” for a goalscoring centre-forward.

Arsenal finished Premier League runners-up for a third consecutive season, this time a distant 10 points behind champions Liverpool when they had run Manchester City closer in the previous two years. And Arteta’s Champions League crusade, which included memorable wins against Real Madrid, stalled in the semi-finals when their run was ended by Paris Saint-Germain.

Henry won two Premier League titles (with the trophy in 2004, circle) and scored 228 goals for the Gunners.

And while Arteta lifted the FA Cup in his first year as manager, the French icon (below left) says it's not enough after five years without adding to that 2020 triumph behind closed doors.