Ever since Arsene Wenger came to North London back in 1996, his teams have always featured a strong left sided combination. His two championship teams had the combinations of Winterburn-Overmars and Cole-Pires-Henry as the anchors of a stout defensive flank and the main thrust of attack play. However, after the era of the Invincibles, the left sided combinations like Clichy-Rosicky and Clichy-Arshavin have fallen short of standards set by their predecessors.
