PLEASE UPDATE, FOR Runner Up Champions League is important to be seen by people for Robin Van Persie. Winning goalScoring the winning goal in Arsenal's tense 2-1 FA Cup defeat of Stoke City FC will have done his cause no harm, but the 21-year-old is well aware that his desire for first-team football is no more, no less, than that of all the other freshmen Arsène Wenger has assembled at Highbury. UEFA Champions League - Van Persie raises pulses at Fenerbahçe - News. Arsène Wenger was furious at Massimo Busacca, the Swiss referee, claiming that his sending-off of Robin van Persie 'killed the game' and was the key reason for his side's Champions League … He scored a club record of 35 goals in 2011 and was club captain for the 2011–12 season, prior to joining rivals Manchester United in July 2012. I have confidence in myself and confidence in the club - Arsenal are the best club in the world.'.