While you may not have to endure silly slights when you face a man like Guardiola, the problem is you do have to face one of the best football sides on the planet, something that Wenger may not be relishing quite as much as the post-match niceties.
Beating Bayern Munich isn’t impossible, Manchester City can testify to that, but it is difficult and if Arsenal want to avoid the sort of lesson Manuel Pellegrini’s men endured at the Etihad rather than at the Allianz Arena, then they’ll need some of their best players to produce their very best performances.
Here’s three Gunners who need to be firing on all cylinders- sorry, that was awful.
Mesut Ozil
Per Mertesacker
Maybe we should pay more attention to what Bastian Schweinsteiger has to say about his national team mate.
“Per has made them one of the most defensively solid teams in England – and they look to have addressed their problems,’“It was always going to take Per time to adjust to a new league.
“But now we see him for what he is which is one of the best central defenders in Europe with fantastic positional awareness and real leadership qualities.”
It’s not hard to see why Schweinsteiger raves about the Arsenal defender, Mertesacker has been outstanding for the Gunners in both the league and in Europe, where his passing in particular makes him a huge asset to Wenger’s side.
Mathieu Flamini
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