The Gunners found themselves in a similar situation last season when they had to win 3-0 at Monaco after a disastrous first leg defeat and just missed out.
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“So I have to be honest and say that I would like the kid and Olympiacos to go on”.
Alexis Sanchez scored twice and Mesut Ozil headed the other goal as never-say-die Arsenal beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 on Tuesday and kept alive their hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16 for a 16th straight season.
Arsenal won their second game in the Champions League this year and also benefit from the loss of Olympiacos to Bayern Munich. “Both did it well and it gives us a chance”, Wenger added. If you can win 1-0, you can win 2-0.
“If there’s five or six to go and we are in the race, of course (Arsenal have a chance of the title)”. Let’s make right what we did not do right until now.
Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez bagged himself a brace during the win, but Wenger has since admitted that he would have liked to have rested him.
Sanchez added a third after the break as Dinamo failed to create any chances of note until late in the contest.
“So we can go in a confident mood because a few rounds ago we were nearly out of the competition and now we have everything in our hands to progress”.
Arsenal get back to Premier League action this weekend with a trip to Carrow Road to take on Norwich City on Sunday afternoon.
November has always been known to be an injury ridden month for Arsenal with this November not being the exception, Although the players seem to be getting back to full fitness ahead of the Hectic December period.
“Obviously we can do it, but also it’s not going to be easy because it is a good team and it is going to be a great atmosphere over there, but I think we have the team spirit to do it”. There is a big difference in money and quality of players between ourselves and teams like Arsenal.
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Dinamo manager Zoran Mamic admitted his side had been out-classed and he backed Arsenal to get the result they need in Greece. “They are a higher quality team than Olympiacos and my opinion is that they will go through”.
