Former Leeds United and Manchester City full-back Danny Mills believes Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would have failed to win the Premier League with the current Leicester City squad. The effort was there, Barcelona had switched off. “Leicester have a five points lead which is a huge gap, but the experience Arsenal have, and the clarity and way they play football, means it doesn’t matter with the three points system”.
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Arsenal can look to defend their last trophy in style over the two-day, four-match tournament hosted exclusively at their Emirates Stadium home.
Welbeck hit the bar from an acute angle before he and Iwobi were withdrawn for Walcott and Olivier Giroud – with Sanchez finally working ter Stegen with a well-struck free-kick.
Messi rounded off Barcelona’s 10th successive home win the competition when he pounced on a deflected pass before lifting the ball over Ospina. He completely changed the way the team plays. The Uruguayan watched Alves’ cross onto his foot, acrobatically contorting his body to send a rocket past Ospina.
Likewise, Sunday’s FA Cup defeat to Watford has saved Arsenal fans the cost of funding two trips to Wembley. I was pleased because, especially at 19, I never thought I would be here playing against the likes of Messi, Neymar and Suarez. This latest failure – however predictable – will only increase that pressure.
“[Camp Nou] is a place where you want to leave your mark and there were certain occasions where we could have done things better”.
We are trying to be the best in the world as well but we could not get the goals’. You’re left asking, where are the leaders in the group to get a grip of these players when in certain games they don’t seem up for it. When I played against Arsenal they always had a strong spine to their team.
“It was a team performance and the quality was good”, he said of Arsenal’s display.
“We knew they were going to go and take the game to us” Suarez said.
He added: “We went out with regrets of course but I must say they have exceptional quality up front and you feel any little mistake you make at the back they can take advantage of it”.
“We played a complete game, they complicated the match by getting to 1-1”, he told beIN Sport.
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“They are able to create chances all by themselves, but they also have a great team behind them to put them into the best position”, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said of his three stars.
