Barcelona have a good recent record over the Gunners, who qualified for the knockout stages with an emphatic 3-0 win over Olympiacos last week, after beating them over two legs in 2009/10 and 2010/11, as well as the final in 2006.
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“Barcelona are used to playing under pressure in every sense”.
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“We did not want to play Paris or Juve – but this is more straight-forward”. They have great players, players who are known around the world.
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“We’re all unanimous in saying that there are only good teams left – we all know that”.
“We ousted them in 2012-13 when we won the Champions League”.
PSG is reunited with Chelsea after beating the London side in last season’s competition, winning on away goals after a dramatic 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge followed a 1-1 draw in the French capital.
Bayern Munich were handed a tough-looking draw against Juventus, runners-up last season, while Real Madrid will also face Italian opposition in Roma.
Then again, if Chelsea remain afflicted by a lack of motivation, is there a last 16 match more likely to fire up the squad?
Chelsea won in the quarter-finals in 2014, but PSG advanced from the round of 16 last season. Arsenal pretty much have made all the mistakes they could have in the group stage and that would serve as a learning curve for them. If we go into it thinking we’re favourites, things won’t turn out well.
“We know what can happen if you have ten poor minutes on a European night”.
“It’s never easy – they’ve shown they have a good side by beating and drawing with Chelsea”, warned City director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Instead City got Dynamo Kiev, where the away leg will be played behind closed doors due to UEFA racism sanctions.
Wolfsburg, who dumped out Manchester United to reach the knockout phase for the first time, will meet competition debutants Gent from Belgium.
The first legs of the ties are spread over four days in February, with the returns on March 8, 9 and 15, when there are two matches.
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Dynamo Kiev beat Manchester City in the 2010-11 Europa League last 16, with striker Mario Balotelli sent off for the English side.
