“It was a good night and Bayern did a good job too”, said Wenger.
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Arsenal are fourth in the Premier League table, behind Leicester, Manchester United and Manchester City. Can we do it again and make it count this time?
This win combined with an Olympiacos loss against Bayern Munich gives Arsenal a chance to make it out of the Champions League Group Stage.
Tuesday’s results mean Bayern have guaranteed top spot in the group and Dinamo have been eliminated leaving Olympiakos and Arsenal, who have six points, to battle it out for second spot.
Wenger’s men claimed a 3-0 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday to stay alive in Group F.
The two sides are set for a thrilling Group F finale on December 9, with the Gunners needing to beat Olympiacos by two goals – or a one-goal win, scoring more than three times themselves – if they are to progress.
Neil has stated that Alex Tettey (thigh) is unlikely to be fit to play but Norwich will have captain Russell Martin back in the squad after he missed the Chelsea game due to personal reasons. “We showed quality and creativity up front and defended solidly and we showed the potential we have when we have our players back and add them to this team”. You saw that we are always capable of doing that. But I like our reaction and although everything went against us a bit, we kept going until the last minute and were still creating opportunities.
It was another big-game goal for Ozil, his others this term coming in wins over Manchester United and Bayern, and was followed four minutes later by an eighth of the season for Alexis.
The former Manchester United and Ireland midfielder cast doubt on the character within the Arsenal dressing room once again and he gave another specific reason for his belief that Arsenal will come up short against Olympiacos in Athens.
“First of all we need to win”.
“We are in a position where we want to do something”.
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Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho has courted controversy over his apparent wish to see Arsenal bundled out of Champions League. We are in a more hard situation.
