Arsenal face must-win match against Dinamo Zagreb in Champions League

Wenger was fully aware of the situation that his side were facing prior to kick off, as they had to win and hope that Bayern Munich did them a favour against Olympiakos in the other tie in the group on Tuesday. “But it is the rule and we accept that We have to look at ourselves and deal with our own performance”. The French worldwide has been in outstanding form, scoring in four of his five games in the Premier League, and scoring in six of his last seven matches in all competitions for the Gunners. Both did it well and it gives us a chance.

Arsenal are still in with a chance in the Champions League after claiming a comfortable 3-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates Stadium. Francis Coquelin was the latest addition to the injured roaster of Arsenal as he has been sidelined for a minimum of 3 months as he suffered a knee injury in Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to West Brom.

“You can not say ‘okay, they had a doped player and the result stands'” Wenger told reporters ahead of Tuesday’s return match in London.

Barca were ruthless in a 6-1 demolition of Roma while Bayern Munich beat Olympiakos 4-0 and the pair are fighting it out for favouritism at the top of the market.

“We had to come out of the game tonight with a chance to qualify – we needed to do the job and Bayern needed to do the job and it happened – and now I believe we can do it”.

Despite missing the start of the season with injury, the Chilean has played 22 games for club and country and Wenger admits he thought about resting the 26-year-old. To overcome their head-to-head disadvantage, Arsenal must win either by two clear goals or by a one-goal margin greater than 3-2. “If you ask my deep gut feeling, I want to stay in the Champions League”, he said. The more tempting offer is to back star striker Olivier Giroud. Of course, an Arsenal win by one goal over Zagreb, combined with a one-goal win for Bayern over the Greek team, would put Arsenal at only a two-point deficit.

“But I would have loved to have taken him off really, but the compromise was to leave him in the centre where he can save a little energy, I tried to compromise a little bit”.

It seemed to be only a matter of time until Arsenal would score again and in the 69th minute Sanchez added a third goal after racing onto Campbell’s through ball and rounding the keeper, before firing a strike into the net.