Arsenal stats better than Barca in everything but goals!

With only hours away from the Arsenal vs Barcelona clash, Arsenal’s manage Arsene Wenger is revealing his regrets of not signing Luis Suarez.

“I think we will score tomorrow so I am not too much concerned”, he said.

“It’s true that recently our goals have dried up a bit and that we have to find a way again to get that going”. Because you can say even at home in the Champions League that 0-0 is not a bad score.

“We have always made it hard for ourselves in previous years by conceding goals at home and the rules of the modern European Cup encourage teams to defend at home and attack away because of the importance of the away goal”. “Many times we’ve won away and at home we’ve conceded”.

“What would be a comfortable result to take to the Camp Nou?”

A 3-0 success in Olympiacos on the final matchday saw them edge through at the expense of the Greeks and Olivier Giroud, who scored a hat-trick in Piraeus, has pointed to Arsenal’s strength in depth as a positive as they look to not only roll over Barcelona but also challenge for the FA Cup and Barclays Premier League trophies.

“I have seen Arsenal before this season and they are going to press high at some moments of the game, according to the profile of the players they have got”, he said.

“It makes you really proud and I wouldn’t say that they never rest or they never stop playing in a game, I would say that if they didn’t play they wouldn’t like it”.

Predicted FC Barcelona starting team: ter Stegen; Alba, Mascherano, Pique, Alves; Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic; Neymar, Messi, Suarez.

“I tell them “abracadabra” and the magic sparks – that is all I do!” he said.

The 28-year-old’s exploits earned him the fifth Ballon d’Or of a stellar career, although he has arguably played more of a supporting role this time around – with Suarez as Barcelona’s chief marksman and Neymar scaling ever greater heights of trickery and ingenuity. Enrique, however, is just as keen for them to show off their defensive attributes.

And then there are games against the best side in the world – whether that be Bayern or Barca – or as we like to call them: Arsenal’s guaranteed Champions League opponents.