Champions League: Mourinho says he wants Olympiakos to eliminate Arsenal

And Flamini believes Arsenal can keep their season alive by completing their Champions League fightback by winning at Olympiakos as well as maintaining a title challenge.

Olympiakos, which was thrashed 4-0 by leader Bayern, remains second but is only three points ahead of an Arsenal side it beat in London in September. “I think there is a huge potential, now we have to demonstrate it on the pitch”. Arsenal simply have to attack and score goals.

“This time we go to Olympiakos looking to qualify”.

“If we get through we will be a threat”.

“He is such an important player and I was surprised that Mathieu Flamini didn’t get a rest once the job was done on Tuesday because he’s going to have to play now for the next two months”.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed he wants rivals Arsenal to crash out of the Champions League and that he would love to see Olympiacos progress to the competition’s knockout stages, according to ESPN. “Both did it well and it gives us a chance”, Wenger said. “It won’t be easy but I believe we’ll be able to handle it well and advance”.

The 31-year-old conceded it was hard to cope with the demands of playing top-flight football but said he was determined to prove he was worth a place in the side. Then it depended on us and on the other result against Bayern, so at least tonight we are in with a chance.

And Wenger singled out the Germany global, who has now been involved in 11 goals in his last nine Arsenal matches, for individual praise during a post-match interview. Let’s make right what we did not do right until now.

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey returned to action as a substitute following a month on the sidelines and should feature again when the Gunners travel to Norwich City in the Premier League on Sunday.

Wenger has challenged his Arsenal players to “make right” their poor start by sealing qualification with a win in Athens. There is a big difference in money and quality of players between ourselves and teams like Arsenal. “They are a higher quality team than Olympiacos and my opinion is that they will go through”.