Laurent Koscielny actually progressed to the Champions League quarter-finals by himself

After Barcelona’s 4-0 mauling at Paris Saint-German and Arsenal’s 5-1 surrender at Bayern Munich, both sides go into the return legs with seemingly impossible tasks.

Forced to field questions about disgruntled Alexis Sanchez in his pre-match media appearance, Wenger interrupted when Per Mertesecker was asked whether the players wanted to hold onto their boss.

Wenger deflected questions about his own future by reprimanding the referee for what the Frenchman called “unexplainable and scandalous” decisions. Walcott revealed the squad are in the dark over Wenger’s intentions but admitted they must take greater responsibility for performances to ensure the criticism does not worsen.

“I don’t know. I am very focused at Bayern”.

“I am absolutely revolted when I see an attitude like that and I am sorry for the people paying a lot of money to come and watch these kind of games”.

At Naples, Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos performed another rescue act to wreck Napoli’s courageous comeback attempt and take the Champions League title-holder into the quarterfinals on Tuesday after it had taken a first-half battering.

“We don’t take into consideration the advantage we have, it is important but the most important thing is to play well for 90 minutes”.

Again, Wenger is a tremendously accomplished manager who has earned a world of respect during his career.

It is claimed though that some players are fiercely loyal to Wenger and could force a move away from the London based club if Wenger leaves. Arsenal were the better team for nearly an hour and were in the lead until Laurent Koscielny was sent off for conceding the penalty that led to Bayern’s equaliser.

Wenger has led Arsenal to three Premier League titles and six FA Cup titles. So if next time I fail to deliver, you put pressure on me.

You don’t need the Warm-Up to tell you how many Arsenal have got. “They have different systems but last year we did very well too, we were unlucky in the semi-final but this year we are hoping for better luck”. We are in it together here. It’s going to show if we’re ready for the fight towards the end of the season.

Yep, it used to be that Arsenal dished out the 5-1 scorelines, beating Inter Milan at the San Siro in 2003. It just looks like that.

“After that it was very hard in the final 20 minutes when you have no hope to qualify any more and Bayern bring on fresh players”.

“We hurt every day”. We are obviously favourites for that game and it is a good opportunity to go to Wembley. We need to move on very quickly from this disappointment. “In the national team we will speak but we don’t have much communication at the moment”.

By the end Bayern was threatening to surpass the 12-1 aggregate score it piled up against Sporting Lisbon in 2009 but had to be content with a 10-2 margin. It is as simple as that.

“I sympathise with him as a manager, as a man I have a good relationship with him. It’s important for me that we’re always successful and that’s why I’ve given myself a bit of time”.