There is still hope for Arsenal in the Champions League

And he was pulling all the strings here as Arsenal kept their Champions League campaign on track, not only by displaying a wonderful range of perfectly-measured passing, but by breaking the deadlock and easing nerves inside the stadium with his diving header.

Despite hoping for their elimination, Mourinho insisted Arsene Wenger’s side still have every chance of success in the Champions League or the Europa League.

“It was an unlucky day, that can happen in a season but after it is how you respond to that and we did that well on Tuesday”. It will be tough but we have to believe we can do it and I believe we can do it.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that he will look to sign players this January after losing a host of first-team regulars to injury. For us the task has one advantage, it is very clear.

The north Londoners must win by at least a two-goal margin or win by a one-goal margin having scored three or more goals and Wenger is convinced they will rise to the challenge.

“We have a good chance”, he added.

“On top of that we missed a penalty and scored an own goal, so we had a nightmare”.

What we saw today was an Arsenal in control. “Let’s go there without fear, respect our opponent but keep patient until the end”.

They will play Olympiacos in Greece on December 9th in a must win situation.

Mesut Ozil has been involved in 11 goals in his last nine appearances in all competitions. “I think they have a lot to play for”. Where do Arsenal most need to strengthen? Should we continue like that, and become just a tiny bit more consistent, it can work out.

“We are in a position where we want to do something”.

“There is enough pressure”.

Speaking to BT Sport, Wenger said: “He had an outstanding first half, he has got the taste for scoring now”.

Wenger is quoted on Mirror as saying that he would prefer Olympiacos to Arsenal when it came to qualifying for the last 16, a statement that has elicited sharp reactions mostly from Arsenal fans.

Speaking in the pre-match press conference, Wenger said: “We should have everyone available [from the Dinamo Zagreb game], the players that played on Tuesday night plus maybe Oxlade-Chamberlain should be back in the squad”. “We needed to do the job and Bayern needed to do the job and we both did it well”.