Barcelona versus Arsenal round 2

So i decided to check out arsenal regarding their visit to the nou camp on tuesday where they shall attempt to do what very few teams have managed; beat barcelona on their own ground or score 3 with the hope that they just fall short of that or match that figure.
Rubin Kazan the Russian champions, were the last european side to steal a valuable champions league win at the ground despite Barcelona's 65 percent possession and countless attacking exploits. Looking back at that game, the Russians had a mere 3 shots on target and yet came away having put 2 of them in the barca net and arsenal perhaps can seek solace in that.

With Ibrahimovic out and crosses from alves not posing much threat for arsenal at the emirates, it will be even more important for whoever starts on the wings for the gunners to supply excellent crosses for bendtner for him to test the makeshift central defenders.
Arsenal will have to do what they have failed to most of this season; take their chances! Many of the games the gunners have lost points in stem from the fact that after creating a considerable amount of opportunities, they always fail to take them and get duly punished for them eventually and the weekend home game against wolves was another example.

Barcelona will have the ball for most parts of the match but arsenal will have to use it effectively when it is in their possession so threading the perfect ball to theo or encouraging him to switch flanks throughout the game may be a good idea as barca dislike his pace.

Wenger rested several key players for the barca tie and as they haven't got a game till spurs the wednesday after next, it seems Wenger is bracing himself for a bruising battle. Arsenal can't possibly play as badly as they did against them a couple of days ago and barca surely can't play that amazing again?! Like Guardiola said, the first half was the best football he's ever seen them play and most neutrals agree that was possibly the most nervous performance from arsenal in a while suggesting that this is shaping up to be even more exciting than the first leg itself.

Arsenal need to take their chances, Barcelona need to stop themselves from "overplaying" and overconfidence and if most people, including the betting companies offering 7-1 on arsenal winning think it's a forgone conclusion, all i can say is we've been in worse situations and the video below will remind them!

Donald Earl