Champions League draw: Arsenal face Barcelona
- 8 years ago
Arsenal made it through the Champions League group stages in the most dramatic fashion and now all its players have to do is beat Barcelona in the round of 16.
The London club, which won at Olympiakos in the final game of the group stages to ensure qualification, was handed the toughest possible assignment against the title-holders in Monday's draw in Nyon, Switzerland.
In-form Barcelona sits at the top of the Spanish league despite drawing its last two matches, and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has to work out how to achieve the seemingly impossible keeping attackers Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar quiet.
Speaking to Eurosport, Barcelona Director of Sporting Institutional Relations Albert Soler said he was looking forward to "a very attractive game."
Arsenal and Barca have met three times in the competition in the last decade.
The London club, which won at Olympiakos in the final game of the group stages to ensure qualification, was handed the toughest possible assignment against the title-holders in Monday's draw in Nyon, Switzerland.
In-form Barcelona sits at the top of the Spanish league despite drawing its last two matches, and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has to work out how to achieve the seemingly impossible keeping attackers Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar quiet.
Speaking to Eurosport, Barcelona Director of Sporting Institutional Relations Albert Soler said he was looking forward to "a very attractive game."
Arsenal and Barca have met three times in the competition in the last decade.