London - Arsenal suffered defeat in the first meeting made a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals are very slim. However, Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal are ready to realize a small possibility it.
The Gunners surrendered AS Monaco 1-3 in hand while diving the first leg round of 16 at the Emirates. With a situation like this, it takes a miracle because Arsenal must win by a margin of at least three goals while visiting the Stade Louis II, Thursday (18/3) pm dawn.
Statistics show that there has never been a team that got away with turning things around after trailing by two goals in the first leg of the Champions League along era.
Ajax Amsterdam was the last time a team that can do it in the 1968-69 season when he was named the European Cup. In perempatfnal round, the Eredivisie giants lost 1-3 to Benfica in the first leg and won by the same score in the second leg before finally qualified for the semifinals with a 3-0 win in the game replay.
"We are here for that. Monaco in a very strong position, but we have the experience, passion, and confidence we can do it. So we will play and give everything to turn things around," said the Arsenal manager Mirror quoted.
"History does not matter. The statistics are not on our side. The results in the first leg was not on our side. We are all aware of it," said Wenger.
"No matter how the percentage is, we have to give everything to make it so the statistics lie. That is our passion and our belief that we can make it happen."
"We've played in the last 16 of the Champions League. We have the experience, we know everything it could happen but the plus is for us to believe we can do it and I am confident we can," said Wenger.(detikSport)
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