Arsenal will not commit Champions League suicide: Jack Wilshere
March 7th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.7 (ANI): British footballer Jack Wilshere has said that Arsenal will not commit Champions League suicide by playing for a draw in Barcelona.
Arsene Wenger’s squad travelled to Spain with a 2-1 aggregate lead from the last-16, first-leg clash three weeks ago.
Wilshere is confident the Gunners can lay down a marker to the rest of Europe by beating Barcalona at the Nou Camp.
The Sun quoted Wilshere as saying: “We know we can beat Barcelona. We did that at the Emirates. Beat them again and we know we have a good chance of winning the tournament.”
He said: “We will go there with confidence but realize we have to defend well and hit them on the counter-attack. If we get a goal, they will have to come at us. We can win there.”
He added: “Hopefully, we will have Cesc Fabregas back. Cesc is massive. He is our captain, our leader and great on the pitch.”
“They have a couple of players out. But we know they have got great players in Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, so we will have to defend well”, he added. (ANI)
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