The Gunners head into Thursday’s Europa League Round of 16 2nd Leg with a 3-1 aggregate lead over Olympiakos.
After Sunday’s huge win over Tottenham Hotspur, I expect Mikel Arteta to rest a his regulars in order to be rested and ready for West Ham United on Sunday.
With that said, here’s my predicted starting XI…
[4-2-3-1]
Nketiah
Martinelli, Willian, Pepe
Elneny, Ceballos
Chambers, Holding, Mari, Cedric
Ryan
Predicted final score…
ARSENAL 3 – Olympiakos 1 (Arsenal win the tie 6-2 on aggregate)
COYG!
One of my all-time Arsenal players, Olivier Giroud, returns to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. This time as a player for the competition, Lille. Giroud scored 105 goals in 253 appearances for the Gunners.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard on Man City’s punishment. “In terms of how I feel, I potentially could be affected if you like, I wouldn’t want individual players to give stuff back, that wouldn’t be right. But the club, they have to be stripped.”
Doubtful. Arteta needs to win this silverware or he’ll lose his job. There’s no way he’ll risk playing this team. Not that they aren’t potentially winners, but it’s such a big change, and therefore a big risk.
Utter nonsense – unless we want to go out !