UEFA Champions LeagueArsene Wenger promises Arsenal will attack Bayern Munich
Arsenal desperately need a victory against Bayern Munich in the
Champions League on Tuesday, and Arsene Wenger has promised to attack.
Arsene Wenger has vowed to take the game to Bayern
Munich when the Bundesliga giants visit the Emirates Stadium in the
Champions League on Tuesday.
Bayern have made a
fine start in Group F, winning both of their matches, while Arsenal have
fallen to shock defeats at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos.
With
back-to-back games against 2013 winners Bayern to come, Arsenal need an
immediate upturn in fortunes if they are to avoid crashing out in the
group stages of the competition for the first time since 1998-99.
Despite
the daunting task of facing a Bayern side who have won 12 in a row in
all competitions, Wenger is buoyed by his own team's recent good form.
"We're
on a perfect run in the Premier League, and on the other hand it was
perfect preparation for Bayern because we had no injuries and got the
three points," Wenger said following the 3-0 win at Watford at the
weekend.
"We are now in a position where we can
really focus and give it everything on Tuesday night. I will have to see
how we prepare for this game now and how we want to approach it.
"The
confidence is there, the required result is there and we know exactly
what is needed. Even a 0-0 draw is not good enough, so to score goals we
will have to attack.
"If you can arrange for us
to be 3-0 in 20 minutes, like we were against Manchester United, I will
put you in charge for Tuesday night.
"That would be ideal, but it is difficult to plan [that] " we did not plan to be 3-0 [up] after 20 minutes against United.
"What we want to do is to play up to our level because that is what is needed against a big team.
"It
is true that we have won before in Europe when everyone else thought it
was not possible, but we want to do it again because we felt the pain
was inflicted by ourselves.
"Maybe,
subconsciously, we thought, 'Anyway, we will win these' [against Dinamo
Zagreb and Olympiacos] " now, to correct it, we need a great
performance."
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