If the challenge will be to disrupt the formidable Lisbon machine which crushed Pep Guardiola's City with disconcerting authority, Arsenal will also have to resolve its own problems. Intermittent this season, the Londoners are struggling to regain the regularity displayed last season, particularly away from home, with already 3 defeats this season in 9 matches (3 wins and 3 draws, editor's note) and are at an anonymous 12e place in the Champions League standings. “We would prefer to be ranked higher but (…) we have to live with it and focus on what we can control. That is, on our game and the best way to give ourselves a chance to win as quickly as possible. Tomorrow (today) we have a great opportunity for that.”estimated Mikel Arteta who knows perfectly well where his team can improve to pass the expected milestone. “The efficiency we showed in the box, at this level, with the number of chances you can normally generate in the Champions League, was not up to what is needed to win I always say that the Champions League is about surfaces, marginal gains and details, and that you have to align all of that to win, especially away from home.he pointed.
