Barcelona vs Arsenal: Guardiola sets his sights at round 2 against Arsenal
Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, waits expectantly of Arsenal’s visit to the Nou Camp in three weeks time and brands the return leg as nothing short of ‘fantastic’.
Emphasizing on the potential entertainment that awaits us, Guardiola commented that the encounter had all the ingredients for an explosive 90 minutes of pure footballing pleasure. Both sides play attractive, one-touch football at a high tempo and the Barca
boss hopes to turn the tables on Arsene Wenger’s side.
However, Guardiola was quick to respect the North London side, that did ever so well to come back into the game with 2 second half goals after the Catalans had opened the scoring in the 26th minute through David Villa. Touching upon the opponent’s
mindset, the Barcelona manager offered that they would be weary of what his side is capable of.
When the sides met last season, Barcelona managed to score twice at the Emirates as the game ended 2-2. In the 2nd leg, the Catalans, who conceded early thanks to a certain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicklas-Bendtner-c27726, were able to turn the tables thanks to a 4 goal onslaught
from the little Argentine, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296. The Quarter final ended with a 6-3 aggregate in favour of Pep Guardiola’s men.
Able to score at the Emirates yet again, Barcelona defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dani-Alves-c9869 felt that both games at the Emirates were rather similar in nature – Though, his side lost a 2 goal margin last time.
The Brazilian defender insisted that there was no need to panic despite being a goal down halfway into the 2-leg clash and commented, “We are coming away with a bitter-sweet taste, the same as last year. The first half was very nice for the spectators, but
for us it was annoying because we had our chances.”
The goalscorer http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 had similar thoughts and felt that his team deserved a lot more than what the final score suggested. Barcelona created a lot of chances as usual and were a touch unlucky not to be able to get an end product.
However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 man was optimistic for the match at Camp Nou in three weeks time. He said, “But we were up against a great team in Arsenal who caught us on two counter attacks and hurt us. We were the better team, but there’s still 90 minutes
to go and we can save ourselves in that time.”
To conclude, it appears that the general atmosphere in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38605 camp exuberate confidence as the La Liga leaders look to set the record straight after a series of rather ‘uncharacteristic’ slip-ups in the local and European league in the past week.
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