Barclays Premier League Review of the News- Arsenal and Manchester City
Arsenal:
Arsenal’s Danish striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and take last year’s revenge.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 will host Barcelona for the UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 fixture on Wednesday night and the 21-year-old Dane is hopeful that his team would be able to produce a shocker against the Spanish Champions.
It was Barcelona which ended Arsenal’s UEFA Champions league campaign last season. The Gunners managed to pull a 2-2 draw against the Catalans at their home, but four incredible Messi goals at Nou Camp knocked Arsenal out of the competition.
Nicklas Bendtner, who scored the first goal for the Gunners at Nou Camp against Barcelona last season, has claimed that Arsenal is brimming with confidence ahead of the mouth-watering fixture against the Catalan giants.
"We have to fancy our chances this time because we can beat anyone on our day. We have shown that. I would like to think we are one of the few teams that can match Barcelona for pure football skill, but you have to give a lot of credit to them for the way
they are always so positive”, said Bendtner.
“We know they are magnificent, an unbelievable team, but we have great players as well - and the way we play is very similar to them. We pass the ball like them so we must have a chance. There are two or three players in our team who would have a chance
of getting into the Barcelona side, I feel sure about that, and all the lads are fired up to make sure we play to our potential".
Arsenal won their last match against Wolverhampton Wanderers by two goals to nil at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are currently placed second in the Barclays Premier League with only four points behind the league leaders.
After Manchester United defeated Manchester City last weekend, Arsenal are now one of the two teams who are favourites to win the Barclays Premier League title.
Moreover, Arsenal is the only team in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 which is playing four different competitions. The Gunners will play Carling Cup final against Birmingham City on 27th February at Wembley Stadium.
After Champions League clash against Barcelona, Arsenal will play FA Cup sixth round match against Leyton Orient this weekend. Arsene Wenger’s next Premier League match is against Stoke City at Emirates Stadium
Manchester City:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan this season.
The Italian striker is out of action since his last hat-trick against Aston Villa at City of Manchester Stadium two months ago.
The young striker has been ruled out of Manchester City’s Europa League’s tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aris-Thessaloniki-FC-c38419 on Thursday.
Mario Balotelli, who was named as the Best Young Footballer, has already scored 8 goals for the Blues in 11 appearances.
Manchester City lost their last match against their city rivals, Manchester United, which also ended their title hopes.
The Citizens are currently placed third in the league with 49 points to their name out of 27 matches. Manchester City will play their next Premier League match against Fulham at their home on 27th Feb, 2011.
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