Country: Wales
So here it is, the big one. Possibly the toughest team left for us to face in the competition and we’ve got them now.
Big decisions need to be made by Emery about how we approach this, I think key is trying to stop them getting an away goal, I rate our attack too much to blank in both ties. For me set up the team to play deep and hit them on the break.
Looking at our potential starting line up I’d go with:
Leno
AMN - Kos - Sokratis - Monreal
Ramsey - Torreira - Guendouzi
Iwobi - PEA - Lacazette
Obviously dependent on Kos being fit but it’s a huge risk for me to chuck Xhaka in the midfield straight off an injury. We need pace in the front three if we’re going to get after them.
As for Napoli they’re not in the greatest form right now, despite giving Roma a drubbing recently they lost to Empoli midweek and could only draw against 10 man Genoa on the weekend.
As has always been the case though, Carlo is a seasoned pro at going deep into European competition and they will be very tough opposition. They arguably should’ve gone through from the CL group, were good value against both PSG and Liverpool.
Keep an eye out though for Koulibaly, our next CB signing
Throwback match:
This absolute demolition from 2013/14 where we should’ve won by an even bigger margin. Beautiful first Arsenal goal for Özil as well.