Arsene Wenger confident of Champions League progression ahead of Monaco showdown

ARSENAL have it all to do after losing 3-1 to Monaco last month, but Arsene Wenger believes there's enough belief in his side to overturn their Champions League deficit in Tuesday's return match.

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Arsene Wenger remains confident ahead of Monaco showdown

Since being beaten in the last-16 first leg at the Emirates, the Gunners have bounced back by knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup and by overcoming West Ham, QPR and Everton in the Premier League.

And Wenger refuses to rule out his side's chances just yet, but acknowledges the the Ligue 1 giants are now the favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.

“We are in a position where today Monaco are favourites,” Wenger said. “But they can still lose it.

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We can go there and create something special

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“We can go there and create something special. I believe that we will have the desire to do it and give absolutely everything to do it.

“I think we wanted too much to make a difference in the first game and forgot our basics. That means to defend well and attack well. We just focused on attacking well.

“[We need to] do what we did [against West Ham United], go until the last second, be patient and play a quality game. We need to focus on the quality of what we want to do and try to do it together.”

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