If Arsene Wenger’s players needed any motivation to win this evening’s match and try to top Group A, this is it. Just 28% of group runners-up get through their round-of-16 tie and into the quarter-finals. The Gunners face FC Basel this evening knowing that they will have to better PSG’s result against Ludogorets in Paris in order to finish first. Generally, the top-placed teams are handed an easier path in the final with a kinder draw and a home tie for the second leg. For Arsenal particularly, Champions League draws have been anything but kind in recent seasons. It’s now six consecutive years they’ve made it to the last 16 and six consecutive years they’ve been knocked out in...
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