Published 5 min ago Arsenal were eliminated from Europe's premier club competition by the Catalan giants in the 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons, before lightning struck thrice in 2015/16. Lionel Messi hit a total of seven goals across those three encounters at the Camp Nou, including a famous foursome in April 2010, and Alves believes Barça were able to dominate those games against the north Londoners because of a shared philosophy. Embedded video for Dani Alves: &'Barça loved facing Arsenal in the Champions League – we had control over them&' We definitely liked to face Arsenal. They had a similar football style to ours, and this sometimes helped to facilitate our way of playing....
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