Arsenal go into this evening’s game with Brentford still riding the high of the midweek win over Real Madrid.
Declan Rice’s two stunning free-kicks and a clever Mikel Merino goal enabled the Gunners to humble the defending European champions ahead of the second leg at the Bernabeu next week.
Brentford are up first, though, and Mikel Arteta made a conscious effort to talk up the Bees in his pre-match press conference yesterday.
Arsenal are 11 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool with the title almost gone.
