With a two-goal lead from the first leg, we are favourites to progress past AC Milan and reach the Europa League quarter-finals.
Arsene Wenger is impressed with the strength of the competition this season, and he discussed that and Per Mertesacker's recent comments in his pre-match press conference.
This is what he said:
on the fact there’s no game straight after this one and if it makes it easier for him to pick a strong team…
No, it’s never easy for me because I always have to leave top players out. Players sometimes have done very well in the last game, so it’s never easy.