By David Lee Wheatley
Wenger under pressure
The last chance saloon for Arsenal's trophy-winning chances this season beckons tonight at the Champions League last-16 meeting with Bayern Munich.
Arsenal host the German league leaders off the back of a woeful FA Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday at the Emirates stadium.
Many fans booed the team off the pitch at the end of the game against Rovers and a large proportion of supporters appear to be questioning manager Wenger's ability to turn things around.
The mammoth task of beating German club FC Bayern represents a challenge that would seem too large for the Gunners to overcome.
Bayern are 15 points clear in the Bundesliga and confidence amongst their raft of top international players will be high.
Kroos, Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez run a powerful midfield, while Ribery and Robben are king of the wings with full-backs Alaba and Lahm ably backing them up. Dante and Van Buyten are very strong in the air, as well as being comfortable on the deck and they will take some breaking down.
The key men for the Londoners will be Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla. If they perform it will give Arsenal every chance of taking a lead into the second leg in Munich.
Arsenal are suspect at the back and Koscielny is an injury doubt, further hampering their plans. Szczesny is good but still inexperienced at this level, while there are constant questions over Mertesacker at centre-back. Meanwhile, Sagna will have a tough job on his hands keeping his French compatriot Franck Ribery quiet.
The odds are stacked against the Gunners and the feeling is that they must establish a clear lead in the first leg to give themselves any chance of progression to the quarter-finals.
Wenger's future at the club may well depend on it.
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