Ever since the final day of the transfer window, Arsenal have been excellent. They were looking down and out earlier in the season, but they have since recovered to emerge as real contenders for the top four finish. In fact, they have gone on to record a nine match unbeaten run, which puts them in a great position to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League as well. However, in order to do so, they need to win against inform team Borussia Dortmund. In many ways, Borussia Dortmund are very much similar to Arsenal this season. They had a terrible start to the Bundesliga campaign, but have recovered quite substantially.
In fact, they have beaten the best team in the Bundesliga so far – Bayern Munich this weekend. It puts them into a position of great strength as they take on Arsenal in the penultimate group match. However, Arsenal winger Theo Walcott says that Arsenal are very much looking forward to meeting Borussia Dortmund and extending their unbeaten run to 10 games. Robin van Persie has been very much the centre of attention for Arsenal in recent weeks, but the striker has credited his good run of form to the supply provided by Theo Walcott.
Theo Walcott, in turn, has heaped praise on Robin van Persie by saying that van Persie takes the pressure off every other player at Arsenal. Speaking ahead of the match against Borussia Dortmund, Theo Walcott said, “We are playing beautiful football at this moment in time. Robin up front makes our jobs so much easier. He’s one of the best strikers in the world right now. We can keep on winning.”
Borussia Dortmund should win the match against Arsenal in order to have any chance of progressing to the next round because Marseille are in the second place now.
