Undoubtedly these two sides play the most ‘sexy attacking football’ to quote the words of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and despite Barcelona having dominated in these Champions League encounters with Arsenal in terms of qualification, the buzz around the fixture never depreciates.

For this year’s episode of the tantalizing football fixture, Arsenal should forget … forget about getting anything in two legs because Barcelona will not just qualify. They will qualify with great authority over both games.

And here’s why:

They are FC Barcelona

Isn’t it amazing how at the end of the season Barcelona does not win every competition they play in? I mean you watch them week in week out and they never lose. They score lots of goals and blow teams away with superb attacking football. How wonderful!

Barcelona are a great football club and command respect among any club opposition in world. Their gameplay has some distinguishing effect that ignites to light upon every opposition they play.

Teams sometimes feel they have counter game plan, but most of these plans have crumpled under the noses of the Catalan giants as they almost always bring these teams down in some style.

Arsenal might be determined to knock-out Luis Enrique’s team out this time, but for Barcelona just being Barcelona, that is a farfetched agenda for Asene Wenger’s men.

MSN

For the sake of geeks around the world who are developing an interest in football, this is MSN in not the Microsoft Network you know.

M is for World Player of the Year Lionel MESSI, S is for former Liverpool FC player Luis SUAREZ and N is for Brazil international Neymar all of FC Barcelona.

Their network on the football field however is one that wows. Lionel Messi just can’t put a stop to his football genius and in the company of Suarez and Neymar, the Argentina international feels no pressure while performing at his optimum peak.

Luis Suarez’s goal scoring prowess has never been in doubt. The player has however made it more evident with Messi and Neymar by his side.

And when the first two options fail, there is the skillful Neymar who delivers, maybe in the shadows of Messi and Suarez but still delivers.

MSN will be too good for the Arsenal defenders to handle on Tuesday night. Simple as that. Just too good.

Form

Barcelona's game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg said the whole story. Full stop.

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