Champions League

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Champions League | Round-Of-16

Mar 17, 2015 at 7.45pm UK

Monaco Monaco
0-2
Arsenal

FT(HT: 0-1)

Giroud (36'), Ramsey (79')

Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin confident of beating Monaco

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor | 16 March 2015

Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin is confident that he and his teammates can overcome Monaco and reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

Francis Coquelin has backed Arsenal to pull off a comeback victory over Monaco in the Champions League last 16.

The Gunners, who face the Ligue 1 side at the Stade Louis II tomorrow, suffered a damaging 3-1 defeat in the first leg at home three weeks ago.

Despite needing at least three goals to progress, Coquelin believes that Arsenal's current four-game winning run in the Premier League and FA Cup proves that they are capable of making it through.

"There's quite a lot of things to change after you lose 3-1 at home, but we've done that in recent games," he told the club's official website. "We haven't conceded many goals and we've been scoring goals as well.

"We haven't lost a game since Monaco and the confidence is high. We're going to go there with great spirit and I think we can turn this result around."

Arsenal boosted their chances of a top-four finish in the Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 victory over West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium.