On Tuesday afternoon Thomas Vermaelen met the media at the Club's training ground to look ahead to Wednesday's Champions League Quarter-Final with Barcelona.
The Arsenal TV Online cameras were there and subscribers can watch the Belgian's press conference in full now.
Vermaelen discussed:
- taking on the European champions
- the quality of Barcelona's squad
- if he is nervous
- the 2006 final
- playing the first leg at home
- Cesc Fabregas
- not playing an English team
- bouncing back
- playing in the big game
- his centre-back partners
- the prospect of facing Lionel Messi...
- ... and former team-mates Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- his first season at Arsenal
- the importance of keeping a clean sheet
