Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says Arsenal will go into their Champiosn League second leg against Bayern Munich full of belief that they can still qualify for the quarter-finals.
The Gunners have it all to do at the Allianz Arena on March 11 after Wednesday's 2-0 defeat at Emirates Stadium.
But the 20-year-old says the team will be confident of repeating last year's result in Munich.
"I think we surprised them in a sense how positive we were and how much we came at them"
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
"It's never over in this game and we're going to go there with belief that we can do it,” Oxlade-Chamberlain told Arsenal Player. "This time last year we lost 3-1 here and we went there and we won 2-0. We can take confidence from that.
"Obviously 2-0 is not what we wanted. I thought we started the game really well, came out the traps and I think we surprised them with our start. But then obviously to go down to 10 men makes it a tough road from there on in."
Arsene Wenger's side began the first leg with a high tempo and
Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that should set the benchmark for the rest of
the season.
"I think we surprised them in a sense how positive we were and how much we came at them," he said. "That's what we need to do - play without fear.
"They [Bayern] always have respect wherever they go and we gave them that because they've got great individuals but we couldn't fear them or think we were second best to them."
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