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Arsenal should not fear a team beaten by Rostov last month... they will never have a better chance of beating Bayern Munich in Champions League

Arsenal will never have a better chance of beating Bayern Munich and making it beyond the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in seven years.

Twice since 2010 they have come up against the Germans at this stage of the competition, and on both occasions they have been beaten over two legs.

Their previous meeting with the Bundesliga champions was a 5-1 thrashing in the group stage of last year's tournament and the bookies already have them priced as outsiders to progress.

Arsenal will never have a better chance of beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League
Arsenal will never have a better chance of beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League
Per Mertesackeru00a0looks dejected after Arsenal's 5-1 away defeat by Bayern in November 2015
Per Mertesacker looks dejected after Arsenal's 5-1 away defeat by Bayern in November 2015
Tomas Rosicky trudges off after the Gunners go out to the Bavarians on aggregate in 2014
Tomas Rosicky trudges off after the Gunners go out to the Bavarians on aggregate in 2014

But why should Arsene Wenger's side fear a team who were beaten by Russian outfit Rostov last month?