Bayern Munich showdown is perfect game for Arsenal to hit back – Declan Rice

Arsenal would have returned to the Premier League summit with a win however now sit second, two factors behind reigning champions Manchester Metropolis.

There is no such thing as a time for Mikel Arteta’s gamers to lick their wounds, nevertheless, as they journey to Germany for the second leg of their finely-poised Champions League quarter-final towards Bayern.

A 2-2 attract north London final week leaves the tie on a knife-edge and Rice feels such a giant recreation is simply what Arsenal want after a uncommon slip-up.

“It’s the right recreation for a response,” he stated.

“We’d like a response on Wednesday night time and it’s a nice probability to indicate our character and management. It’s time to go on the market and hopefully get into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

“Now we have to park this to the facet now. It’s gone, it’s a recreation of soccer. We’ve misplaced however we have to bounce again, that’s for certain.

“Going to the Allianz Enviornment, it’s going to be a particular night time. It’s time to tug our socks up and present everybody why we’re on this place.

“We’re gutted and disillusioned we’ve misplaced an enormous recreation however, it’s time for a response. We’ve been on such an incredible run since January, received so many soccer matches and obtained ourselves again into an unbelievable place after being written off at Christmas.”

This was former Arsenal boss Emery’s first journey again to the Emirates Stadium as Villa supervisor and the Spaniard severely dented the title cost of his outdated membership.

Villa had already hit the woodwork by each Watkins and Youri Tielemans earlier than substitute Bailey tapped residence to interrupt the impasse late on.

With the hosts pushing for an equaliser, Watkins raced from his personal half to latch onto a protracted ball and double the lead with a deft end.

The win means fourth-placed Villa opened up a three-point hole on Tottenham within the battle for what seems to be like being the ultimate Champions League place.

Like Arsenal, they now flip their consideration to Europe as they put together for the second leg of their Europa Convention League quarter-final with Lille, having received the house leg 2-1.

“I undoubtedly will take confidence from it and I feel the staff ought to take plenty of confidence from this recreation as effectively,” Bailey stated of the victory at Arsenal.

“The way in which we performed, coming to the Emirates – I feel the best way we set out was so robust and I feel the staff actually didn’t quit an excessive amount of and we created alternatives on the identical time.

“I feel from this, we must always actually take this recreation into consideration and provides ourselves plenty of confidence shifting ahead.”