But things turns the other way as most of the media deliver us with a death sentence and denied our chance to beat Barcelona. So sad where the media seems to deny us as part of English team in representing England as a whole.
Positively there must be good sign about us where Arsenal are at the center of public attention after the Champions League draw yesterday.
I really thought that Barcelona has the right to be highlighted more, rather than us.
However, we just simply thanks for the media special attention and appreciate that it if most of the media would considering us as part of England's pride to lift the title.
Most talks goes straight to the previous last 16 meeting where Lionel Messi scored four goals at Camp Nou and knock out Arsenal with 6 - 3 aggregate.
Sure each of us still remember that and it's always proud with our team performance. Where at that stage we have more younger players who battle all the way with respect plus we did score a goal to prove our attendance at the Camp Nou.
Compare to the latest performance by Real Madrid who had complete squad but fails to shines against Barca and even the scoreline much more worrying than what have we did with Barca.
Upon from that draw result, everyone start talking about Lionel Messi again. He is a great player and he is kind of perfect role model for our young gunners to follow.
Arsenal grows from there on and this is a new season where most of them will appreciate and learned more as it today.
"Arsenal haven't got a single bad player, in fact they have several excellent ones like Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and Marouane Chamakh," - Guardiola
What Guardiola said was not kind of compliment to makes us feel comfort, but he felt and realized that Arsenal has improved a lot and bit more ready than before.
"They might not be winning trophies lately but they are always up there with the best. From what I've been seeing they are continuing to play well with their distinctive style. They force you to be on top of your game defensively. If you are not at your best they can steam roller you." - Guardiola
Guardiola must have a good sense of opinion when he said the above statement about us and respectively he is giving Barcelona a sign of caution upon both teams in an upcoming meeting in February.
"We will have to wait and see how the teams are doing when February comes around because our respective form at the moment isn't important in terms of the tie." - Guardiola
Do you think Guardiola was kind of humble person when he delivered the above statement?
Not at all, he is a great manager who knows about respect which plays a great role in success.
We are not taking all the matches in every competition lightly where each of the matches that we are going through had been rubber stamp with first priority to win.
After all, January transfer window is around the corner where each of the teams involved could changed.
"We're better than last year and we have a good opportunity to show that. It's too early to speak about this game concretely. The whole context might be completely different in two months. We don't know what we will do and how we will feel. But the best way of going into that game with confidence is down to what we do from today until then. If we do well in the league, the FA Cup and the League Cup that will give us the best chance of knocking them out." - Wenger
Apart from Wenger's above statement : 'We don't know what we will do and how we will feel', I have a feeling that Wenger will joining to explore January transfer market to bullish our real intention to contest in that particular competition with extra priority care.
Even though it is a bit early for us to make such assumption but Wenger will not going to waste his time in making such decision where times are really limited for him till February to make such preparation.
Above all the attention after the draw, Arsenal and Barcelona lead the way for the real battle in this Champions League competition for this season.
Arsenal need to react fast and tonight match against Stoke City nevertheless is more important too as well to organize our perfection in delivering good performance and positive result throughout the season.
Till we meet again with this hot and spicy topics in February, but I assured that we will be on top of the table again tonight.
