Wenger: 'Now in the last 16 it becomes a different competition'

Last updated : 09 December 2010 By Chris Parry

"I was never really nervous - worried, yes, because in football you can never say that you don't worry when you are 1-1. It was bit of a low-key game because we didn't find out pace or openings in their defence.

"I felt our speed of passing was not incisive enough and it was a bit nervous as well. They were focused on closing us down everywhere, but I felt we had the resources to score and in the last 20 minutes they would drop a little bit physically."

"Let's be realistic, Barcelona are the super favourite at the moment, but we take what we get and if it is Barcelona, it is Barcelona. We have played them already last year and we will see.

"It depends whether you have your best players available, whether we have a good level of confidence then. It is very difficult to predict how far you can go.

"Now in the last 16 it becomes a different competition, a cup competition and that means for 180 minutes you have to be at your top."