Fears that Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger might take a cautious approach to their teams’ encounter in the Champions League have been lessened by the managers’ statements. Barcelona will not change their style in order to win because their present methods have already proven effective. Guardiola is confident that regardless of who plays in the team, the Spanish giants will have the means of stopping the Gunners. Even though Iniesta will be their biggest casualty for the first game at the Emirates Stadium, Guardiola has many ready-made replacements. His only problem now would be who to pick from a fine selection of capable substitutes to fill the gap.

Arsene Wenger will never demand that his Arsenal players adopt pragmatism over a sense of adventure. Rather, the Gunners manager believes that football should be played beautifully and his players should do so to win. That means having the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie, Andrei Arshavin and Samir Nasri to express their full array of attacking qualities. Wenger might have some worries over the fitness of Fabregas. Wenger will be hoping the Catalonian midfielder can take his place in Arsenal and help his team face Barcelona. There might be affiliations between the teams but there will be no love lost on the pitch.

Two past legends from the London club will feature in each of the two teams involved in the Arsenal vs Barcelona live online streaming and there will be references to their past. Thierry Henry will be receiving the most attention for being one of the greatest Arsenal players ever to have turned out for them. The striker is now with Barcelona playing out his twilight years. Then there is Sol Campbell who returned to the Gunners and now faces an ironic rematch against Barcelona whom he scored against in the 2006 Champions League final involving the clubs. There will be high emotions for the two players but for 90 minutes, they will only have winning on their minds.