Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in bullish mood ahead of Arsenal's clash with Bayern - 'they're not immortal'
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain insists Arsenal have no reason to fear Bayern Munich ahead of their Champions League clash.
The Gunners take on Bayern as they look to end their poor record in the knockout stages of the competitions.
They have been knocked out in the last 16 in each of the past six seasons, with two of those exits coming at the hands of Bayern.
And while Oxlade-Chamberlain knows how dangerous Carlo Ancelotti's men can be, he thinks Arsenal can take positives from their previous encounters.
"We've had good experiences and we've had bad experiences [against them]," he told Arsenal Player.
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"There’s times when we’ve struggled against them and it proves what a great team they are, and there’s times where we’ve turned up and we’ve done really well and it proves they’re not immortal.
"They’re a very good team, but so are we if we play as good as we can on the day. We can cause them enough troubles and go on and win.
"We’ve proved enough to ourselves over the years that we’re good enough to come away with the right result."
Oxlade-Chamberlain has started in central midfield in each of Arsenal's last two matches.
However, Mohamed Elneny's return is expected to see the England man start out wide in Munich.
Arsene Wenger has already confirmed David Ospina will start in goal in Petr Cech's place.