Arsenal icon Robert Pires believes Barcelona are “the best team” in the Champions League and fancies them to win it for a sixth time in Munich in May. All 18 matches will take place at the same tonight in the final round of the league phase, with Barcelona and Premier League pace-setters Liverpool already guaranteed to finish first and second.

Arsenal have enjoyed a fine Champions League campaign so far, winning five of their seven league phase matches to all but certainly wrap up a place in the last-16

A rsenal travel to Girona on Wednesday knowing that it would take a perfect storm of results for them to miss out on a top-eight spot in the league phase of the Champions League.