In Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, Arsenal confronts the most strong strike power in the diversion – and a group that will likely be more than most of the way to the Champions League quarterfinals after Tuesday's match.
Strategically and physically, Barcelona will guarantee the principal leg at Emirates Stadium will be one of the hardest matches the hosts have confronted in quite a while.
Stockpile's assaulting football has taken the group to the last 16 of the Champions League, third place in the Premier League title race and the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Be that as it may, it would be a high-chance methodology against Barcelona and the probability is that Arsene Wenger's need will be to maintain a strategic distance from thrashing.
A couple of things to think about Tuesday's match:
MESSI RECORD
Messi brings his uncommon ability as well as a great reputation against Arsenal into Tuesday's diversion.
Barcelona has beaten Arsenal in their two past gatherings in the knockout stages, with Messi scoring each of the four objectives at the Camp Nou in 2010 as the hosts frolicked to a 4-1 triumph on the night and a 6-3 win on total.
The accompanying season, Messi scored twice in a 3-1 triumph that put the home side through 4-3 on total.
Just a detached hamstring kept him from the 2006 last, when Barcelona returned to beat a 10-man Arsenal side 2-1 in Paris.
Deadly COMPLICITY
Its a dependable fact that Barcelona's assaulting trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar get on exceptionally well-on and off the pitch.
"In spite of the fact that they are distinctive characters, on the pitch they are immaculate congruity," Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic said.
"It might seem like an embellishment, however I say Messi, Suarez and Neymar are the closest companions on the planet, perhaps the best ever."
Weapons store supervisor Arsene Wenger likewise highlighted the trio's cooperation.
"They have an extraordinary solidarity," he said.
"Messi gave the ball to Suarez (from a punishment) since he needed him to be the best goalscorer . when he (Messi) had the chance to score his 300th objective. That implies there is something exceptional there."
SUAREZ'S SHADOW
While the spotlight will undoubtedly fall on Messi, the risk postured by Suarez won't be lost on Arsenal, or the group.
His productive three-year spell with Liverpool almost won the Premier League for his previous club in 2014, when he caught up by scoring both objectives as Uruguay beat England 2-1 at the World Cup, viably finishing its trusts of advancement from the gathering stage.
Suarez is in shining shape this season for Barcelona, both locally – where he is La Liga's top scorer with 25 objectives – and in the Champions League, where he scored five objectives in the same number of recreations. Arms stockpile might well lament, once more, the club's fizzled offer for him in the mid year of 2013.
KNOWING RESPECT
Barcelona playmaker Andres Iniesta has been contemplating his Arsenal rivals and says he knows how difficult they can be.
Iniesta said Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta – with whom he grew up at Barcelona's acclaimed La Masia youth foundation – is an incredible player and "in the young positions he was a group pioneer."
Iniesta is likewise careful about previous partner Alexis Sanchez, whom he depicted as "exceptionally flighty" when assaulting. "He is physically solid and extremely skilled," Iniesta said.
Weapons store shield Hector Bellerin is another result of the Barcelona youth foundation.
SANCHEZ READY
Mesut Ozil, Aron Ramsey and Petr Cech will return for Arsenal in the wake of being refreshed for Saturday's goalless FA Cup draw with Hull, while Sanchez and Olivier Giroud are set to begin in the wake of being on the seat.
Sanchez was dreary as a substitute yet chief Arsene Wenger has no questions about the Chile worldwide's preparation to confront the side he cleared out in 2014 following three years.
"Try not to stress over Tuesday," Wenger said. "He'll be tuned in. I believe it's more clarity of mind. Sanchez, I don't think he was totally prepared to go ahead."
LUIS ENRIQUE'S GOALS
Luis Enrique tackles Arsenal interestingly as Barcelona's mentor.
In any case, amid the midfielder's playing profession, he scored in both matches when the clubs et in the gathering phase of the Champions Leaue in 1999.
He scored in a 1-1 first-leg draw at the Nou Camp and after that again in a 4-2 win at Wembley Stadium, Arsenal's brief home for Champions League matches.
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