Champions League holders Barcelona touch base at the Emirates on Tuesday to handle an Arsenal side looking to rediscover the merciless streak which betrayed them in a manageable weekend goalless FA Cup tie.
The conflict features a week of European activity that sees Bayern Munich at Juventus, PSV Eindhoven facilitating Atletico Madrid and Manchester City at Dynamo Kiev.
Barca and Arsenal are no outsiders in this enclosure, the pair having battled out the 2006 last, with the Catalans beating Wenger's "Invincibles" 2-1 in Paris.
Lionel Messi then scored four times when Barca handed out a 4-1 drubbing to the Gunners in a 2010 quarter-last.
Also, the Argentine whiz roused a Barca second leg fightback after Arsenal edged the last 16, first leg home tie 2-1 in 2011.
To keep a comparable situation this time around, Gunners mentor Arsene Wenger has advised his group to bristle some fur on Tuesday after Saturday's 0-0 stalemate against second-level Hull.
The Frenchman knows a comparably toothless showcase against free-scoring Luis Suarez and Neymar will leave his men on the back foot for one month from now's last 16, return leg at the Camp Nou.
"We should be more productive in the last third since today (on Saturday) we have more than 70 percent ownership and we won't get that on Tuesday night (against Barcelona)," said Wenger.
"We began top choices (against Hull), we won't be on Tuesday night so on Tuesday night we require incredible solidarity since we have to safeguard well, we realize that, and make the most extreme of our ownership, what we didn't do today."
Mesut Ozil, one of nine changes against Hull, will come back to face Barcelona in the wake of recouping from a chilly.
Weapons store focus back Per Mertesacker embraced his supervisor's appraisal.
"Generally speaking, we missed a touch of something and we need to return rapidly in three days time," said the German title holder.
Barca turn up apparently terminating on all chambers and eight focuses clear in La Liga after Suarez and Neymar collaborated in the weekend's 2-1 win at Las Palmas.
Barca supervisor Luis Enrique rested just Gerard Pique, whilst Sergio Busquets was likewise suspended from the side that is relied upon to begin in north London.
Bayern head to Turin to face last season's runners-up Juve with the German mammoths having Thomas Mueller to thank for uncovering them from underneath inconvenience in a 3-1 home rebound win over Darmstadt throughout the weekend.
Mueller cautioned that Bayern can't hope to appreciate the same 81 percent ownership in Turin, which permitted them to pepper in 36 shots on Darmstadt's objective.
"(Saturday's) match had nothing to do with Juventus, we're only cheerful to have won and taken three more focuses," said Mueller.
"We must be more tightly in Turin, we can't permit them such a variety of shots."
Juve are on a 16-match unbeaten grand slam in European rivalry, their last annihilation coming in 2013 to Bayern in the Germans' title-winning season.
Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic is relied upon to come back from a three-week damage lay-off to come up against his old side.
Safeguard Patrice Evra said the Croatian will have significantly more motivation to score.
"Every one of the players are imperative, however when somebody has effectively played for the other group, he normally has diverse inspiration to whatever is left of us, and he won't conceal that actuality.
"He will need to hit Bayern where it harms. He'll be much more eager than whatever is left of us."
Bayern mentor Pep Guardiola moves to the Premier League next season and his future managers Man City go to Kiev on the back of Sunday's 5-1 drubbing by Chelsea in the FA Cup.
Mentor Manuel Pellegrini courted discussion by handling five full debutants in his offer to spare capability for Ukraine.
Wednesday's second diversion sees two-time runners up Atletico at 1988 champions and Dutch pioneers PSV.
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