On Thursday evening the Champions League draw for the group stages took place in Monaco and decided the fate of many teams across Europe. Arsenal didn't fair that well with a tough group once again, but it could be worse when you look at Manchester City's group.
Arsenal were drawn with Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray and Anderlecht, which all in all isn't a bad draw on paper but with the team not currently at their best it could provide an issue in the group stages.
Dortmund will be Arsenal's main worry in this group. Klopp and Wenger have such a deep mutual respect for each other's philosophies that the football played between these two teams is a meeting of minds, two very intelligent managers at the helm of their teams and it always shows on the pitch.
Playing Dortmund is always exciting because you get to see their fabulous organised and clean football but nerve racking at the same time because if you are not excellent on the night then they can't be beaten. Playing them makes the team better but can also highlight it's biggest weaknesses, however, fans think Arsenal are wiser from the previous encounters and hopefully they will win at least one of the ties.
Galatasaray are a tough draw, they play very physical football and they get stuck right in but on the plus side they do run out of energy pretty quickly into the second-half. They aren't the powerful team they were a few years back and tactically they have suffered in the last year but they will not be easy to play but the team have a success rate against Turkish sides in the last few years.
Belgium team Anderlecht qualified for the Champions League after securing the Belgium league title last season. They are the easier of opponents in the group and Wenger will expect his team to be victorious in their games against them but will they be as easy to beat as everyone thinks?
The North London outfit have a fairly tough group but right now it doesn't matter so much who they have in the group at this current time, the Gunners may have been subjected to City's group or even Chelsea's arguably easy draw but many believe they still aren't ready to play any of these teams. There is a definitive weakness within the squad and we all know where the improvement is needed but unless the board can rectify that by deadline day Arsenal will be in real trouble.
The club barely scraped a win against Besiktas and that is a clear indication of how much they could struggle in the group stages. It's an achievement to qualify for the Champions League every year for 17 but the real achievement is winning it or at least put in a decent try.