Arsenal strike again in the Nick of time

NO team in the world can currently hope to match Barcelona’s simple yet brilliantly effective mastery of the ball.

Arsenal, though, will visit the Nou Camp tomorrow brimming with the priceless commodities of spirit and sheer bloody-mindedness.

Against the Catalans last week, Arsene Wenger’s side were forced to draw heavily on their reserves of determination and will-power, first to avoid a crushing humiliation and then to recover a two-goal deficit that ensures the quarter-final tie remains evenly balanced.