Guns turn to Barca after Mick’s ‘Arse kicking’

THE visit of Barcelona would dominate thoughts at any time but when the memory of last season’s meeting with the Catalans is still raw in the memory, there can be no surprise that Wednesday’s Champions League meeting dominated Arsenal’s thoughts on Saturday.

And caught in the middle — and suffering the brunt — was poor Mick McCarthy’s Wolves

Yes there was the important matter of restoring self-belief in the wake of the previous weekend’s humbling experience at Newcastle when Arsene Wenger’s side allowed a four-goal lead to slip.