Held by Hull. Braced for Barcelona?

Arsenal 0 Hull City 0: Arsene Wenger has set aside thoughts of an FA Cup replay trip to Hull and back to concentrate on how to defeat Champions League holders Barcelona in the first leg of their last 16 tie tomorrow night.

Held by Hull. Braced for Barcelona?

The first thing the Arsenal manager will do is select an almost completely different starting line-up from the one that failed to break down Championship leaders Hull, a side they have beaten in both of their last two successful FA Cup seasons.

That means nine changes and the return to action of players such as Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, the former Barcelona player, who looked off form after coming on as a substitute in this undramatic draw.

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