Per Mertesacker harbours Arsenal qualification hope

Per Mertesacker insists he and his Arsenal team-mates now believe they can get out of their Champions League group following their ’nightmare’ start to the competition.

The Gunners recorded a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night meaning they now head to face Olympiacos in Athens in a fortnight with progression to the knock-out rounds in their own hands.