As we predicted last week, it was a tight and tense affair with little to separate these two sides.
Fast forward six days and on the evidence of what he saw, CNN’s Senior Sports Analyst Darren Lewis believes that the impetus and momentum lies with Arsenal.
“They [Arsenal] will never have a better opportunity of finishing this season with a real flourish, and I think as far as Mikel Arteta is concerned, he’ll be trying to shut out the noise,” he told CNN’s Amanda Davies on World Sport Tuesday.
“The teams that do well in the Champions League at the business end of the competition are the teams that can produce an X factor, something out of nothing.
Darren Lewis, CNN senior sports analyst
“I think Arsenal will be absolutely convinced they can do this.”
And Darren’s right – the stats don’t lie.
The Gunners are undefeated in their last eight games against Spanish sides.
Atlético, by contrast, has lost six of their last seven away games to English teams, including on each of the last four occasions.