Theo Walcott confident Arsenal can beat Bayern Munich and qualify for Champions League last-16

Positive: Walcott believes Arsenal's performance against United shows what they're capable of
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Tom Dutton18 October 2015

Theo Walcott is confident Arsenal can beat Bayern Munich and revive their Champions League campaign.

Arsene Wenger boasts an incredible record in the group stages of Europe's premier competition, successfully leading the Gunners through the initial phase for 15 straight seasons, but their place in the last-16 is under serious threat.

After miserable defeats to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos, Arsenal are bottom of Champions League Group F without a point ahead of Bayern's trip to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night.

By contrast, Bayern have looked in imperious form with maximum points from two games without conceding a goal.

Wenger's men hosts Pep Guardiola's side before traveling to the Allianz Arena at the beginning of November and Walcott believes Arsenal can draw inspiration from their victory over Manchester United and sink the German champions.

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"Playing against Bayern and their quality is of course going to be a challenge for us, but we are at home with our support and we need a similar sort of performance like we had against Manchester United," the ENgland international said.

"We know we can beat anyone and we’re going to be completely ready for this one.

“We need to move on from the first couple of results in the Champions League. We know we are capable of getting results against Bayern and we want to put things right.

“Looking at our last Premier League home match against United, the intensity of our game was different to what it was like against Olympiakos in the Champions League."

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