PARK THE BUS OR ATTACK?

HOW ARSENAL SHOULD SHAPE UP AGAINST REAL MADRID

- BY THOMAS WRAGG

Arsenal head into the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid armed with a commanding 3-0 advantage a scoreline that left Los Blancos reeling.

In what Mikel Arteta had described as “the biggest game of his managerial life,” his side responded with their greatest triumph under his tenure.

But Arteta now faces a tactical conundrum: will his side sit back and defend their advantage or go on and kill the game off once and for all? Arsenal's first leg win at a raucous Emirates Stadium can certainly act as a blueprint for the performance levels that are needed at the Santiago Bernabéu, though tactical adjustments will undoubtedly be necessary.