Girona game another chance to build good feeling

Arsenal are all but through to the last 16 of the Champions League with their position in the group-phase table, but the match at Girona presents another chance to bring back good feeling.

The Gunners have had a challenging campaign with injuries to key players, including Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, plus incidents like the red card given to Myles Lewis-Skelly which has now been overturned.

With such a strong position, Arsenal are pretty much guaranteed to avoid the play-offs.

They then go into games against Manchester City - where a win at Emirates Stadium can keep the pressure up on leaders Liverpool - before the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at Newcastle.

Manager Mikel Arteta has already mentioned the benefit of a possible winter break, which the squad will possibly do between the Newcastle match and the game at Leicester City 10 days later.

The Gunners went on an excellent run after their trip to Dubai last season and took the tittle challenge to the final day.

Arteta will be hoping, starting with the match in Girona, this can be the start of the push they need to start a run to lift a trophy.