Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny (C) celebrates his goal against Sunderland with Olivier Giroud (L) and Per Mertesacker during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates Stadium in London, February 22, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples
(Reuters) - Manager Arsene Wenger is banking on the experience of defensive duo Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker to stop Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski as Arsenal seek a first Champions League win of the campaign.
Arsenal host the German champions on Tuesday, knowing a loss would seriously damage their hopes of advancing from the group stage for a 16th straight season after losses to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos Piraeus in their opening two fixtures.
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