‘Beaten Arsenal can still qualify’

Beaten five times on a humbling night in Munich last Wednesday, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech says the London club can still qualify for the Champions League last 16 despite being bottom of Group F with two games left to play.

The 5-1 defeat by Bayern Munich, coupled with a late winner for Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus against Dinamo Zagreb, means Arsenal must win their last two games and hope for the best.

"You (need to) win two games and we need to make sure that the head to head against Olympiakos is in our favour," former Chelsea keeper Cech told Arsenal's website (www.arsenal.com).

"Then you can go through."

While Cech makes the equation sound relatively simple, Arsenal's destiny is not in their hands.

The Gunners must beat Zagreb in their next fixture, hope Olympiakos lose to Bayern on the same night and then go to Greece on the final match night and win by two goals, having been beaten 3-2 at home by Olympiakos already.

Bayern top the group with nine points, followed by Olympiakos (9), Dinamo (3) and Arsenal (3).

"Everything is possible. We have two games to play, we have to regroup and continue fighting until the last minute," Cech added. "You need to make sure that you recover and move on to the next one. It was not a day we wanted."