Even Arsenal’s website couldn’t believe they drew Barcelona

If only.

There are numerous stages of grief, and Arsenal's website was firmly stuck on the denial phase when news broke of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona. Gunners' fans, logging on to the club's official website to get tickets for the tie, may have had to do a double take. The Gunners' potential opponents were listed as Danish side Brondby. https://twitter.com/Christian1607/status/676363223776534528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/jabloaimar/status/676363114846244864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/AAllenSport/status/676362739187589121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Gunners may have made the knock-out stages of Europe's top club competition for the past 16 seasons in a row, but they've exited at the last-16 stage for the past five years. Last year they capitulated in the first leg to un-fancied Monaco, losing the first leg 1-3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7H5OdzLUIs They mounted a spirited fightback in the second leg, but failed to progress. In the previous season, Arsenal lost the first leg of their last-16 tie 0-2 to Bayern Munich. They mounted a spirited fightback in the second leg, but failed to progress. In the season before that, Arsenal somehow lost the first leg 4-0 away to AC Milan.They mounted a spirited fightback in the second leg, but failed to progress. No prizes for guessing how the 2016 version of Arsenal in the Champions League knock-phase goes.