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Arsenal's stars have taken to social media to post their views after the club were drawn against Monaco in the last-16 of the Champions League.
The Gunners have faced Bayern Munich at the same point in each of the last two seasons and Arsene Wenger was keen for a kinder draw this time around.
Asked beforehand about the possibility of facing Monaco, whom he managed between 1987 and 1994 and who lie sixth in Ligue 1, the Arsenal boss said: "I'm not against it at all.
"It would be a visit to my first home. Of course I would love to go there."
The club haven't gone beyond the last-16 in five years but will fancy their chances of reaching the quarter-finals once more after drawing the Group C winners, who lie sixth in Ligue 1.
Borussia Dortmund - who pipped the Gunners to Group D top spot - have arguably been handed a tougher last-16 fixture against Juventus and midfielder Aaron Ramsey was delighted with what he branded a 'great draw'.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">It's AS Monaco !! What you thing ? <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeague?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeague?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#ChampionsLeague</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/draw?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/draw?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#draw</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFC?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFC?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#AFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Poldi?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Poldi?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Poldi</a>— Lukas-Podolski.com (@Podolski10) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Podolski10/status/544453505420111872" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/Podolski10/status/544453505420111872" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 15, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Monaco! I'm sure our fans will enjoy the away trip... great place, great draw! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeague?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeague?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#ChampionsLeague</a>— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/aaronramsey/status/544453562588479488" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/aaronramsey/status/544453562588479488" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 15, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">It's AS Monaco - Mon. Wenger will be happy about the draw <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLdraw?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLdraw?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#UCLdraw</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFCvMON?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFCvMON?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#AFCvMON</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COYG?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/hashtag/COYG?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#COYG</a>— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MesutOzil1088/status/544453117312770048" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2934296-https://twitter.com/MesutOzil1088/status/544453117312770048" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 15, 2014</a>
