Here's an outrageous prediction: Monaco 0, Arsenal 3 in Monte Carlo on Tuesday night and the Gunners advance to the Champions League quarterfinals.
As Arsenal trails 3-1 from the first leg when its football was lethargic, mistake-ridden and defensively naive the odds are against a miracle in Monaco. Yet Arsenal is equally capable of brilliance as it is frustration. Neither comes as a surprise to Arsenal followers and they will just have to wait until the dice are rolled in Monte Carlo.
Arsene Wenger is used to going from hero to zero and hero again. A fifth consecutive exit from Europe's premier club competition would, in the eyes of his critics, be proof Wenger cannot take the club any further. In football, and especially with the Frenchman, his stock fluctuates like the gamblers in the principality's casinos.