Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists they don't suffer from any Champions League hoodoo.
The Gunners meet Porto tonight in the first-leg of the round of 16.
Arsenal have not made it to the quarter-finals since 2010 and were eliminated at the round of 16 stage seven times in a row between 2011 to 2017.
Arteta yesterday said: No, I have not had any conversation related to that.
They [the current squad] know that we have not been in the competition for seven years, obviously as some of them were here and they know the story.
And they know that what happened in the past is irrelevant, it is the challenge and ambition that we have now to go through.
Someone called [Lionel] Messi was another obstacle as well [when I played] and Bayern Munich that we faced three times.
This competition is what it is. Individual quality is extremely important. It comes down to details and you need your players at your best when the occasion arises. Tomorrow for sure we'll need that.
We have earned the right to be here. It's been seven years since we've been at the top table for these kind off matches and 14 years since we were able to go to the next stage.
That's the challenge. We know what is ahead of us but we are very excited to face it and to go for it with full believe, that's for sure."
