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Arsenal will be confronted by an “ugly” AC Milan side at the San Siro.

The Gunners have lost their last four matches and been accused of lacking the stomach for a fight.

Arsene Wenger’s reign at the Emirates appears to be coming to a messy end, and now they face hungry rookie boss Gennaro Gattuso in the last 16 of the Europa League — starting with Thursday's away leg.

The last time the former Glasgow Rangers midfielder faced an English team in Europe, the 2006 World Cup winner was banned for five games after aiming a head-butt at then-Tottenham assistant coach Joe Jordan as the Gunners' arch-rivals beat Milan at this stage of the 2010-11 Champions League.

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And Gattuso, who won two Champions League titles under Carlo Ancelotti, has brought the same fighting attitude to his former side since taking over in November.

Milan are unbeaten in 13 games – including reaching the Coppa Italia final - and have not conceded a goal in their last six.

“We’re not Brad Pitt. We have to continue being as ugly as me and my beard, with dark circles under our eyes,” Gattuso said.

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“I want to clear this up, as I am not a great coach. I’m still in the early days, I’m not a guru of the bench and I’ve achieved nothing yet. At the same time, I am not the person that some seemed to think I was.

“You don’t learn this profession through books, you learn it by getting smashed in the teeth by setbacks. I’ve had some and I will have many more.”

Gattuso, who has a Scottish wife, applied for the job at Hamilton Academical to replace Alex Neil in January 2015 before returning to Milan last year to coach their U19s.

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Just like Wenger, the 40-year-old Italian is fighting for his job as he has only been placed in charge until the end of the season.

“This is a dream and I am a very lucky guy who has been given this extraordinary opportunity,” he said. “If I have the chance to stay at Milan, then of course I’ll stay, because this is my home.”

Wenger has good memories of San Siro — and bad ones.

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Ten years ago, Arsenal became the first visiting team to win a European tie there when they knocked then-holders Milan out of the Champions League's last-16 with a 2-0 second-leg victory.

However, they lost 4-0 there in 2012, and went out of the Champions league at the same stage, despite a 3-0 home win in the return.