​Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel is unusually confident ahead of his side's encounter against Barcelona in the Champions League tonight.





Barcelona are unbeaten in their past 32 games in all competitions which has seen the Catalan club emerge as huge favourites to qualify for the quarter finals. Barca also sit eight points clear at the top of La Liga with thanks to the remarkable attacking trident of Neymar, Suarez and Messi.

​The three players have now scored 91 goals between them this season and Arsene Wenger will have to pull out all of the stops in order to nullify the threat of the prolific South Americans

INFOGRAPHIC: Goal statistics (in 2016 & in total) between Suarez, Messi, Neymar, and Munir #fcblive [sport] pic.twitter.com/49Nhu0yotC — FC Barcelona Fl (@FCBarcelonaFl) February 18, 2016

However Gabriel remains confident. speaking to the Sun the defender said:





"I know the formula to stop Messi, Neymar and Suarez, ut it is locked under seven keys!





"I cannot reveal the formula. If I reveal it, I risk all the strategy the team has worked on.





"But it won't be easy to stop them," Gabriel added. ​​

It all seems pretty cryptic from Gabriel, who won't be able to appear in the fixture due to a hamstring injury. Although the defender will miss the game, he is confident his team can progress and ultimately win a trophy this season.





"We all want to get our spot in Arsenal's history," Gabriel said.





"We all want to win the Champions League this time."











