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Ex-Barcelona Dani Alves has revealed the club his Nou Camp team-mates loved playing against - and if you're an Arsenal fan look away now.

The defender said they loved playing the Gunners, because they 'dominated' them whenever they faced each other.

Barcelona have a rich history in the Champions League when it comes to playing Arsene Wenger's men, and the forth-right Alves told FourFourTwo: "Well we definitely liked to face Arsenal.

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"They had a similar style of football to ours, and this sometimes helped to facilitate our way of playing. We were drawn against them several times (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2015/16) with a positive outcome."

He added: "They were a team we dominated and had control over. Every time we faced Arsenal in the Champions League, we'd have a good result or a good performance."

The run started when Barca beat the Gunners in the 2006 final in Paris thanks to late goals from Juliano Belletti and Samuel Eto'o.

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Arsenal then went on to lose a tasty quarter final tie in the 2009-10 season when a 22-year-old Lionel Messi produced a masterclass at the Nou Camp, scoring four goals and leading Barca to a 6-3 (aggregate) triumph.

Arsenal faced the Catalan giants a year later but this time in the last 16, where the score was a little tighter over two legs but another wonderful Messi performance was enough to squeeze Barca through 4-3 on aggregate.

The North London side's Champions League woes against Barca continued in the 2015/16 season when they were matched up once again in the round-of-16 stage, but goals from Messi, Suarez and Neymar over two legs were enough to dispatch a disgruntled Arsenal side 5-1.

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Alves has since moved on from Catalonia, having played for Juventus for a season before joining PSG last summer for free on a two-year contract.

The Brazilian, along with Messi, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Xavi, Pedro and Sergio Busquets, won two historic trebles with Barcelona