Walcott: It's good to have van Persie back

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
16 Feb	7:45 PM	CL	Barcelona (H)	2	1	Win

Theo Walcott is confident that Arsenal can do better than they did last season against Barcelona, and thinks Robin van Persie will be key to Arsenal's hopes in the tie.

The Dutchman missed the start of the season through injury, as well as the two games against Barca in last season's Champions League, and Walcott hopes the presence of the in-form striker will aid the Gunners.

He said: "It's great to see him back fit. He's a dream to play with.

"He's a great player and I link up well with him. He's banging in the goals now and making up for the time he missed."

Walcott believes Arsenal have improved all-round since their 6-3 aggregate defeat last season, and thinks they have shown more in their big games this term.

He explained: "It's one of the games you want to play in and hopefully the result can be different from last year.

"I believe we can do much better than last season; we can't do worse to be honest.

"It's going to be an open game but these days when we lose the ball we try to get it back quicker.

"That's what we did against Chelsea and Manchester City and hopefully we can take that into the Barcelona game because it's a massive one this season, the biggest one I'm going to play in."

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