Arsene Wenger insisted that Arsenal can defy history and overturn a two-goal deficit to knock out Monaco at the Stade Louis II on Tuesday night . No team has ever lost by two goals in the home leg and gone on to win the tie in the Champions League era . But Wenger insisted that Arsenal were capable of producing the mother of all comebacks against the club he managed for seven years of his career , from 1987-1994 . Arsene Wenger was in bullish mood ahead of Champions League showdown in Monaco . Arsenal boss Wenger walks on the pitch at the Stade Louis II on Monday night . Arsenal stars appeared relaxed as they headed to France on Monday for their Champions League tie . Wenger said : ‘ It doesn ’ t matter that the statistics are against us , the result is against us . We ’ re conscious of that . But no matter how big percentage is against us , we have to give everything to make the statistics lie and that ’ s our belief : that we can do it . ‘ We ’ re here for that . Monaco are in very strong position . We have experience , we have the desire and we have the belief that we can do it . You can expect us to show different side to miss . 'We totally missed the first leg , which was pretty surprising as we ’ ve won 12 of our last 14 . Of course we didn ’ t play well but in life , if you miss a chance , sometimes you don ’ t have a second chance . But here we have a second chance. ’ Olivier Giroud ( left ) and Mathieu Flamini prepare to board Arsenal 's flight to France on Monday afternoon . Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez poses for the cameras before boarding the flight from Luton airport . Wenger may have to gamble on attack in the last-16 tie on Tuesday but he admitted he was not a regular at the world-famous casino in the principality . ‘ I didn ’ t visit the casino when I was here , ’ said Wenger . ‘ As in England , I stayed a lot on football pitches . I don ’ t think people saw me there . ‘ We need to perform well tomorrow and have a great performance . Before the game what we want is to give everything . If we didn ’ t believe , we wouldn ’ t be here . ‘ Ideally you want score early but I believe we have to play with full power but not forget organisation and structure in the team and when the goal comes , the goal will come . No-one can predict when that will be . Mesut Ozil ( right ) believes it will be 'very important ' that Arsenal score an early goal against Monaco . Keeper Wojciech Szczesny ( centre ) may have to settle for a place on the bench on Tuesday night . 'Football is not predictable but I can predict that desire and belief will be there . We ’ re in the Champions League last 16 and anything can happen on a positive front as long as we believe we can do it. ’ Wenger does have concerns about the pitch at the Stade Louis II , with Monaco engulfed by rain showers at present . ‘ It is a little bit of a problem if it rains a lot , ’ said Wenger . ‘ There were two problems when I was manager and one was that the pitch quality was not fantastic . 'But I just went out on the pitch and it ’ s good very good . And the second problem was when it rains in south of France , it really rains . They ’ ve had to postpone a match here recently – but that forecast is not for heavy rain. ’ All of Arsenal 's stars will have to shine if they are to reverse the 3-1 deficit to reach the quarter-finals . ( L-R ) Gabriel Paulista , Tomas Rosicky , Mertesacker , Santi Cazorla , Sanchez , Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil .
Arsenal must overturn two-goal deficit to knock out Monaco on Tuesday . No team has ever lost by two goals in home leg and gone on to win the tie . Arsene Wenger is up against the French club he managed for seven years .