The two teams met each other in the quarter-finals of the same competition last season and the Spanish champions ran out with a 6-3 aggregate victory. However, Villa believes that the Premier League side shouldn't be underestimated.
He told Betfair: “We are confident of playing a good tie and we could get through, but it won’t be easy as they are a good team with some great players. I’m sure they’ll make things very tough for us.
"When you play a team of the calibre of Arsenal you have to keep an eye on all the players, but we especially need to stop Cesc [Fabregas], who is their best player and main reference point."
Villa also played down talks that the Blaugrana have already wrapped up the Spanish Primera Division title after going seven points clear of Real Madrid.
“The competition finishes when we are mathematically uncatchable. We are in February and nobody wins anything in February. There’re still lots of work to be done and we still have to win a lot of points."
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
barcelona team
