Arsenal's Bukayo Saka taunted Real Madrid prior to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and promised: “You should fear us.”
The Gunners are unbeaten in their last ten games in the competition at the Emirates – who win eight.
And boss Mikel Arteta wants fans to bring the noise to Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Co.
Asked if the ruling champions should fear Arsenal, said Fit-Again-wing player Saka: “Yes, 100 percent. I just look at our home record in the Champions League itself, I don't think we have lost a match there in the past two seasons.
“I am sure it really knows and that they should be ready – because we are pretty good at that.
“It's Madrid. You have to respect what they have done in their history, but everything can happen.”
Arsenal, who still has to win a European Cup, wants to write a new chapter by beating Carlo Ancelotti's 15-time champions, who lost 2-1 to Valencia in LaLiga at the weekend.
And Boss Arteta begged the Emirates-mixture to produce an unparalleled atmosphere to get them over the line in tonight's Blockbuster.
The Spaniard said: “I encourage them to come very early for global warming and create those nights that we have not lived with the Emirates much.
“We will need our people to play every ball with us.” You need your home stadium to create a very special atmosphere. “
Arsenal has reached back-to-back Champions League quart finals for the first time in 15 years.
And Arteta wants more. He added: “It is 100 percent the biggest evening of my career.
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“It is a great opportunity to build our own story.
“The excitement around the club, the size of this competition. This is the stage where we want to be.
“I am super convinced that we are ready to win and beat. That is the mentality I want.”
Arsenal is without Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori – but Saka is ready to start after two sub -performances after his return from a torn hamstring.
And he gave Arsenal a pre-match lift by showing that he is ready to sign a new deal.
The English star, 23, who is left for another two years on his contract, said: “I want to win and I want to win by wearing this badge. It is pretty clear that the fans know how much I love them. I think they love me.
'I am really happy to be here.
“In an Arsenal shirt it will probably be the biggest evening of my career.
“I could not ask to come back to a better time of the season than now. I have no doubt that the fans will be ready.
“It is a game that I certainly want to be involved. If you ask my physios, there was a lot of conversation about this game.
“That is what I worked enormously on for months. We are here now so I am excited.”
The last time Arsenal Real Madrid played in the Champions League was in 2006, when Saka was only four years old.
In the first stage of the last-16-drawing game, Thierry Henry scored an iconic solo goal to Real Down Real in the Bernabeu before a scoreless draw in Highbury de Gunners sent through it.
Galvanized by the triumph, the Arsenal of Arsene Wenger followed the with aggregated victories over Juventus and then Villarreal to reach the final and lost to Barcelona 2-1 in Paris.
Saka would like to keep such a moment of a club legend that he regularly talks to for advice.
He said: “We want to write our own story. But such a moment would be fun.
“The biggest thing I take when I speak with Thierry is the confidence he has in himself.
“Of course he gives me a few details in certain situations on the field and what he sees and how he sees the game. For me, when I speak to him, I find the way he is so confident.
“He really believes that when he was on the field, nobody could stop him.
“With that conviction, he literally destroyed the competition. That is what I admire the most.”
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