Former Premier League midfielder Michael Brown has backed Mikel Arteta’s “mentality” to achieve a positive result at Girona on Wednesday night. Before the final game of the group phase, Arsenal have essentially secured a position in the Champions League top eight and will avoid heading into the play-off round of the new-look competition. It gives the Arsenal boss an opportunity to rest some players; however, Arteta insisted in his pre-match news conference he would still field a “strong team”.