London: Per Mertesacker insists he and his Arsenal team-mates now believe they can get out of their Champions League group following their &lsquo;nightmare&rsquo; start to the competition.
<img title="Alexis Sanchez" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/nov/26Alexis-Sanchez.jpg" alt="Alexis Sanchez" /> Alexis Sanchez (left) scores Arsenal&rsquo;s third goal past Eduardo of Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. PIC/Getty Images 
The Gunners recorded a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night meaning they now head to face Olympiakos in Athens in a fortnight with progression to the knock-out rounds in their own hands.
That was not the case heading into a nervy contest against the Croatian champions as Arsene Wenger&rsquo;s side had lost three of their four previous Group F matches.
Needing Bayern Munich to beat Olympiakos in Germany and keep up their end of the bargain at the Emirates, Arsenal got what they needed as Bayern cantered to a 4-0 success to top the group while a Mesut Ozil header and two goals for Alexis Sanchez sealed a vital three points.
Having lost in Zagreb and at home to Olympiakos, as well as being thrashed 1-5 in Munich, Arsenal&rsquo;s start to the campaign left them in a position that still requires them to win by two goals in Athens &mdash; but Mertesacker believes the squad now feel they can go on and get the required result.
&ldquo;We believe and before the game we knew we were capable of doing special things,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;We dropped a lot of points which is disappointing but there is still a chance so we believe.
&ldquo;It is a nightmare how we played the first two games. We have to face the truth and that is that we have to score more than one goal against Olympiakos.&rdquo;
German World Cup winner Mertesacker also feels Olympiakos will be under more pressure as they can afford to lose by the odd goal &mdash; as long as Arsenal score less than three &mdash; and progress.
&ldquo;We have a good chance,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We believe that we can score goals. You saw that we are always capable of doing that. Let&rsquo;s go there without fear, respect our opponent but keep patient until the end.&rdquo;
Ozil and Sanchez, Arsenal&rsquo;s two biggest signings in their history, showed their class to steer Arsenal to the win as both excelled in their own position.

Per Mertesacker insists he and his Arsenal team-mates now believe they can get out of their Champions League group following their &lsquo;nightmare&rsquo; start to the competition

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