Arsenal news: Joel Campbell likely to start crucial Champions League game against Bayern Munich on bench

: Even if Joel Campbell is a substitute against Bayern Munich he will almost certainly start the 

Joel Campbell is likely to be rested from the Arsenal starting team against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday despite scoring on his Premier League debut against Swansea City on Saturday.

• Campbell seizes the moment at Swansea

Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, is conscious both of the specific attacking threat posed by Bayern Munich with Arjen Robben back in the squad as well as the risk of playing Campbell for a third time in eight days after so little match time this season.

Arsenal have been practising over the past week in various formations, including with full-back Kieran Gibbs as a left-sided midfielder in front of Nacho Monreal. That could mean adding defensive cover on Robben’s flank while shifting Alexis Sánchez to the right where Campbell started against Swansea.

Arjen Robben is expected to start fro Bayern Munich on Wednesday night

Another option that could bring extra security in a match Arsenal might at least have to draw to stay in the Champions League is starting Mathieu Flamini in central midfield and moving Santi Cazorla out wide. The obvious downside is that Wenger is extremely reluctant to disrupt the central midfield balance that is being provided by Cazorla and Francis Coquelin.
Robben has started the past two Bundesliga games after being injured for the 2-0 defeat at the Emirates last month while Thomas Müller and Thiago Alcântara were rested from the starting team who drew 0-0 on Friday with Eintracht Frankfurt to end a sequence of 10 straight league wins.
Should Campbell be rested on Wednesday, he would still almost certainly start Arsenal’s north London derby against Tottenham on Sunday. Wenger was encouraged by his contribution against Swansea, particularly the distance he covered up and down the right flank before scoring Arsenal’s third goal.
Campbell started his first league game for Arsenal at the weekend - and scored
Campbell said on Monday that he had been waiting “years” for that moment. “I made a good match – I fight with everything,” he said. “It was something I dreamed of. It helps me and gives me confidence.”
Campbell has been loaned out four times since joining Arsenal in 2011 and celebrated on Saturday by putting his daughter Brianna’s dummy in his mouth. “It has great significance because it is the pacifier of my little girl that I love very much, and it gives me great strength,” he said. “I have never stopped believing in my abilities and that’s what keeps me going. I know what I have fought to be here, to play here. Only my family and I know.
“Wednesday is a very important game for us. Bayern Munich is a great team and hopefully we will get a result that will be important to be alive in this tournament.”