Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can still knock Monaco out of the Champions League despite trailing 3-1 in their last-16 tie
They play the Ligue 1 side on Tuesday with no team having recovered from a similar deficit in the competition.
But Wenger said: "We have a massive challenge but we will give absolutely everything to try and go through.
"They are favourites but we can reverse it. We have to make sure the spirit, the belief and the desire is there."
Wenger's side must score at least three goals to progress and warmed up with a 3-0 win against West Ham on Saturday to notch up their seventh win in eight games.
The only blemish in that run was the defeat by Monaco, which was made worse when Arsenal conceded in the 90th minute having scored moments beforehand.
Wenger called his side's defending "suicidal".
Monaco will benefit from an extra day's rest having eased to a 3-0 win against 10-man Bastia on Friday.
Wenger, a former Monaco coach, admitted he had concerns about the pitch at the Stade Louis II.
"[A poor pitch] is one of the problems," he said. "There has been a lot of rain down there and when it rains, it rains. It's not absolutely fantastic but we won't have any excuses."
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