Gerard Pique has warned his Barcelona team-mates that they will have to be at their best to defeat Arsenal.

The two sides have been drawn together in the Champions League quarter-finals and with both sides playing a similar style of passing football, Pique sees it as a chance to put on a great show for the watching world.

He told AS, "They are a very young team, and one that is very difficult to face. They are fighting for the Premier League title and have opportunities of winning it. It will cost us something to beat them. I prefer teams that attack us and do not think only of defending. It could be a great spectacle for everyone involved,"

The former Manchester United defender went on to declare that Barcelona are gunning for the double.

He added: "We are going to fight for La Liga and the Champions League. Last year people said that it would be impossible to win everything and we did it.

"It is true that we can get tired, but we can still perform. Against Stuttgart, the team showed ourselves to be playing at a very high level and reminded me of how we played last year.

"If everything keeps going like this, we will have our opportunity. We need to find ourselves and demonstrate that we were not as bad as some people believed or wanted. We need to continue winning against Zaragoza."

Pep Guardiola will need to curb the excitement of their European tie with Arsenal and keep his men focused on the task ahead which is a league game against Real Zaragoza this weekend.