Arsène Wenger insists Arsenal have what it takes to improve their recent Champions League record and reach the final of the competition this season.The Gunners have only made the final once during Wenger's 17-year reign at the north London club, when they were beaten 2-1 by Barcelona back in 2006.
But the Frenchman feels his side have been handed tough draws in recent seasons and believes they can go further this term.
"We have experience - everywhere we go we try and play without any inhibitions," Wenger told Uefa.com.
"We were a bit unlucky with draws in the last five or six years because we often came up against Barcelona, Bayern Munich or AC Milan, and it was very tight.
"Hopefully this season we'll progress to the quarters, semi-final or even final; why not?"
Wenger also believes that Arsenal were unlucky to go down 2-1 to Barcelona in Paris six years ago after they had Jens Lehmann sent off in the first half.
"That season we got to the final without losing a game and without conceding a goal," Wenger continued.
"We basically lost the European cup in the last 13 minutes playing with ten men. The biggest regret was losing having played so well with ten men.
"In that season, we knocked out Real Madrid, with the likes of [Zinedine] Zidane and [David] Beckham, and Juventus, before facing Barcelona in the final." 
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