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Arsenal are facing Atletico Madrid as the Champions League action continues at the Emirates today.
Mikel Arteta’s side have two wins from two in Europe, with Diego Simeone's men looking to spring a surprise in north London.
Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Zubimendi, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.
Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Le Normand, Hancko; Giuliano Simeone, Barrios, Koke, Gonzalez; Sorloth, Alvarez.
4’ Arsenal 0-0 Atletico Madrid
What a chance!
Eze drives forward and sees his shot deflected — and it has a tricky loop on it that leaves Oblak stranded. The shot bounces off the bar and down to Declan Rice, who shoots wide but probably should do better from there.
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And the resulting free kick is very nearly an opening for Arsenal.
Jurrien Timber makes a good run in behind and tries to get on the end of the ball but it’s just too long and he can’t get the angle for a cross or shot at the byline.
Arsenal are looking lively.
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He’ll be feeling that one for a bit as Koke is late in a challenge and catches Zubimendi’s outstretched leg.
Later on in the game that might have been a card.
We are under way at the Emirates!
The home side get us going and immediately send it long to put pressure on their opponent’s back line.
Not long to go now until the start of this match — buckle up for the Champions League action and plenty of fireworks (possibly literally!) in this one…
It's full time in Barcelona and Almaty, Kazakhstan, with the two earlier kick-offs now concluded. Here's what happened:
Barcelona thrashed their opponents with five of the six goals shared between Fermin Lopez and Marcus Rashford, while Kairat were unable to win despite the visitors seeing Joao Correia sent off in the fourth minute.
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Arsenal supporter Graham W predicted the above in our discussion board.
Hard to argue with that, really. Especially considering Atletico manager Diego Simeone was given a one-match ban for ‘unsporting conduct’ during the late 3-2 defeat against Liverpool in the first matchweek.
After Virgil van Dijk's 92nd-minute winner, Simeone had to be restrained by multiple stewards and Atletico coaches after appearing to be angered by home supporters sitting near the dugout.
And Mikel Arteta is no shy and retiring wallflower either. Just call it the Staying in the technical area: Mission Impossible derby tonight!
It certainly wouldn't be the first time Diego Simeone or Atletico Madrid used a slight imagined or otherwise to fire themselves up for a match.
Simeone is an expert at creating a siege mentality, a feeling of ‘us against them’ and mishaps like the hot water not working will likely feed his narrative.
The kind of thing Atletico players might be posting about cheekily on social media if they win tonight!
Ironic that Arsenal were in hot water on Monday, considering the lack of… hot water at the Emirates. Which Atletico Madrid complained about.
Atletico trained in the rain at the Emirates on Monday but the squad were unable to have a hot shower on the premises afterwards due to an issue which sources at the Spanish club allege went unfixed for over an hour.
The loss of hot water impacted both dressing rooms, with the issue resolved within 40 minutes of Arsenal being alerted to it and before Atletico had been due to finish training — but Diego Simeone’s side went back to their hotel.
The Premier League club apologised to their La Liga counterparts for the inconvenience.
And it is the quiet before the storm.
Mikel Arteta will be imparting his key messages ahead of tonight’s match in here shortly…
Arsenal fans have been piling into our discussion tab at the top of the page and clickable here.
Tano P said: Two teams that are mean as hell. Going to be a good match.
Daine B predicted: 2-1 to the Gunners 🥳🦾
And Mb N posted: Tough game on paper but I think Arsenal has an upper hand. Strong defence…
Agree? Disagree? Join the conversation there or email us at: live@theathletic.com to let us know your thoughts!
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And this man will be very happy to be starting tonight!
Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin spoke proudly in an open letter to his club’s fans on August 1.
“We firmly believe that we have a squad to dream big,” wrote Gil Marin, who also owns around a third of Atletico’s shares. “We’re ambitious, we take risks, we’ve brought in new partners to invest capital, which is necessary to keep growing on and off the pitch.”
By then, Atletico had already spent more than €150million (£130m; $177m) on new players during the summer transfer window, with signings including Spain playmaker Alex Baena, United States holding midfielder Johnny Cardoso, and Argentina attacking midfielder Thiago Almada.
Martin Zubimendi has played a lot of football for club and country recently so it may be worth seeing how he comes through the first half tonight.
Since the start of the season he has started all but two games in all competitions for Arsenal, so ensuring he isn't pushed too hard could be essential.
Starting him is completely understandable but thoughts may drift to the bench around the hour mark.
I feel it's understandable that Mikel Arteta has only made two changes for tonight's game.
Arsenal's next game isn't until Sunday, so there will be time to recover, while this is an opportunity to set a marker against a top Champions League team early on.
Gabriel Martinelli coming in makes sense now rather than the Fulham game, as he started Brazil's 3-2 defeat away in Japan, while Myles Lewis-Skelly will look to build on a strong outing in Arsenal's last Champions League match vs Olympiacos.
Here are the players at Diego Simeone’s disposal tonight from the bench.
Atletico Madrid subs: Musso (GK); Ruggeri, Lenglet, Molina, Pubill, Galan, Gallagher, Baena, Griezmann, Almada, Martin, Raspadori.
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Here’s the bench for Arsenal tonight…
Arsenal subs: Arrizabalaga (GK), Setford (GK); White, Calafiori, Mosquera, Hincapie, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri, Trossard.
Diego Simeone's XI for tonight's match is as follows.
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Le Normand, Hancko; Giuliano Simeone, Barrios, Koke, Gonzalez; Sorloth, Alvarez.
Here's how the hosts line up tonight.
Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Zubimendi, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.

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