Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal. Barcelona 7-0 Celtic: Champions League as it happened
Gunners begin their European campaign away to the French champions.
- Manchester City vs Borussia Monchengladbach called off due to adverse weather conditions.
- Seconc-half strike from Alexis Sanchez sees Arsenal snatch point from wasteful Paris Saint-Germain.
- Lionel Messi nets three as Barcelona welcome Celtic back to the Champions League.
After countless missed opportunities for PSG, and more specifically, Edinson Cavani, Arsenal spring forward and grab an equaliser! Alex Iwobi nips clear of his marker in the box and lashes one on goal, but it's well blocked by Areola. No matter, just inside the box, Sanchez follows up the rebound with a superb drive into the bottom corner.
Cavani misses another great chance. Raboit drives through the heart of Arsenal's defence brilliantly but is finally stopped my Koscielny. The ball breaks favourably in the box to the former Napoli striker who gets one-on-one with Ospina but sees the Arsenal goalkeeper block his effort. It's more good goalkeeping from the Colombian, but Cavani again should have done better.
Half a chance for Arsenal. Iwobi drives forward strongly before laying it off to his left for Monreal. His marker commits and slides in, but the Spaniard easily jumps him, lifting a ball over into the six yard area for Oxlade-Chamberlain. He heads across goal, but Marquinhos makes an important clearance.
Just the seven games tonight then. As the goals go in, we will bring them to you.
Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal
Manchester City P-P Borussia Monchengladbach
Barcelona vs Celtic
Basel vs Ludogorets Razgrad
Bayern Munich vs FC Rostov
Dynamo Kiev vs Napoli
Benfica vs Besiktas
PSV Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid
Thiago Silva IS fit to make his first appearance of the season for PSG tonight. He slots in alongside Marquinhos with Maxwell and Aurier also starting despite injury concerns.
PSG team to face Arsenal: Areloa, Aurier, Silva, Marquinhos, Maxwell, Veratti, Kyrchowiak, Rabiot, Matuidi, Di Maria, Cavani
Subs: Trapp, Lucas, Kimpembe, Motta, Pastore, Meunier, Jese
There are eight fixtures taking place across Europe tonight; we will be bringing you all of the goals as they go in.
Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal
Manchester City vs Borussia Monchengladbach
Barcelona vs Celtic
Basel vs Ludogorets Razgrad
Bayern Munich vs FC Rostov
Dynamo Kiev vs Napoli
Benfica vs Besiktas
PSV Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid
Arsenal's major injury concern heading into tonight's match was over Laurent Koscielny, but Arsene Wenger expects him to be ready.
He [Koscielny] is alright, he had a big knock on his face but recovered quite well. I was was concerned after the game [against Southampton] he wouldn't be available, but he's alright.
Arsenal's evening will be a whole lot easier this evening if there is no Thiago Silva on the pitch. The Brazil captain suffered an ankle injury in a pre-season game against Real Madrid and is yet to make an appearance for his side this term. His absence has contributed the champions' poor start to the new Ligue 1 season, having taken just seven points from their opening four games.
Could he return tonight? Unai Emery stopped short of confirming that when addressing the media on Monday, waiting instead to see how the former Milan defender performed in yesterday's final training session.
We will decide after the final training session. We will see how he feels. The most important thing is if he feels ready. He is a big player. If he feels good, it is a possibility. Big matches are for big players.
Team news: Paris Saint-Germain
Unai Emery had a handful of injury concerns ahead of this match. Captain Thiago Silva has not played a game this season after picking up an ankle injury in pre-season, but his manager spoke positively of a possible return for him on Monday.
Javier Pastore and Maxwell meanwhile were considered doubts after missing the draw with Saint-Etienne last Friday, while Serge Aurier suffered a sprained ankle in the 3-1 defeat to Monaco in late August.
All four however have been named in the squad tonight, although both Hatem Ben Arfa and Layvin Kurzawa have been left out.
Team news: Arsenal
Laurent Koscielny celebrated his birthday by scoring superb overhead kick in the 2-1 win over Southampton on Saturday but ended the match getting a boot to the face. The France international had some rather nasty looking swelling around the eye but after returning to training on Monday, Arsene Wenger says his centre-half is fine to play this evening.
Aaron Ramsey, who has not played since picking up a hamstring injury on the opening day of the season against Liverpool, also trained, but Wenger kept tight-lipped on the Welshman's fitness when addressing the media.
Olivier Giroud meanwhile is still to start a game this season following his extended summer break. He could get his chance tonight.
It's back. The Champions League is here again and what better way to mark it than with (on paper at least) one of the best fixtures of the group stages? Arsene Wenger returns to France with his Arsenal side, eager to finally finish their group campaign as winners. Standing in their way will be Paris Saint-Germain, of course now without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and a new manager looking to bring an end to their European heartbreak.
Lat year's semi-finalists Manchester City begin their campaign fresh off a derby victory over Manchester United but in Borussia Monchengladbach, they come up against an opponent who has given Pep Guardiola trouble over the years.
Celtic meanwhile are back in the big-time under Brendan Rodgers; they take on Barcelona in one of six other fixtures taking place across the continent this evening. We'll be bringing you team news and goal updates throughout the night.
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