UEFA Champions League/Europa League 22/23/24 October *** Spoilers ***

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Champions League Matchday 3 - 19:45 (except ## at 17:00)

Tuesday 22​

Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund, GpF, ITV and Radio 5 live
FC Schalke 04 v Chelsea, GpE, Sky Sports 2
Celtic v Ajax, GpH, Sky Sports 3

All fixtures on Sky Red Button:

Steaua Bucuresti v Basle, GpE
Marseille v Napoli, GpF
FC Porto v Zenit St Petersburg
FK Austria Vienna v Atletico Madrid
AC Milan v Barcelona, GpH, Sky Sports 4

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Wednesday 23​

CSKA Moscow v Man City, GpD, Sky Sports 2 and Radio 5 live, ##
Man Utd v Real Sociedad , GpA, Sky Sports 2

All fixtures on Sky Red Button:

Bayern Munich v Plzen, GpD
Bayer Leverkusen v Shakhtar Donetsk, GpA
Real Madrid v Juventus, Sky Sports 4
Galatasaray v FC Copenhagen
Anderlecht v PSG
Benfica v Olympiacos

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Europa League Matchday 3

Thursday 24​

Sheriff Tiraspol v Spurs, GpK, 18:00, ITV4
Swansea v Kuban Krasnodar, GpA, 20:05, ITV4
Wigan v Rubin Kazan, GpD, 20:05, BT SPORT 1​

The Rest

Anzhi Makhachkala v Tromso, 17:00, GpK
Shakhtyor Karagandy v AZ, 17:00
Genk v Rapid Vienna, 18:00
Dynamo Kiev v FC Thun, 18:00
Liberec v Sevilla, 18:00
SC Freiburg v Estoril, 18:00
Lyon v Rijeka, 18:00, ESPN
Real Betis v Guimaraes, 18:00
Trabzonspor v Legia Warsaw, 18:00
Apollon Limassol v Lazio, 18:00
PAOK Salonika v Maccabi Haifa, 18:00
Valencia v St Gallen, 20:05, GpA
Chornomorets v Ludogorets, 20:05
Dinamo Zagreb v PSV, 20:05, ESPN
IF Elfsborg v Esbjerg, 20:05
SV Red Bull Salzburg, v Standard Liege, 20:05
Zulte-Waregem v Maribor, 20:05, GpD
Pacos Ferreira v Dnipro, 20:05
Fiorentina v Pandurii Targu-Jiu, 20:05
Bordeaux v Apoel Nicosia, 20:05
Eintracht Frankfurt v Maccabi Tel-Aviv, 20:05

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Grrr on ITV as well so have to listen to that utter fat **** Chiles and the rest of those muppets yap :/

Going to be a tough game for us i imagine, will be happy with a draw but a win would be even nicer. Altho i have a soft spot for Dortmund and their manager, dont think he will be on the touchline as hes currently serving a touchline ban due to his rage fit in the Napoli game a mth or so back.
 
Toughest game of the season tomorrow. A convincing win will give the team a lot of confidence going into this little run of big teams.
 
Flamini is out for tommorrows game :(, big loss but im hoping we can still get a result from this game.
 
Oh that is quite a blow actually. Odd that he's still effected by a head injury 3 days later as there was no cut. Looks like we'll have Arteta, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla and Ozil across the middle then.
 
Yep seems to still be affected by the head collision on Sat against Norwich, docs have told Wenger that its best not to play him to be on the safe side.

Midfield is still strong but Flamini gave us that extra steel in the middle.
 
I think from the press conference I heard there is some sort of '5 day' rule with blows to the head; i.e. he might feel okay but as a precaution he's been left out. I think against less able sides it wouldn't matter too much but Dortmund... let's hope Arteta isn't alone when it comes to protecting the defence.
 
It's not particularly good to keep chopping and changing what we want Wilshere to do, because any player will improve in the same role all the time, but we really should drop him into the deeper role for this game. Ramsey deeper and central isn't particularly effective while upfront he's been fantastic. Wilshere is far more capable defensively so we should drop Wilshere back. Though defensively speaking as with Lahm in central midfield, a fullback makes a mobile, defensive minded, comfortable on the ball defensive midfield back up IMHO so Monreal might not be a bad call... though I wouldn't want to try that for the first time against Dortmund.

TO be honest, I'm pee'd at Flamini, it was a reckless and stupid tackle, he was late, didn't get close to the ball, he was just trying to impose himself physically. He injured himself completely needlessly :(
 
I was under the impression that with any head trauma there was a minimum of 5 day rest before playing again

Think Im actually quite glad Utd are on Sky so I cant watch the match (its not so much that Im worried about Real Sociadad and more about how badly Utd are playing atm)
 
Yes there is a minimum of 5 day rest before a player can play again if they have suffered a concussion or head trauma.

He should be back for the game against Palace.
 
Huge loss for Arsenal with Flamini ruled out through concussion :(
Still hope we can pull off the 3pts, but would have been far more confident with him involved!
 
Chelsea team tonight:

Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, JT (c), Azpilicueta; Ramires, Lampard; Schurrle, Oscar, Hazard; Torres

Subs: Schwarzer, David Luiz, Bertrand, Mikel, Willian, Mata, Eto'o.
 
No Cazorla in Arsenal team.

Figures really. Santi looked less than match fit on Saturday and this is a massive game. Far better to use him as sub if needed and give him a full match against Palace, who they should be beating even with a below par Cazorla.
 
Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Ramsey, Ozil, Giroud.

Arsenal subs: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Monreal, Jenkinson, Cazorla, Gnabry, Bendtner

Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Großkreutz, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer; Bender, Şahin; Kuba, Mkhitaryan, Reus; Lewandowski.
 
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