How to Watch Arsenal vs. Ostersund

Wenger won’t risk Ozil or Ramsey this evening but they will have to be integrated into the Europa League team in time.

Before dropping into the Europa League this season, the Gunners had been knocked out in the Champions League round of 16 in seven consecutive seasons. And yet all 11 players in blue – as the away kit was used at home – seemed to believe they could do just that.

Ostersund manager Graham Potter, from England, has further enhanced his reputation despite his team missing out on the Europa League’s last 16.

“We prepared properly, in a serious way, but you have external circumstances”, he said.

We have a healthy 3-0 advantage to defend in North London tonight, and with one eye on Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, you can firmly expect some inexperienced players to pick up minutes.

“I don’t think Arsenal is necessarily in a downward slope because the Premier League is very hard and very competitive”, Pires said.

Arsenal had lost their last five European knockout games at Emirates Stadium, conceding 15 goals in the process, but those were in the Champions League and it was unthinkable that Ostersunds could continue that trend.

The draw for the next round will take place on Friday; if Arsenal have ambitions of going deep into this competition, a massive improvement on this display will be needed. “It’s always a pleasure to win trophies and it will be even better to win twice in a row”.

Chambers made mistakes for both of Ostersund’s goals – he played the final touch for the opener – so it’s no wonder Gooners have had enough.