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Gladbach are playing in the Champions League group stage for the first time, having finished third in the Bundesliga last season, but they made a dismal start to the current campaign.

However, the focus is now back on Champions League football and the upcoming clash with Olympiakos is crucial if the Gunners want to qualify for the knockout stages, after they lost their opening match against Dinamo Zagreb.

A huge morale boost for Wenger will be the offensive efficiency and clinical finishing Arsenal demonstrated at Leicester which means it is unlikely that the Gunners boss will make as many alterations to his side as he did in Zagreb.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry fears the Premier League could lose one of its Champions League places unless lessons are learnt quickly.

Sunderland are now bottom of the Premier League and are without a win all season.

Tottenham host Manchester City this weekend in the Premier League.

Juve, Serie A winners for the past four years and last season’s Champions League runners-up, have made a poor start to the new campaign after a summer of upheaval.

Meanwhile, West Ham started the season on a brighter note with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates, which was followed by two defeats.

City and Juventus, who lost to Barcelona in last season’s final, are joined in Group D by Borussia Moenchengladbach and Europa League champions Sevilla.

Their overall record from 20 away matches against Serie A sides is six wins, eight draws and six losses. “We know it’s not going to be easy”, Roma’s Juan Manuel Iturbe tells his club’s news site this week.

“If we produce our performances we want at home“.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident his side can soon recover from another Champions League away performance to forget after seeing striker Olivier Giroud sent off in a 2-1 defeat at Dinamo Zagreb.

After Juventus beat them 2-1 in the Champions League last Wednesday, the Hammers prevailed by the same scoreline, also at the Etihad Stadium.

Manuel Pellegrini insists his Manchester City side did not deserve to lose against Juventus in their opening Champions League game.

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski, right, celebrates with teammate Douglas Costa after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, September 22, 2015.