Viktor Gyokeres, Arsenal’s new centre-forward, goes straight into the starting XI. Martin Zubimendi also starts in midfield, with Noni Madueke and Cristhian Mosquera on the bench.

Riccardo Calafiori and Ben White are preferred to Myles Lewis-Skelly and Jurrien Timber at full-back. In recent years Arsenal have been criticised for their bench strength. Not today.

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