Inter Milan vs Arsenal – LIVE!
Arsenal head to Inter in the Champions League for perhaps their biggest test in the competition yet. Mikel Arteta’s side are unbeaten in Europe thus far and while they did beat Paris Saint-Germain, Inter will be an entirely different prospect. The reigning Italian champions, they were unfortunate not to have progressed further last year after their penalty shootout in the round of 16 last year.
The trip to San Siro comes at a bad time for the Gunners. Beaten at Newcastle last weekend, Arsenal are without a win in their last three Premier League games and could certainly do with a statement victory before the international break, with Chelsea to come on Sunday.
One of the most iconic grounds in world football, the game against Inter no doubt conjures up memories of one of Arsenal’s greatest ever European nights, the 5-1 victory at San Siro in 2003. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
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82 mins: It’s all Arsenal now but Inter do not look too fussed.
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82 mins: On comes Nwaneri for his Champions League debut.
Can he help salvage something?
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74 mins. What. A, Chance.
Pavard fails to clear Trossard’s ball and it finds its way to Havertz but the German’s shot is blocked by Bisseck.
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74 mins: Arsenal have had 13 corners here without much success.
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69 mins: Dumfries fires a volley wide after a lovely little set-up from Barrela.
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t will be intriguing to see if Arteta throws Odegaard on here. The temptation will surely be present, but he’s literally had one full training session.
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64 mins: Arteta booked for throwing the ball, when it hadn’t gone out of play, to an Arsenal player to take a throw-in.
There was millimeters in it.
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58 mins: CHANCE!
What first appeared to be a cross from Havertz almost hits the top corner but Sommer scrambles and pushes it round the post!
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57 mins: OFF THE LINE!
Dumfries clears a Saka right off the line in Arsenal’s best chance of the game.
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56 mins: Saying that, Saka has just put in a lovely cross but Pavard does brilliantly to clear.
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55 mins: Arsenal grew into the game in the first half following a poor start but haven’t really got going after the break.
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Arsenal really lacked a spark in that first-half, and Jesus should bring that. Credit to Arteta, too, as he was too slow to change it at Newcastle on Saturday.
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48 mins: Saliba really should do better to connect with a corner but misjudges the flight of the ball and cannot get there.
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47 mins: Perhaps Arsenal can use the controversy of the decision to raise the tempo a bit.
It’s been a bit flat, admittedly from both teams.
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46 mins: Worth noting, of course, that the decision to award Inter a penalty looked very harsh indeed.
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Back underway!
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The decision and the goal…
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45 mins: Calhanoglu’s late penalty the difference!
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A goal that, perhaps, sums up the funk Arsenal are in right now. Not much Merino could do there, he knows little about it, but a penalty is given and Arsenal are behind.
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45 mins: GOAL!
The Inter star fires straight down the middle!
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45 mins: Merino punished as Taremi’s attempt at a volley hits his hand!
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44 mins: Calhanoglu does not go in the book for delaying a corner…
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41 mins: Ben White does brilliantly to deny Taremi a back post header.
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35 mins: Arsenal have really grown into this.
While they are hardly carving Inter open, they’ve certainly settled since a shaky opening few minutes.
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One of the weird quirks of football, that. If that was a mistimed tackle, it’s a penalty. Sommer a lucky man.
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28 mins: No penalty…
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28 mins: Brilliant ball from Martinelli.
Sommer comes for it but Merino beats him, with the midfielder crashing down to the floor.
We have a VAR check…
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25 mins: As flat as its been, Saka and Martinelli have looked likely in the rare chance they get to run at Inter’s full-backs.
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21 mins: It would be fair to say this one is yet to get going.
Arsenal have improved from the opening few minutes but neither side have created much since then,
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The first 15 minutes showing just why these two sides have scored eight goals between them in six Champions League games this season.
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13 mins: Great defending from Trossard to deny Martinez after Inter build up a head of steam.
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07 mins: Yet to see much from Arsenal here.
Going to be a long night if it stays like this.
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03 mins: Zielinski robs Partey and finds Calhanoglu, who fires just wide.
Not a great start for the Gunners…
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01 mins: OFF THE BAR!
Taremi’s cross find its way to Dumfries, who sees his right-footed outside of the boot shot crash off the bar!
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Away we go!
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We are closing in on kick-off!
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What Arsenal can expect this evening!
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A big night awaits…
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Both these sides have big games at the weekend – Arsenal play Chelsea and Inter face Napoli – but it’s the Italian side who have rested players. Most notably, Bastoni and Barella on the bench is a boost for Arsenal.
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Here come the hosts!
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Martin Odegaard is fit enough to return to the bench for Arsenal this evening in a major boost for Mikel Arteta.
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Inter XI: Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bisseck, Dumfries; Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Darmian; Taremi, Lautaro
Di Gennaro, Josep Martinez, Arnautovic, huram, Acerbi, Buchanan, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Barella, Dimarco, Bastoni
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Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Saka, Partey, Merino, Martinelli; Havertz, Trossard
Subs: Neto, Setford, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Robinson, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Odegaard Butler-Oyedeji, Sterling, Jesus
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Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice will miss their clash with Inter Milan on Wednesday and is a doubt for Sunday’s showdown at Chelsea.
Rice injured his foot during Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle on Saturday and he was absent from training on Tuesday morning.
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The resignation of Arsenal’s sporting director Edu on Monday appeared to catch everyone at the club and in the wider game by surprise.
As recently as mid-September, when Arsenal announced a new long-term contract for head coach Mikel Arteta, Edu went on record about his “strong belief in what we want to achieve together” and, as one of the ‘Invincibles’, he felt far more emotionally-invested in the club than your average ambitious executive.
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Viktor Gyokeres is one of the most talked about and in-demand strikers in European football.
The Sporting Lisbon frontman continued his blistering start to the season with a hat-trick in their 4-1 Champions League win against Manchester City on Tuesday.
That treble took his goalscoring record to an extraordinary 27 goals in 21 games for Sporting and Sweden this season.
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Bukayo Saka has not lost any faith that Arsenal can finish this season with silverware.
The Gunners are currently on a poor run of form after failing to win any of their previous three Premier League games.
Arsenal have slipped to fifth in the League and they are seven points off leaders Liverpool.
Read his comments in full here!
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If Mikel Arteta wants to inspire his players ahead of a trip to the San Siro, then he needed only play them the highlights of Arsenal’s last clash with Inter Milan.
Back in 2003, the Gunners dismantled Inter 5-1 in their own backyard on one of the club’s greatest European nights.
Read the full match preview here!
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Inter Milan wins: 1
Draws: 0
Arsenal wins: 1
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It’s a difficult task for Arsenal, made even harder with the absence of Declan Rice, with Inter on a hugely convincing run of form.
The hosts’ defence can be got at, though, which will give Mikel Arteta hope of coming away from the San Siro with at least a point.
Draw, 1-1.
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Martin Odegaard could tonight make his first appearance for Arsenal since August as the Gunners take on Inter Milan in the Champions League.
The Arsenal captain has been out of action with an ankle injury picked up playing for Norway at the start of September.
Odegaard, however, trained with his Arsenal team-mates on Tuesday morning and could make his comeback at the San Siro in what is a huge Champions League clash for Mikel Arteta’s side.
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The hosts are missing Carlos Augusto, while Alessandro Bastoni is reportedly a doubt too.
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TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
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Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Arsenal’s Champions League trip to Inter Milan.
Kick-off inside San Siro is at 8pm GMT.
