Inter vs Arsenal LIVE: Champions League score and updates as Calhanoglou converts dubious penalty
Mikel Arteta will want his team to continue their impressive start to the campaign
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal travel to Italy this evening when they take on Inter Milan in the league phase of the Champions League. The Gunners have made a strong start to their European campaign but sit just outside the automatic qualifying spots after three games.
Mikel Arteta’s men are unbeaten from their first three matches with wins over Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk following a goalless draw with Atalanta on the opening gameweek. The Champions League offers Arsenal the chance to get back to winning ways after losing to Newcastle at the weekend. They have seven points and will keep in touch with the teams near the top of the table should they leave the San Siro victorious.
For their part, Inter Milan have similarly performed well with confident wins over Young Boys and Red Star Belgrade coming after a draw against Man City. They are currently second in the Serie A table and are on an eight-game unbeaten streak since a 2-1 loss to AC Milan in September.
Follow all the Champions League action with our live blog below:
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
60 mins: Off the line!
Arsenal are turning up the heat, especially from set pieces as another corner comes into the box from Saka. Pavard get s glancing touch but only manages to turn the ball towards his own net.
Fortunately, Dumfries is on hand to scoop it away.
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
57 mins: Saka looks to make something happen for Arsenal and squirts a right-footed cross into the six-yard box. Arsenal have men sprinting towards the ball but Benjamin Pavard gets his head to it first and dinks it out of the area.
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
“Intriguing move to bring Gabriel Jesus on when Mikel Merino went off.
“It suggests, understandably, that Martin Odegaard is not going to be risked for 45 minutes and, without Declan Rice, there were not too many other options but while Kai Havertz has dropped a bit deeper, Arsenal are in effect playing with a front five now.
“There are times when Mikel Arteta can seem too cautious. That accusation cannot be levelled now.”
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
54 mins: Lautaro Martinez slides a fine pass past the Arsenal defence as Denzel Dumfries darts forward from the right wing. He collects the ball and takes a shot which ends up in the hands of David Raya.
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
51 mins: Arsenal’s eighth corner of the game is floated into the six yard area. Yann Sommer comes for the ball but has to retreat and it clips to top of William Saliba’s head.
The Arsenal centre-back not quite managing to turn the ball towards goal.
Inter 1-0 Arsenal
48 mins: Jesus has slotted into the No. 9 role with Havertz now playing as a 10. Partey is sitting ahead of the defence on his own as the lone defensive midfielder.
The gunners works the ball up the pitch quickly and slip in Gabriel Martinelli. He drills a shot towards the near post but hits the side netting.
Second half! Inter 1-0 Arsenal
Mikel Arteta has made a change at the half-time break and has replaced Mikel Merino with Gabriel Jesus. That’s an attacking change and should signal Arsenal’s intent for the second half.
HT Inter 1-0 Arsenal
All nine of Hakan Calhanoglu’s Champions League goals have been scored in home games (five for Bayer Leverkusen, four for Inter) – the most by a player with 100% coming at home in the competition’s history.
HT Inter 1-0 Arsenal
“It’s ruined our game to be honest”.
Martin Keown had strong words for the referee decision over the Inter Milan penalty.
In all honesty he’s not wrong. Mikel Merino hd no idea the ball was heading for his hand, the reaction time was less tha half a second.
Earlier in the match, Yann Sommer punched Merino in the head and there was no punishment. Swings and roundabouts but Mikel Arteta won’t be happy.
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