Luton Town vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Declan Rice nets late winner

Martinelli is straight into the thick of the action, but his cross from the left is overhit. Luton try to get the ball forward but that attack fizzles out.

The knee of Mengi went into the back of Martinelli, explaining the Brazilian's discomfort. After a bit of treatment, the Arsenal forward is back on the field.

Mengi barges into the back of Martinelli, who goes to ground. There did not look to be a great deal in it on initial viewing, but the Arsenal physio is on the pitch.

Rice sends the free-kick into a dangerous zone around the penalty spot, but a Luton player gets it clear. Barkley feels he is caught when trying to start a counter, but the referee disagrees.

The visitors, as you would expect, have dominated possession in the early stages. Martinelli shows some great footwork and is wiped out by Townsend close to the touchline for an Arsenal free-kick.

Arsenal get us up and running at Kenilworth Road! The Gunners are the strong favourites here, but Liverpool dropped two points here not so long ago.

This is the first meeting between Luton Town and Arsenal in any competition since December 1991, with the Hatters prevailing 1-0 at Kenilworth Road. They would certainly take a repeat of that today in this tussle between sides with contrasting ambitions for the campaign. We are now just a few moments away from kick-off.

Arsenal show three changes from their 2-1 win over Wolves on Saturday. Two of those alterations come in defence - or more specifically at full-back - as White and Kiwior replace Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu, the latter of whom is not in the squad. Havertz also returns to the starting line-up in place of the benched Trossard. Academy product Walters, yet to make his senior debut, is among the defensive cover on the bench.

Edwards has made four changes to the Luton XI from their loss at Brentford three days ago. Brown has scored in his last two matches as a substitute and is handed a start in attack, while Adebayo is also restored to the frontline, with Ogbene and Morris dropping down to the bench. Former Tottenham winger Townsend and fit-again Doughty are the other two recalled players, taking the places of Chong and injured skipper Tom Lockyer, who is not in the squad.

ARSENAL (4-3-3): David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jakub Kiwior; Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.