Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk: Champions League – live
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Oleksandr Zinchenko is only a sub for Arsenal tonight. Nevertheless, this obviously remains a big night for the Ukrainian, who was unable to break through as a youth with Shakhtar, but hasn’t done too badly for himself at Manchester City and Arsenal since. He discusses his career, and the difficulty of following the war back home from overseas, with Donald McRae.
Mikel Arteta speaks to Amazon Prime. “No eye [on the upcoming match against Liverpool] … we had a great match against PSG and we’re going to have another one … we are very excited about it … Saka was not able to do a session in the way we wanted … at the moment I am not very hopeful [that he will be available for the Liverpool game] … I give my players perspective … we have not lost a game in six months … now we have, let’s have a reaction … we have options … in midfield and up front we have some good options … we have a lot of sympathy for Shakhtar … the difficult situation they have … we welcome them in the best possible manner … when it comes to the game we must do our best.”
