Ludogorets

According to the Evening Standard, Santi Cazorla missed training ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League trip to Ludogorets.

Matthew is joined on our Arsenal podcast this week by Helen and Anita to discuss Xhaka’s ban, the Ludogorets goal-fest, the opposite vs Middlesbrough and look forward to the League Cup

When you win and score six, it’s easy to think that everything is rosy and that decisions which were questioned before kickoff didn’t, ultimately matter.

You never really need an excuse to watch Mesut Ozil play football, but you need one even less when he’s just scored his first ever professional hattrick.

Santi Cazorla was subbed off against Ludogorets on Wednesday night after 57 minutes and was seen on the bench having ice applied to his ankle as it was being strapped.

In what was a weird evening, Arsenal were outpassed by Ludogorets and Mesut Ozil saw his passing stats drop, but he still left with the match ball after grabbing a hattrick and his first assist of the season.

When the team news was announced before the game, most people wanted to know why Arsene Wenger had turned to Francis Coquelin instead of Granit Xhaka, so how did the Frenchman do?

Goals from Reiss Nelson and a second-half brace courtesy of Edward Nketiah helped the Young Guns to their first win of the UEFA Youth League group stages this term.

Arsenal breezed past Ludogorets on Wednesday night, and even though they still managed to pose a number of questions, we found out that the answer to every one of them is ‘Mesut Ozil’

Ludogorets may know that they aren’t favourites for their Champions League game at Arsenal but they are coming to London to attack and not just make up the numbers on the pitch.

Arsenal have never faced Ludogorets before, or any Bulgarian side for that matter, so what can we expect? Let’s try and take away the fear…

After a hard-fought draw and impressive home win in our two group stage fixtures to this point, all signs are leading towards another Champions League victory for Arsenal.

With Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets coming midweek, it’s likely that we’ll see an ever-so-slightly changed starting XI to the one we saw in the Premier League.

Although Arsenal are in decent form right now, so are our Champions League opponents, Ludogorets.

Francis Coquelin believes Arsenal need to claim three points over Ludogorets on Wednesday seeing as the rest of our Champions League fixtures will be difficult… when aren’t they?

Aaron Ramsey, Olivier Giroud, Carl Jenkinson, Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Gedion Zelalem were all in Arsenal training ahead of the Ludogorets clash.

Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Bulgarian club Ludogorets, Arsene Wenger highlighted the importance of mental preparation.

Arsene Wenger has given the latest team news ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets and, fortunately, there are no nasty surprises.

Theo Walcott claims that he’s looking forward to Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets after Arsenal beat Swansea 3-2 on Saturday.