Three days, 18 games, a boatload of high-grade performers: there really hasn't been a shortfall of options for our first Champions League team of the week. We'll be playing 4-4-2 this time, partly because it's the formation that lets you get the broadest sweep of options into your XI but mostly because I watched "Mike Bassett: England Manager" last week.

David Raya came to Arsenal’s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored. It preserved a 0-0 draw with Atalanta in the opening round of matches in the revamped tournament,

Owen Hargreaves believes Mikel Arteta would love to sign Florian Wirtz for Arsenal but has backed the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder to join either Real Madrid or Manchester City.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is urging his team to find more consistency as they prepare to travel to Manchester City on Sunday (kick-off 16:30 BST). The Gunners have scored once in their past two matches - a 1-0 victory at Tottenham and a 0-0 draw at Atalanta - with that goal coming through centre-back Gabriel,

It took Florian Wirtz less than five minutes to score his first Champions League goal on his debut in Europe’s elite club competition. Wirtz, who is considered one of the best young players in the world,