Good evening, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Monaco.

Sanchez plays a beautiful ball forward towards Ozil, who can't get there and promptly demands a penalty for handball against Wallace as they both tangle their limbs.

Miscommunication between Subasic and Wallace, and the latter opts to play the ball out of defence rather than allowing his goalkeeper to deal with it.

Arsenal are having all the possession here, employing patience and effective passing.

Elderson wins a free-kick against Welbeck.

And there's a nice chorus of boos for Dimitar Berbatov.

There goes Cazorla, a diagonal run across the box, but Welbeck is blocked off by a pair of defenders Corner.

Welbeck is proving a threat in the middle there; looks like he's going to outmuscle this makeshift Monaco backline.

Arsenal over-complicate their lives with an exchange of passes under pressure just outside the box.

Danny Welbeck holds off Elderson well but can't get his shot on target.

Arsenal kick us off under the bright Emirates lights.

The teams are lining up, resplendent in tracksuits.

Arsene Wenger is in cheeky obfuscating mood and not keen on answering questions, talking about the team's plans not to lose the ball. "The game demands risk - and risks something expose you," he concludes.

A nonchalant Dimitar Berbatov: "I've played them before. I had some wins, had some losses, scored a couple of goals."

Want some team news? Here it is - ARSENAL: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck, Giroud. Subs: Szczesny, Gabriel, Monreal, Chambers, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott. /// MONACO: Subasic, Elderson, Wallace, Abdennour, Touré, Fabinho, Moutinho, Kondogbia, Dirar, Martial, Berbatov. Subs: Stekelenburg, Kurzawa, Diallo, Matheus, Silva, Traore, Ferreira Carrasco.

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