Arsenal make six changes for Champions League tie vs Lille
Arsenal make six changes for their Champions League clash with Lille, with Viktor Gyokeres and Mikel Merino handed starts at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
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Mikel Arteta has named six changes for Arsenal's Champions League league-phase fixture against Lille at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday evening, with Viktor Gyokeres and Mikel Merino handed starts.
Both players scored during the recent international break and Arteta is looking to them to carry that momentum into European competition.
Bruno Guimaraes earns his first Arsenal home start after netting the winner off the bench in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League win over Leeds United. Jurrien Timber comes in at right-back in place of Ben White, while Eberechi Eze also enters the starting XI.
Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Odegaard all drop to the bench. Declan Rice takes the captain's armband in the absence of the club's regular skipper.
The matchday squad includes two new faces: midfielder Maalik Hashi and Northern Ireland forward Ceadach O'Neill are both named among the substitutes for the first time.
Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Gabriel, Konsa, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Guimaraes, Merino; Eze, Madueke, Gyokeres.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Meslier, White, Calafiori, Mosquera, Salmon, Odegaard, Hashi, Saka, Dowman, Havertz, O'Neill.
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- Arsenal
- Leeds United
- Mikel Arteta
- Viktor Gyokeres
- Mikel Merino
- Bruno Guimaraes
- Jurrien Timber
- Ben White
- Eberechi Eze
- Bukayo Saka
- Kai Havertz
- Riccardo Calafiori
- Martin Odegaard
- Declan Rice
- Maalik Hashi
- Ceadach O'Neill
- David Raya
- Ezri Konsa
- Myles Lewis-Skelly
- Noni Madueke
- Kepa Arrizabalaga
- Illan Meslier
- Mosquera
- Salmon
- Max Dowman
