Image source, Getty ImagesAt 17 years and 314 days, Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri became the second youngest Englishman to score a Champions League goal after Jude Bellingham for Borussia Dortmund in April 2021.
Bellingham was 17 years and 289-days-old.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal boss Mikel Arteta: "Things are going well. We won the last four games in the Champions League and winning in this competition is very demanding.
"But overall the team has been very consistent, regardless of all the issues they have had to face.
"Hopefully there will be more belief in that dressing room that we are a good team and that we can face anyone and still perform and win games."
On David Raya's injury: "He certainly could not play, he is injured and that is it."
On the rejected bid for Ollie Watkins and transfer business: "I can't talk about any of that. My confidence is that we have an amazing club with people always working to try and improve. Let's see what happens."
Full time whistles have blown across Europe.
Liverpool claimed the top spot and are joined in the top eight by two other Premier League teams - Arsenal and Aston Villa.
That means they progress directly to the last-16.
Manchester City's 3-1 victory books their place in the knockout play-off phase alongside Celtic.
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Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesThere are several reports of an Arsenal bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins.
BBC Sport has been told by a source Villa have no intention of selling the forward, who has 10 goals in 31 games this season.
Villa are unhappy with the timing of the news of the reported £60m bid, which broke just hours before their Champions League game against Celtic.
Outlets, including the Press Association, have reported the offer, while the Daily Mail has written it has been rejected.
BBC Sport is looking into those reports to try to verify any approach.
Arsenal have been approached and have so far declined to comment.
Aston Villa's Unai Emery is expected to address the issue in his post-match news conference.
All four English teams take part in Wednesday's Champions League action.
Aston Villa v Celtic
Girona v Arsenal
Man City v Club Brugge
PSV v Liverpool
All kick-off times 20:00 GMT
Former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown and BBC Sport's John Bennett join Ben Croucher on The Football News Show to discuss why they feel the revamped Champions League format has been a success and why we should be excited by the final round of group games on Wednesday.
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Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal are all but through to the last 16 of the Champions League with their position in the group-phase table, but the match at Girona presents another chance to bring back good feeling.
The Gunners have had a challenging campaign with injuries to key players, including Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, plus incidents like the red card given to Myles Lewis-Skelly which has now been overturned.
With such a strong position, Arsenal are pretty much guaranteed to avoid the play-offs.
They then go into games against Manchester City - where a win at Emirates Stadium can keep the pressure up on leaders Liverpool - before the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at Newcastle.
Manager Mikel Arteta has already mentioned the benefit of a possible winter break, which the squad will possibly do between the Newcastle match and the game at Leicester City 10 days later.
The Gunners went on an excellent run after their trip to Dubai last season and took the tittle challenge to the final day.
Arteta will be hoping, starting with the match in Girona, this can be the start of the push they need to start a run to lift a trophy.
Henry Brownsey
BBC Sport journalist
Bar an improbable sequence of results or swing in goal difference, Arsenal are into the last 16 of the Champions League.
In fact, Opta put the chances of the Gunners not finishing in the top eight at just 0.04%.
Here's how they did it.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal's group stage got under way with a 0-0 draw at Atalanta. After a game of little drama, David Raya was the Arsenal hero with a stunning double save from Mateo Retegui - stopping the Italian's penalty and his rebound to ensure Arsenal left with a point.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal's first win of the group stage came against PSG at the Emirates - first-half goals from Kai Havertz and a Bukayo Saka free-kick helped the Gunners to a 2-0 victory.
They followed this with another home win, beating Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 courtesy of an own goal by goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk.
Image source, Getty ImagesTwo weeks later, a controversial penalty was given to Inter Milan against the Gunners at the San Siro, which Hakan Calhanoglu scored.
This was enough to help Inter to a 1-0 win and condemn Arsenal to their first Champions League loss of the group stage.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal reacted to their loss in Italy by hitting Sporting for five at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
Sporting had been unbeaten in their four group stage games up to this point and thrashed Manchester City 4-1 three weeks prior to facing the Gunners.
But Arteta's side comfortably dispatched the Portuguese side with five different players getting on the scoresheet in a 5-1 win.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn their most recent two fixtures, consecutive 3-0 home victories against Monaco and Dinamo Zagreb have effectively guaranteed Arsenal's place in the last 16.
Havertz, who scored the winner in the 2020-21 final, took his tally for this season's campaign to four as he notched in both games.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Premier League midfielder Michael Brown has backed Mikel Arteta's "mentality" to achieve a positive result at Girona on Wednesday night.
Before the final game of the group phase, Arsenal have essentially secured a position in the Champions League top eight and will avoid heading into the play-off round of the new-look competition.
It gives the Arsenal boss an opportunity to rest some players; however, Arteta insisted in his pre-match news conference he would still field a "strong team".
"I quite fancy them in this year's Champions League," Brown told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. "I feel like Arteta has done all of his prep - he has said he has watched them three or four times.
"I don't think their approach will be cautious. They want to develop and go on and win. That is the mentality he has - to win every single game."
Wolves are expecting one or more offers for Brazil forward Matheus Cunha before the transfer deadline, with Arsenal, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest interested in the 25-year-old. (Football Insider, external)
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Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Champions League game at Girona (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
After the news Myles Lewis-Skelly red card against Wolves has been overturned, Arteta said he is "really happy that the decision has been made and Myles is going to be available for us".
He said the decision will not affect his thinking for choosing the team against Girona as there was already "a lot of uncertainty" for upcoming games.
On the abuse referee Michael Oliver has been subjected to: "Regardless of whether it's about a player, a coach or a referee, it doesn't matter. We really have to work harder to eradicate this part of the game that brings nothing but bad stuff, leaves a bad taste and makes people's lives more difficult. Let's get it out. Let's kick it out."
He added: "It should not be permitted. We don't want it, we don't need it and certainly damages our sport."
On whether he will make changes for the game: "We're here to win the game and in order to do that we're going to have to be better than them. So tomorrow will be a very strong team in order to achieve what we want to do because mathematically the qualifying at the moment is uncertain."
On whether Arsenal are looking at bringing in players this window for positions other than a striker: "There are situations open. I always say the same - if we can improve the squad with players who can impact us now and in the future, we will try to do that if it is the best thing for the club. I stand by that."
He said Mikel Merino has been "quite unfortunate" with injuries but his "character is unbelievable", adding: "He's so determined and now he has some rhythm, some momentum and has had some very good moments in the last few weeks with us."
On the possibility of resting Kai Havertz: "We have a lot of players with a lot of load. he's not an exception, but his work-rate and his desire [are great]. The way he trained today, it's as if he wants to play tomorrow. Some players, when they are in the rhythm, want to continue to do that because they feel better."
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal's Ayden Heaven has won England caps at Under-18 and Under-19 level
Manchester United are close to completing a deal for another promising Arsenal youngster in Ayden Heaven.
United signed striker Chido Obi-Martin from the Gunners in October and the 17-year-old has already impressed in the club's FA Youth Cup campaign.
Now the Old Trafford outfit are expecting to successfully conclude negotiations with 18-year-old central defender Heaven, who made his senior debut as a substitute in an EFL Cup win at Preston.
Although Arsenal do not want to lose Heaven, the London-born player knows the path to regular first team exposure is blocked as Mikel Arteta has a number of senior defenders who are all performing well.
In contrast, United are on a path to try and massively improve their recruitment, which has been so poor in recent times.
In addition to Obi-Martin, the club has also tied up a deal for Paraguay Under-20 international Diego Leon.
It is not entirely clear whether Heaven would become part of United's first-team squad or if he would initially work with the Premier League 2 set-up.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal have conceded just two goals in the Champions League this season - one a penalty against Inter Milan and the other from a corner against Sporting.
They are one of two teams (along with Inter) yet to concede from open play in the 2024-25 competition.
Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter
Image source, Getty ImagesI was at the Wolves against Arsenal game on Saturday for BBC Radio 5 and live on air I had to react to the decision to send Myles Lewis-Skelly off.
I came down on the side of it being bizarre and basically wrong. The officials thinking it wasn't worth all that tiresome effort of walking over to look at the video evidence felt like incompetence, bordering on arrogance towards the players.
You can trawl through the rules and make a case that in a single freeze frame the 'tackle' connected above the ankle, but this is a pure technicality. 'Above ankle' tackles are considered worthy of a red as in theory most could seriously endanger a player. This emphatically did not endanger a player to that level because it was a trip. Cynical, unfair, infuriating, cheating, yes. But a red card that didn't even deserve to be looked at? Absolutely not.
Although referees claim they know the rules and understand the dangers, none have had a tiny percentage of the kind of tackles I endured over an almost two-decade career. I was the one on the receiving end almost every single time, and I know the difference between a seriously dangerous challenge and a sneaky little trip.
I hope by the time you read this, that red card has been rescinded. It might not only have badly affected the young full-back, but also Arsenal's entire season. This decision nearly destroyed much of the joy, excitement and tension of the Premier League run-in, had the Gunners unfairly lost because of it. Fortunately, they didn't but it was a close call, unlike the red card itself.
I have worked in TV, radio and in print talking about football and it may shock you that I have never namechecked a referee - an oddity that few notice.
The reason is I respect the difficulty of the job and unless they thrust themselves "out there" by word or action I always just say, referee, assistant or VAR.
I do wonder however if that anonymity is the last thing some of them want!
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