Summary

  • Apollon score late equaliser two minutes after going down to 10 men

  • Rooney scores first European goal for Toffees

  • Vlasic registers first goal for Everton

  • Result: Bate Borisov 2-4 Arsenal

  • Walcott scores twice, Giroud nets 100th Gunners goal

  1. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    The match has more or less come to a standstill. If you could declare in football, like in cricket, both captains would shake hands on the halfway line and call it a day. Even the passionate Bate fans have simmered down now.

  2. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    Time for a few subs? Chuba Akpom is the most well known of Arsenal's very young bench.

  3. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    The hosts have a spell of play in midfield but in all honesty, the game is gone.

  4. CLOSE!published at 56 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    David Ospina has to be alert to bat away a free-kick, swung in right on top of him. Did well.

  5. 100 uppublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    For a player who has often been seen as not quite good enough at the very highest level, and could have left this summer, it's a superb achievement from Olivier Giroud.

    How many more will he get?

  6. Get involvedpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    #bbcfootball or 81111 on text

    Dfoliver: looks like the ref specifically talked to that player before the kick. Maybe told him directly no shirt pulling.

  7. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    Still around 40 minutes to go in Belarus, what's par from here? Arsenal still look like scoring at will.

  8. Flare playerspublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Cologne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade

    They delayed kick-off by an hour at the Emirates and the Cologne fans are certainly making their presence felt again tonight as European football returns.

    A great atmosphere, without a doubt. But their side trail at the moment.

    CologneImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenal

    Arsenal are in again straight away as Theo Walcott is played in down the middle, he should shoot or find Jack Wilshere to his left but does neither and the chance is gone.

  10. goal

    GOAL - Bate Borisov 1-4 Arsenalpublished at 49 mins

    Olivier Giroud (Pen)

    Olivier Giroud has 100 goals for Arsenal! He's the 19th man to do it, stroking home from the spot. It was as soft as they get.

    Giroud penaltyImage source, Reuters
    Giroud and Walcott celebrateImage source, Reuters
  11. PENALTY TO ARSENALpublished at 48 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-3 Arsenal

    An incredibly low key penalty award...some holding in the box from a corner but it was really run of the mill stuff.

    What is that for?! Arsenal have a penalty.

  12. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-3 Arsenal

    Back under way in Belarus.

  13. Team newspublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Everton v Apollon Limassol (20:05 BST)

    Everton XI

    No Oumar Niasse for Everton as he did not make the cut for the Europa League squad. Sandro Ramirez replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin up front.

    Jonjoe Kenny, part of England's Under-20 World Cup win in the summer, starts at right-back in place of Cuco Martina and Tom Davies is in for Davy Klasssen.

    Everton XI: Pickford, Kenny, Holgate, Williams, Baines, Schneiderlin, Gueye, Davies, Sigurdsson, Rooney, Ramirez.

    On-loan Liverpool midfielder Allan starts for Apollon Limassol.

  14. As it standspublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Everton v Apollon Limassol (20:05 BST)

    Everton's disaster against Atalanta leaves them bottom of the pile in these embryonic stages of Group E...

    Everon groupImage source, BBC Sport
  15. Strong team for Evertonpublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 28 September 2017
    Breaking

    Everton v Apollon Limassol (20:05 BST)

    Ronald Koeman isn't messing about. Rooney, Sigurdsson, Gueye, Baines all start as he makes just three changes from the weekend.

    Full team news to follow.

  16. Get involvedpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    #bbcfootball or 81111 on text

    Alistair Wiseman: How can there only be 1min added on time? Arsenal are 3-1 up so that's 4x30 seconds just for goals excluding anything else!

    Kyle: Bate have been awful defensively but take nothing away from the performance of Jack Wilshere. He has been superb.

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  17. No Niassepublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Everton v Apollon Limassol (20:05 BST)

    Everton go into the game after a 2-1 win over Bournemouth last weekend.

    They appeared to be heading for a fourth straight Premier League defeat as they trailed 1-0 with 10 minutes remaining.

    However, substitute Oumar Niasse scored two late goals to turn defeat into victory.

    Senegal international Niasse will not face Apollon because he was left out of Everton's Europa League squad.

    "We had to make that decision, a long time ago," added Koeman.

    "At that time his situation was not situation of now."

    NiasseImage source, Getty Images
  18. HALF-TIMEpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 28 September 2017

    Bate Borisov 1-3 Arsenal

    Half time, more of the same please! Jack Wilshere outstanding, Theo Walcott helped himself to two goals, Arsenal should have had four or five...

    Arsenal celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  19. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 44 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-3 Arsenal

    What a save that was! Bate cannot defend corners at all, and Arsenal should have a fourth as the ball drops for Rob Holding no more than three yards out again, but he has a swing at it it and smashes a shot off the post...

  20. GREAT SAVE!published at 44 mins

    Bate Borisov 1-3 Arsenal

    Joseph Willock is able to continue, the hosts should perhaps be down to 10. Here come Arsenal though, Jack Wilshere driving them forwards again, the ball deflects into the path of Theo Walcott, stabs it goalwards - great save!