Summary

  • Arsenal join Chelsea in reaching Europa League last 32

  • Gunners' 0-0 draw with Sporting enough to progress

  • Welbeck suffers serious-looking ankle injury

  • Mathieu sent off for foul on Aubameyang

  • Chelsea beat Bate Borisov 1-0 earlier

  • Giroud scores first goal of season

  1. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Some of the Arsenal fans on the other side of the ground think it's a goal. Alex Iwobi holds the ball up and plays it back to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who slams it into the side-netting.

    Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick AubameyangImage source, PA
  2. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Arsenal's Aaron RamseyImage source, Reuters

    Aaron Ramsey, who will be a great signing for someone next summer, sprays a ball from halfway but it's too far for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

    My assertion about four years ago that James McCarthy was better than Ramsey wasn't my best 'football opinion' to be honest.

  3. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 21:17 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Tin Jedvaj has just put Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 up against FC Zurich. As things stand, they'd go through, so long as Ludogorets v AEK Larnaca ends in a draw. It's currently 0-0.

    Bayer Leverkusen's Tin JedvajImage source, EPA
  4. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    A quick break from Arsenal, Emile Smith Rowe cuts in from the left but then slips as he shoots and Jeremy Mathieu heads it behind.

  5. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Not much to report in the last three minutes or so. Sporting have just taken a throw-in. That's about it.

    Sporting's Tiago FernandesImage source, Reuters
  6. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Chance for Sporting now as Abdoulaye Diaby attempts an audacious acrobatic volley. He volleys it straight at Carl Jenkinson's arm and appeals for a penalty.

    Unless Jenkinson could turn himself into a ghost there, I'm not sure how he was meant to avoid a shot from two yards away.

  7. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

    The ball drops from the sky to Carl Jenkinson, who tries a ridiculous 30-yard volley, but he totally air-kicks it and it just goes to the side of him.

  8. Postpublished at 46 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Arsenal's Stephan LichtsteinerImage source, EPA

    Just 40 seconds after the restart and Arsenal are almost ahead. Stephan Lichtsteiner flicks a header onto Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whose cross finds Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - who turns it wide from close range.

  9. KICK-OFFpublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    The second half is under way. As things stand, Arsenal will go through to the knockout stages. But that depends on the other game in the group if they don't win this.

  10. KICK-OFFpublished at 21:06 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

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  11. Postpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    The players are coming out for the second half now.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 21:02 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only)

    Could 19-year-old Eddie Nketiah get some minutes later in this one?

    Nabo: Nketiah may get a chance to shine in Welbeck's absence as Laca & Auba's backup

  13. Postpublished at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    This is the 11th time this season that Arsenal have gone in level at half-time. They have won eight of the previous 10.

    Arsenal's Emile Smith RoweImage source, Reuters
  14. Postpublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Real Betis had hoped to seal their place in the last 32 today. They're doing their bit, leading AC Milan 1-0.

    But they also needed Olympiakos to not win. The Greek side are 4-0 up against Dudelange, who are heading out.

  15. Postpublished at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Dinamo Zagreb look like they're moving into the knockout stages. They lead Spartak Trnava 2-0. Any win would take them through.

  16. Postpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Bordeaux will be out if they lose today, but they are 1-0 up against Zenit St Petersburg at half-time.

    Francois Kamano put them ahead with a penalty.

    Francois Kamano of Girondins BordeauxImage source, EPA
  17. Postpublished at 20:54 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Takumi Minamino has scored a hat-trick for Red Bull Salzburg, who are 4-0 up at Rosenborg. But they won't clinch their place just yet if Celtic hang onto their 1-0 lead against RB Leipzig.

  18. Postpublished at 20:53 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    As things stand, FC Zurich would be into the last 32. They're drawing 0-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. But a goal in the group's other game between Ludogorets Razgrad and AEK Larnaca (also goalless) could change that.

    FC Zurich's Swiss midfielder Antonio MarchesanoImage source, Getty Images
  19. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2018

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    We're level at the break. As things stand, Arsenal are into the last 32.

  20. Postpublished at 45+4 mins

    Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon

    Arsenal right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner is playing in such an attacking position, he heads an effort wide from a cross from open play.