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Rennes 0-1 Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi puts in a cross, which is deflected into his groin, and now he's down and hurt again. A standing eight count.

Coming off?

Rodney Marshall: 'Very noisy, very excellent looking and sounding ground. Stick it on the list.' Add Lille, Nantes, Saint Etienne, Marseille, Reims and Lens to your list. Great grounds and atmospheres.

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More good pressure from Rennes, and again it ends with a shot from Clement Grenier but his volley is wide this time. That has got the crowd back onside anyway. Fizzing atmosphere inside Roazhon Park once more.

Clement Grenier decides to have a shot from the free-kick, the Rennes number eight hits it reall well but Petr Cech always has it covered and lets it go over the bar.

Shkodran Mustafi limps back onto the field. He's playing at right-back by the way. The Eric Bailly makeshift option.

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13 mins

Rennes 0-1 Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi is down and hurt for Arsenal, dead leg? Looked like a knee into his hip.

I think you're back with us after some technical issues - thanks for your patience. Morph was down, or something.

If you're just tuning in Arsenal took a very early lead as Alex Iwobi's cross snuck in at the far post.

And that's superb again from Iwobi, beating two men on the left and squaring for Lucas Torreira, but his shot was well saved by Tomas Koubek.

Sevilla lead after 25 seconds against Slavia Prague.

Wissam Ben Yedder has opened the scoring from Ever Banega's ball.

That's his seventh in the Europa League this season (excluding another two in qualifying) which makes him the joint top scorer in the tournament - along with Munas Dabbur of Red Bull Salzburg.

Olivier Giroud has six.

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The first real sign of action from the mercurial Hatem ben Arfa, he beats two men but he's all the way back on the halfway line. Rennes need him nearer the front.

That early goal has taken the jam out of the Rennes doughnut. The raucous early atmosphere has been quelled. Much more Arsenal-like now.

Lovely turn of pace in the heart of the Rennes midfield fom Clement Grenier threatens to open up some space but it comes to nothing. Arsenal then attack down the left and...

Away we go! Very noisy, very excellent looking and sounding ground. Stick it on the list.

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Here come the players into a very colourful arena...

This is the sixteenth successive campaign in which Arsenal have reached the last 16 of a major European competition, a run that began in 2003-04. The Gunners reached this stage of the Champions League 14 times between 2004 and 2017, whilst also appearing in the Europa League last 16 last season.

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Petr Cech joined Chelsea from Rennes in 2004 - he's back on familiar ground tonight.

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Hatem ben Arfa was such a big Alton Towers fan?

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Looks like a really nice one too.

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