Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
Standard Liege 0-0 Arsenal
If Arsenal do not win their group then they will face either one of the other Europa League group winners or one of the top four teams that have dropped down from the Champions League.
That brings in Ajax, RB Salzburg, Inter Milan and Benfica as potential opponents in the last 32.
Any win for Arsenal avoids that potential eventuality.