Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah crosses and Gabriel Martinelli glances a header wide of the far post. He should have done better really.

Mistake by Arsenal keeper Matt Turner gives Zurich a chance. He gets a backpass from Gabriel outside his box and passes it straight to Aiyegun Tosin, who from a very tight angle hits the post. There was an Arsenal defender covering on the line anyway.

Arsenal make a mess of a free-kick and Zurich counter but they can't make it count.

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Zurich are second from bottom in the Swiss Super League.

They have just two points from seven games.

We are under way in Switzerland.

Uefa has confirmed kick-off in the Europa Conference League game between French side Nice and German club Cologne has been delayed because of violent clashes in the ground between rival fans.

The Gunners lost at the semi-final stage of the Europa League in 2020-21 and were beaten in the final by Chelsea in 2019.

Arsenal's Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka looked back on the final defeat and said: “Very disappointed, first of all, because when you get to the final you want to win it, for sure.

“But you can only learn about this. Three years later we are still here now in the Europa League - and it’s time to win."

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West Ham boss David Moyes sees the Europa Conference League schedule as an opportunity to bed in some of his new players.

The Hammers made eight signings to get their squad ready for another intense campaign and Moyes intends to replicate last season by going deep into European competition.

“I’ve been really pleased with what we’ve done - we’ve added some really good players,” he said.

“We need to give them time of gel but, on paper, they look good signings. They are hungry players that I’m hoping will improve.

“We want to try and win all our games. We start tomorrow night and we’re looking forward to it.”

Bill Rice
BBC Radio Manchester

They say a week is a long time in politics, but the last three seem like an age for Manchester United.

From being bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years after losing their first two matches, the turnaround has been exceptional - with four straight wins, including over Arsenal and Liverpool.

The credit has to go to boss Erik ten Hag for lifting the players after such a demoralising 4-0 defeat at Brentford. He demanded more and he got it, while also tweaking the style of play slightly to more suit the players at his disposal.

His insistence the players run the 13km in training that Brentford outran them on the pitch - and joining them for it - seems to have done the trick. The side looks hungrier, is harrying harder and breaking quicker.

The Dutchman has also made big calls which, so far, have paid off - dropping his captain Harry Maguire to partner his trusted lieutenant Lisandro Martinez with the proven class of Raphael Varane in defence, and bringing new signing Tyrell Malacia in for Luke Shaw at left-back.

Perhaps most significant was leaving Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench to start a front three of Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Antony. All have repaid that faith. The Brazilian scored on his debut, Rashford's confidence has returned with goals against Arsenal and Liverpool, while Sancho was also on target against the Merseyside club.

While the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea have the Champions League to worry about, United should be able to rest and rotate in the Europa League this week - which may benefit their efforts to narrow the gap at the top of the Premier League this season.

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Mikel Arteta says he would like to "be the first one" to end Arsenal's wait for a European trophy.

The Gunners last achieved European success with their Cup Winners Cup triumph in 1994.

They start their Europa League campaign against FC Zurich on Thursday and sit in a group that also contains PSV Eindhoven and Bodo/Glimt.

Asked about the wait for European honours, Arteta said: “That’s a long time and I would like to be the first one to break that negative record.

“But you have to start somewhere and it’s tomorrow, and it’s time to play well and earn the right to win the match.

“This is a competition that we want to take very seriously against an opponent that is going to make life difficult for us, and we want to start the competition in the right way and maintain our momentum.”

• Arsenal's last trip to Switzerland saw them beat Basel in the Champions League in December 2016, with a hat-trick from Lucas Perez.
• The Gunners have won 75% of their group matches in the Europa League (P24, W18, D4, L2). Of the 94 teams to have played in the group stages of this competition in at least three seasons, only Zenit St Petersburg have a better win rate (79% -19/24).
• Eddie Nketiah has scored in the past two Europa League games he has started and could become the fifth Englishman to score in three consecutive starts in the competition, after Bobby Zamora, Jermain Defoe, Harry Kane and James Tavernier.

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Casemiro could make his first Manchester United start tonight, with Erik ten Hag having the option of rotating his stacked squad. Cristiano Ronaldo may also return.

Midfielder Casemiro has made three substitute appearances since joining from Real Madrid, while Ronaldo has made just one start this season.

Club captain Harry Maguire may also feature against the Spanish side.

Ten Hag was asked on Wednesday about trying to keep all his players happy.

"Maybe I cannot keep them all happy every game but everyone gets their game-time if they perform well, it's quite clear," added the Dutchman.

"But what I say, we need everyone - we have a lot of games to cover. There is a lot coming in front of us, and the national teams of course - the World Cup - but also all of the cups in England.

"The Europa League where we are now getting in and, of course, the Premier League."

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West Ham boss David Moyes said he would "love to be in a position to win" the Europa Conference League.

Moyes' men reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season but he hopes they will now go far in the third-tier European competition.

"The group stage is never the bit that makes you go 'great, I'm looking forward to the games'," said Moyes.

"But everybody is hoping to qualify for the knockout games, which were more exciting last season.

"I watched the [Europa League] final between Roma and Feyenoord and it was an excellent game."

Arsenal, currently ranked 10th in Europe on the Nielsen Gracenote Euro Club Index,, external are the favourites to win this season's Europa League, ahead of Manchester United, Inter Milan and Barcelona, according to simulations of the tournament based on Gracenote's Euro Club Index.

There is actually more chance (51%) that this year's Europa League winners will be one of the clubs starting in the Champions League rather than one of the 32 starting in the Europa League.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta shuffles the pack and makes seven changes to the side that lost 3-1 at Manchester United on Sunday.

Three summer signings make their full debuts - goalkeeper Matt Turner, Marquinhos and Fabio Vieira.

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney and Eddie Nketiah also come in.

Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus all make way.

Arsenal XI: Turner, Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Marquinhos, Lokonga, Xhaka, Tierney, Vieira, Martinelli, Nketiah.

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