Will Arsenal join Manchester City in the last 16 with two games to spare? Will Manchester United avoid a third European defeat in four games? We're getting under way.

Copenhagen fans have just unveiled a tifo that reads 'Your Theatre of Nightmares' as the teams walk out.

Light show in Copenhagen.

We're moments from kick-off in Denmark's capital and the Emirates.

Buckle up, we're ready to go.

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Gabriel Jesus scored a goal and grabbed an assist to help Arsenal get back to winning ways in the Champions League with victory at Sevilla the last time these teams met in October.

After losing 2-1 to Lens in their previous European outing, the Gunners came through a difficult test against the seven-time Europa League winners.

Gabriel Martinelli got the visitors off and running by marking his Champions League debut with a goal, racing on to Jesus' brilliant ball and rounding the goalkeeper in first-half stoppage time.

Jesus then increased Arsenal's lead early in the second half with a superb strike into the top corner.

Sevilla, backed by a vocal home crowd, got back into the game when Nemanja Gudelj headed in from a set-piece.

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Arsenal have won just three of their 11 Champions League group games against Spanish sides.

Sevilla are looking for their first away victory in the Champions League since December 2020, having failed to win any of their past eight.

Arsenal have not lost at home in the group stage since September 2015 against Olympiakos, going unbeaten in the past six.

The Gunners have also only failed to score in one of their past 26 Champions League matches.

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Some news from our two early fixtures.

Benfica won't be in the knockout stages of this season's Champions League. The Portuguese champions have just lost 3-1 to Real Sociedad, their fourth defeat in the competition this season.

Sociedad are on the cusp of the last 16, sitting top of Group D with 10 points.

Elsewhere, Union Berlin have their first ever Champions League point, holding Napoli to a 1-1 draw in Naples.

The Italian champions are second in Group C, four points clear of third-placed Braga. Union are bottom.

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Sergio Ramos said the Champions League was important in his decision to return to boyhood club Sevilla.

Ramos won Europe's top competition four times during 16 seasons at Real Madrid.

"Sevilla were playing in the Champions League and that was a plus in making such a decision," he said.

"I had received offers of going abroad, to Saudi Arabia, for instance - but this was a debt I had to my club, to Sevilla, the first team where I triumphed."

Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Everybody knows had Manchester United not got that late goal to win at Fulham at the weekend, it would have had a different look.

I think the little bit of a lift they have got from that will help them, but it’s not going to be an easy game. In time gone past, you would think 'it’s only Copenhagen', but that is not the case here.

They know that every game feels a massive pressure, not just for the club but for the manager as well. If they can get three points out of this one that probably gives them a lift and gets them through to Christmas.

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Pat Nevin, speaking to the Football Daily podcast about refereeing complaints: "It's not just Mikel Arteta. If you're the Wolves manager right now, you've got every right to be angry after some of the decisions that have gone against them this season. It's everywhere, not just in the Premier League. You just have to deal with it and find a way of dealing with it.

"I know a lot of people listened to what Ange Postecoglou said after the game on Monday night, which was very refreshing. Allowing it to dominate the game is a funny thing. Just move on even if it's unfair. Arteta was asked, but you need to bat it away.

"A win against Sevilla would leave a much better taste in the mouth and I expect them to get it so they can look forward to the knockout stages."

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Copenhagen head coach Jacob Neestrup has warned Manchester United to expect a much more intense atmosphere than they experienced at Old Trafford.

Harry Maguire earned the Red Devils a narrow 1-0 win when the sides met in Manchester last month but Neestrup said: "I would say, with all the respect I felt when I stepped into Old Trafford, I felt the historical atmosphere [then].

"But you can't compare Old Trafford with Parken - because the intensity is times 100 in terms of what we played in two weeks ago."

Simon Gleave, head of analysis, Nielsen Gracenote:

"Arsenal are in pole position in Group B despite their defeat to Lens with our Euro Club Index giving the Gunners 97% chance of a place in the last-16.

A second win against Sevilla could already be enough to make that certain."

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Will Rasmus Hojlund mark his return to Copenhagen with a goal?

United's young Danish forward was born in Denmark's capital and started his career with tonight's opponents.

While he is without a goal in the Premier League, Hojlund has three in the Champions League since moving to Old Trafford for £72m in August.

Hojlund, 20, was denied the chance to face his brother Oscar during the game in Manchester on 24 October after being substituted five minutes before his younger sibling was brought on.

Will they be on the pitch at the same time tonight? Oscar once again starts this game on the bench.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, speaking to TNT Sports: "It's been a while. Really looking forward to this beautiful evening against a big team. We will really enjoy the game."

Eddie Nketiah injury: "We missed Eddie. He could not finish the game against Newcastle with an ankle issue. We need to take more risk. Newcastle were really well organised, but we have to pick the right moments."

Not as ruthless this season: "I like to control games in the last 20 metres. It is the most difficult thing in football when teams are really low against us. This season we have been struggling to unlock teams early, unlike last season."

VAR criticism: "It is my duty and who I am. I will defend this club and these players. In the dressing room, I demand the best and I am the same out here."

Sevilla away: "The game shifted momentum. In the big games, you have to dig in."

On William Saliba: "The most difficult position to play is centre back. He shows composure and personality to be so commanding. We are really happy with him."

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Manchester United have only won one of their last seven away games in the Champions League (D2 L4), with that one victory coming at Villarreal in November 2021 under Michael Carrick soon after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked.

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to TNT Sports: "We already had three games to experience what they [Champions League games] are. We know the teams, they know us. The challenge is a little bit different.

"In the Champions League you have to be absolutely ruthless when you have the opportunities. Put them away and make the team suffer. We have been waiting a long time to play these games.

"We need the determination to make things happen and if it doesn't happen now, then you keep trying."

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BBC Sport chief football writer

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Erik ten Hag paid £80m for Antony so he clearly sees something there, but at the moment I am not sure what that is.

In my opinion, Antony was grossly overpriced and has not done anything yet to suggest that his price tag was a realistic one. He may do eventually, but I cannot say I am holding my breath.

Another start for Antony tonight. Will United's second most expensive signing get his first goal of the season?