Arsenal V Standard de Liège - As it happened.
Join us at the Emirates for live coverage of Arsenal v Standard Liège in mathday 2 of the Europa League.
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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90'FT: Arsenal 4-0 Standard Liege. An easy win for Arsenal where they could have won by a lot more. Another great performance from Martinelli who looks he'll be a key player in the future.
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90'Aubameyang crosses and Martinelli can't connect sweetly and it sciffs off his head.
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90'Amallah blazes it over the bar.
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90'3 minutes added time.
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89'Aubameyang fires just over the bar.
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89'Another fantastic opportunity. Tierney's cross is met by Ceballos and his header is straight at the goalkeeper. Good save though.
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87'Bellerin is booked for descent after the challenge.
Yellow card
a Standard de Liège
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86'Vojivoda is booked for a late challenge on Martinelli.
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85'Martinelli again crosses and Terreira's shot is blocked.
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82'Lovely footwork from Martinelli. His cross finds Pépé whose shot is blocked. It then comes to Bellerin and he fires wide.
Substitution
at Standard de Liège
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80'Standard Liege sub: Lestienne off for Amallah.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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79'Arsenal sub: Nelson off for Aubameyang.
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78'Arsenal hungry for more goals. Aubameyang is about to come on.
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77'Another Arsenal chance. Nelson crosses in and it comes to Ceballos. His shot is blocked then it comes to Torreira who has his shot blocked too.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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74'Arsenal sub: Guendouzi on for Willock.
Substitution
at Standard de Liège
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73'Standard Liege sub: Emond off for Avenatti.
Substitution
at Arsenal
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66'Arsenal sub: Pépé comes on for Maitland-Niles.
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64'Another Arsenal chance. Nelson crosses and Martinelli's glancing header is parried out for a corner.
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63'Arsenal about to make a sub here.
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61'Emond has a shot from just outside the box that goes well wide.
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60'Mpoku has a shot from the corner of the box that Martinez parries out for a corner.
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59'Sub for Standard Liege. Carcela comes on for Boljevic.
Goaaaaaal!
de Arsenal en el 57'
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Statistics of Dani Ceballos in Europa League610.17000
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57'4-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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57'I predict Martinelli will get his hat-trick here.
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53'Nelson goes down the wing and crosses in, but Martinelli can't connect as well as he'd have liked to get his hat-trick. It goes wide.
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48'Ceballos passes to Martinelli, and his effort from outside the box goes just over the bar.
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46'We're back!!
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45'HT: Arsenal 3-0 Standard Liege. Very comfortable for Arsenal at the moment, every time they attack they look like scoring. Will they take their foot off the gas or will they go for more? We all saw what happened to Liverpool last night. 2nd half to come shortly.
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45'Martinelli is wanting his hat-trick tonight. He is hungry for more.
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42'Torreira shoots from the resulting free-kick and his effort goes well wide.
Yellow card
a Standard de Liège
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41'Willock goes a great run and his speed is too much, and Mpoko brings him down. Free-kick Arsenal.
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41'In the other game in this group Frankfurt are up 1-0.
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40'Vojvoda has an effort from the corner of the box that Martinez saves comfortably.
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31'Another ambitious effort. Cimirot's shot from outside the box goes miles over the bar.
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29'Arsenal look like they're going to score every time they go forward. Amazing to watch.
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26'Mpoku has an ambitious shot from the edge of the box that goes well wide and doesn't trouble Martinez.
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22'Pinball in the box and it eventually falls for Willock, who slots it superbly in the bottom corner. 3-0!!
Goaaaaaal!
de Arsenal en el 22'
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Statistics of Joe Willock in Europa League820.25010
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22'3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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20'Martinelli has played 2 Arsenal games and scored 4 goals. A bright prospect indeed.
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17'Arsenal miss a great chance. Another magnificent cross from Tierney is skied over by Willock. It was on a plate for him.
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16'Nelson crosses for Martinelli who gets it out his feet, and fires a right-footed shot in the net.
Goaaaaaal!
de Arsenal en el 16'
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Statistics of Martinelli in Europa League730.43210
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16'GOOOALLLLL ARSENALLL
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14'GOOOOOOOOOALLLL ARSENALLLL
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12'Corner comes in and Martinez can't get to it. The Liege defdner heads it, Bellerin clears but Vojvoda fires over.
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10'Arsenal starting well here.
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8'Nelson has another shot from the edge of the box but it's easy for Milinkovic-Savic.
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3'Nelson has the first shot of the afternoon, but his effort from the edge of the box flies over the bar.
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1'And we're off!!
Start of match
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PRVWEarly score predictions?
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PRVWThese teams have met 4 times: most recently in 2009 when Arsenal triumphed 2-0.
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PRVWThere are 3 changes from the Liege side that drew 1-1 at home to Charleroi. Bodart, Carcela-Gonazález and Avenatti all drop out for Milinkovic-Savic, Boljevic and Emond.
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PRVWArsenal's team is actually more similar to the team that put 5 past Forest last week. Chambers, Smith Rowe and Ozil all drop out from that side, and they are replaced by Bellerin, Maitland-Niles and Ceballos.
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PRVWStandard Liege XI: Milinkovic-Savic; Mergim Vojvoda, Vanheusden, Laifis, Gavory; M’Poku, Bastien, Cimirot, Boljevic, Lestienne; Emond.
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PRVWArsenal XI: Martinez, Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding, Tierney, Willock, Torreira, Maitland-Niles, Ceballos, Nelson, Martinelli
Pre-match
03 October 2019, 21:00
Referee: Sandro Schärer
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
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PRVWHello and thanks for joining me for this Europa League matchday 2 match between Arsenal and Standard Liege. Both teams started their campaign with a win and will want to record another tonight. Team news to come soon.