The expectation will be for Chelsea to win with ease after Ajax fell to Marseille last time out, but with Joao Pedro suspended for the match, more changes will be needed up top. Marc Guiu was recalled from loan at Sunderland when Nicolas Jackson was loaned to Bayern Munich on transfer deadline day,

Arsenal host Atletico Madrid at the Emirates this evening, a fixture carrying the anticipation and gravity that only European football can truly conjure.

Kovac has hailed him as Dortmund’s “life insurance,” praising his reliability and clinical touch in front of goal.