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Arsenal take on Bayer Leverkusen in the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League at the BayArena. The Gunners won all of their eight league phase matches to both set up this meeting with Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapie’s old club, and to grant them the boost of playing the second leg of every knockout match at home.
This means the away leg is up first. Bayer 04 made it to this stage of the competition after beating Olympiacos in a knockout round, and it is the first time the aforementioned Havertz will return to face his former side.
Mikel Arteta said pre-match that there is no room for mistakes at this stage of the competition, which will see his Arsenal side looking to win the tournament for the first time in their history. He welcomes back Ben White to the travelling group, with both Riccardo Calafiori and Leandro Trossard also confirmed to have made the trip.
Tom Canton, our Arsenal reporter, will keep you up to date with all the build-up, match commentary and reaction live from Germany and the BayArena. Updates to follow…
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