Champions League
Sep 29, 2015 7.45pm
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  • Theo Walcott 35' goal
  • Alexis Sanchez 44' yellowcard
  • Gabriel Paulista 45' yellowcard
  • Alexis Sanchez 65' goal
  • Mesut Ozil 77' yellowcard
  • goal Felipe Pardo 32'
  • goal David Ospina 40' (OG)
  • yellowcard Roberto 64'
  • goal Alfred Finnbogason 66'
  • yellowcard Alfred Finnbogason 75'
  • yellowcard Esteban Cambiasso 76'
  • yellowcard Konstantinos Fortounis 77'

Team News: Petr Cech benched as David Ospina starts for Arsenal against Olympiacos

Cech benched as Ospina starts for Gunners

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has relegated Petr Cech to the bench for his side's Champions League Group F clash against Olympiacos at the Emirates.

The former Chelsea goalkeeper is replaced in the Gunners' starting XI by David Ospina, one of five changes for the North London outfit.

Gabriel, Kieran Gibbs, Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain and Francis Coquelin have also come in, replacing Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini and Aaron Ramsey.

Meanwhile there are three changes for Olympiacos, with Omar Elabdellaoui, Esteban Cambiasso and Felipe Pardo coming in for Arthur Masuaku, Jimmy Durmaz and Luka Milivojevic.

Arsenal: Ospina, Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Gibbs, Cazorla, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott Subs: Cech, Mertesacker, Debuchy, Ramsey, Monreal, Chambers, Campbell

Olympiacos: Roberto, Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Leandro Salino, Pardo, Kasami, Cambiasso, Seba, Fortounis, Ideye Subs: Kapino, Finnbogason, Dominguez, Pulido, Masuaku, Vouros, Hernani

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