REAL MADRID BRUTALISED BY ARSENAL

Arsenal absolutely battered Real Madrid, with Mikel Merino leading the line in what can only be described as the greatest performance we’ve seen from Arsenal at the Emirates.

Arsenal were depleted in the spinal positions of the team. Jakub Kiwior isn’t any old centre-back — he’s the last-resort guy we were trying to shift to Crystal Palace last summer. If fit, it’s fair to say Tomiyasu and Calafiori would have started ahead of him, and if we had more defenders available, we might have seen Saliba move over.