Bayern Munich vs Arsenal team news: Joel Campbell keeps his place as Laurent Koscielny drops to the bench with hip injury

The match kicks off at 7.45pm

James Orr
Wednesday 04 November 2015 20:00 GMT
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Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny drops to the bench for Arsenal's crucial Champons League tie at Bayern Munich tonight. The French defender has a slight hip injury.

Joel Campbell keeps his place on the right wing for the Gunners. The Costa Rican scored his first ever goal for Arsenal in the 3-0 win over Swansea on Saturday.

The game will be left-back Nacho Monreal's 100th for Arsenal in all competitions.

Ahead of the match, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said:

“I don’t want to take anything away from Bayern. They are doing extremely well, they are playing well. I think it’s a good opportunity for us to show that we’ve moved forward and are up to the test we face tomorrow. We have shown that in the first game.

“We have an opportunity to show it again tomorrow and what you want is 100 per cent commitment from the players in an intelligent way. Football is football, you cannot absolutely predict everything and that’s why it’s great.”

Teams

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Javi Martinez, Alaba, Alonso, Coman, Muller, Thiago, Douglas Costa, Lewandowski. Subs: Ulreich, Benatia, Robben, Rafinha, Badstuber, Vidal, Kimmich.

Arsenal: Cech, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Campbell, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud. Subs: Macey, Gibbs, Koscielny, Flamini, Chambers, Iwobi, Reine-Adelaide.

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