Arsenal vs Manchester United team news: Petr Cech returns for the Gunners ahead of David Ospina

The match kicks off at 4pm

James Orr
Sunday 04 October 2015 14:59 BST
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Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech (Reuters)

Petrc Cech returns to the Arsenal starting XI for their Premier League match against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended himself this week after his decision to drop Cech for David Ospina in the 3-2 Champions League defeat by Olympiakos.

Wenger had threatened to walk out of his press conference this week afer being quizzed on his call to rest Cech and bring in Ospina.

"I have two world-class goalkeepers. Do not come always back with that same story," Wenger said on Friday.

"I think you lack a bit creativity in the press, you all follow a bandwagon that is very, very, very, very boring.

"Look, stop that story, or we stop the press conference. If you question Ospina, I question your knowledge of football.

"It's depressing. Yes, the goalkeeper made a mistake, but we could still have won the game."

"We learn from victory and we learn from defeat. There are three points between the teams [Arsenal and United], we play at home in a big game. We have just come from a big win at Leicester and we want to continue our run."

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez; Walcott.

Manchester United: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Rooney, Memphis, Martial.

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