GOAL! Dynamo Kyiv 0-3 Lazio (Dia 35)

GOAL! Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Lazio (Dele-Bashiru 33)

Half-time: Arsenal 2-0 Bolton

Liverpool 1-1 West Ham: All Slot’s side now! Bradley crosses it across the box to Gakpo, who takes a shot that creeps just wide at the far post.

Liverpool 1-1 West Ham: Ooooh! Gakpo is shoved a couple times while on the ball and on the last one he slides into the penalty box. The home side think they deserve a penalty, but again, no VAR. The referee calls for advantage and play carries on.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 West Ham (Jota 25)

GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Bolton (Nwaneri 37)

GOAL! Liverpool 0-1 West Ham (Quansah 21 og)

Liverpool 0-0 West Ham: West Ham have the ball in the back of the net through Ings but the flag goes up. No VAR here so play continues.

GOAL! Nice 0-1 Real Sociedad (Barrenetxea 18)

Arsenal 1-0 Bolton: From a corner, McAtee gets a shot off from the middle of the box but he is leaning back and it goes well over the bar. From the replay you can see that his own teammate, Forino, is blocking his vision as well, which does not help. Good defending, but for the wrong team!

Liverpool 0-0 West Ham: Close for West Ham! After a foul from Endo, the Hammers take a free-kick and Todibo’s header is wide at the far post. Bowen then follows up with an effort moments later but Kelleher takes care of it.

Liverpool 0-0 West Ham: The visitors are deploying the tactic that Forest did when they beat Slot’s side at Anfield and so far it is working. A long ball comes in but it is too long for Gakpo and it goes out for a goal kick.

GOAL! Dynamo Kyiv 0-1 Lazio (Dia 4)

GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Bolton (Rice 16)

Kick-offs in the Europa League

Kick-off: Liverpool 0-0- West Ham

10 min: Sterling tries to dribble through a myriad of green shirts but just when he gets through them all, he takes a touch too heavy and Southwood collects.

8 min: Sterling crosses it across to Saka who tees it up to Jesus, who does well to beat three defenders to the ball. He chests the ball down but is unable to get his shot on target.

4 min: Bolton win the ball high up as Arfield and McAtee link up well. The latter loses control of the ball and back-heels it but his teammate hits it over the bar.

3 min: Arsenal surging forward, and patiently bass it around Bolton’s low block. Sterling surges forward with the ball. He thinks he has won a corner but the referee gestures otherwise.

Kick-off: Arsenal 0-0 Bolton

Early Europa League results:

AZ Alkmaar 3-2 IF Elfsborg

Bodø/Glimt 3-2 Porto

Mikel Arteta speaks before the match on starting Porter, the 16-year-old:

He is a great character. It is a big jump for him but what an experience.

On the mix of senior players and youngsters in the XI:

I want them to show what they show every day in training. The youngsters are surrounded by many experienced players. They have been waiting for it. You could see it on the smiles on their face yesterday when I told them.

On Sterling:

He is making the right steps. He is a really good physical condition. He has been waiting to start.

On Bolton:

I heard they have 4,000 supporters here tonight. Very special night for them and it will be a tough match.

Some early emails already!

Anthony laments an Arteta choice:

Why, oh why risk Saka?

Marcus wants his side to roll back the years:

I am confident that Bolton can emulate the class of 1994 against this Arsenal side. Not to jinx it but surely they can get the better of a 16-year-old keeper.

Sumaya:

Big test for Julen Lopetegui. Yes, he has made changes but these are still experienced players. So far, this new era for West Ham has not impressed me. Hoping we have not just hired Moyes 2.0! COYI

Carter:

Don’t care what anyone says, I love the Europa League. Nice v Real Sociedad is my pick for the best match tonight.

The Europa League has increased to 36 teams and the format is significantly different. Ryan Benson has powered up the Opta supercomputer, which tells us that Porto are favourites (no mind that they are losing at the moment), Manchester United are sixth favourites because of how they tend to blow hot and cold and José Mourinho’s Fenerbahce is an outsider.

Geek out on what else the supercomputer has to say below.

Bolton may have slipped down the English pyramid, but back when they were in the top-flight, they used to be a bit of a bogey team for Arsenal. Stelios Giannakopoulos and Justin Hoyte share their memories of how Big Sam liked to spoil the Arsène Wenger party in the league.

That being said, they do have some fine moments against the Gunners in cup competitions as well.

The nine matches taking place in the Europa League today.

Two of them are already under way. AZ Alkmaar are tied 2-2 with IF Elfsborg and Bodø/Glimt are leading Porto 3-1 despite playing with 10 men.

The rest will kick-off at 8pm BST. You can stay up to date with Manchester United v Twente alongside Rob Smyth in his minute-by-minute.

Team news: Liverpool v West Ham

Team news: Arsenal v Bolton

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