LONDON -- If you wanted a sense of where Gabriel Jesus' fortunes are right now, you got it within 10 minutes of him departing the field in Arsenal's underwhelming 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Arsenal in their red and white finery, Shakhtar sporting second-choice black with a spatter of orange. Once the Uefa marketing bods have done their usual number

Arsenal are back in Champions League action hoping to bounce back from a terrible domestic weekend as they host Shakhtar Donetsk in the European top-flight. Mikel Arteta’s men were defeated 2-0 by Bournemouth in the Premier League last time out and will hope to brush that loss aside in order move closer to the automatic qualifying spots in the Champions League table tonight.

Mikel Arteta is not looking to put more attention than he feels is necessary on Arsenal’s red card record since he took charge. William Saliba’s dismissal against Bournemouth on Saturday was Arsenal’s 18th red card in the period since December 26,

Arsenal went with a midfield three of Declan Rice, Mikel Merino and Thomas Partey for Saturday’s defeat to Bournemouth - which was their first loss of the season. The Gunners are back in action against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night, hosting the Ukrainian side in the Champions League, and Arteta thinks the new midfield needs time to gel.

Mikel Arteta has promised Arsenal fans that summer signing Mikel Merino is destined to ‘deliver big things’ for his new team. The Gunners fought off competition from the likes of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona during the summer as they secured the services of the former Real Sociedad midfielder.

Mikel Arteta is not one for social media, but if the Arsenal boss were to have glanced at it over the past few days he would have spotted a familiar theme. In the wake of Saturday’s shock defeat by Bournemouth,