Mohamed Elneny returned to the Arsenal first team last night for the 1-0 win over FC Zurich in the Europa League. The Egyptian international had been missing since the Fulham victory in August after sustaining a serious hamstring problem.
Coming off early in the second half, he watched from the bench as his Arsenal teammates managed to top their Europa League group and land a second successive win going into the game with Chelsea on Sunday. The London derby has the obvious narrative fuelled by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s move to the Blues.
A BT Sport promo for the match saw Aubameyang stoke up the derby saying: "Arsenal, nothing personal. I’m back. I’m blue. I’m ready."
