Arsenal kickstart their Europa League campaign on Thursday when they travel to Switzerland to face FC Zurich in their first Group A clash. While they would have preferred playing on a Tuesday or Wednesday night in another European competition, the Gunners will be wanting to give a good account of themselves after a year without any continental involvement.
Mikel Arteta will also be hoping his side can register victory after defeat to Manchester United at the weekend, losing 3-1 despite a dominating performance. When asked whether the first loss of the season would linger, the Spaniard told the media: "It won’t happen.
"That won’t happen because the performance is there and we know what we lacked today - the details to lose the game. You are here and you have a very different performance with the same result and then it’s a hard one to take because you are questioning your level. I don’t think there’s any question about the level there."
