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FC Basel v Arsenal - The story so far

We’re in pole position to finish top of our Champions League group after a dream first half in Basel and Paris.

Lucas finished off two beautifully-worked moves to give us control of our final Group A game - while Ludogorets took a shock lead against PSG.

Whatever happened in Basel on Tuesday night, the mood of the two teams would be dictated by events in Paris.

We had to better PSG’s result against Ludogorets to finish first instead of second; Basel had to better Ludogorets’ result against PSG to finish third instead of fourth.

Arsène Wenger was realistic, rating our chances of topping the group at 10 per cent.