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Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of the first leg of the Champions League clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal in Germany. Arsenal, runawayish leaders in the Premier League, are strong favourites to reach their third consecutive Champions League quarter-final. That’s happened only once before, between 2007-08 and 2009-10, and would be another marker of their undeniable progress under Mikel Arteta.
While Arsenal topped the league stage with a perfect record of eight wins from eight, Leverkusen finished 16th and had to go into the playoffs. They won that pretty comfortably, beating Olympiacos 2-0 on aggregate, but they are a long way from the glories of two seasons ago. Tonight is a chance to hit the heights again.
Kick off 5.45pm GMT.
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