Champions League Liveblog: Atalanta vs. Arsenal

“One of the best saves I've seen in my career.”

Mikel Arteta gives his thoughts on Raya's penalty save and the Gunners' performance 🗣

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"I was lucky to go the right way. I was lucky to get the rebound."

David Raya reflects on his l̶u̶c̶k̶y̶ world-class double save 🧤

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Gasperini: ‘Atalanta wanted victory, but played on Arsenal’s level’

“We played really well and are happy. We defended very well and hadn’t done that in a while, we are getting back our fitness levels. We players dream of nights like this and have to enjoy them,” Carnesecchi told Sky Sport Italia.

“Mateo mustn’t worry, as he is a great lad and player. We are all close to him, he mustn’t be affected by this, we are all behind him. It was a good point against a strong opponent.

“It was an important save, I honestly can’t remember at this point, but I want to congratulate my teammates for their defensive work that asphyxiated Arsenal. I saw the same kind of performance that we had last season in Europe and that’s reassuring.

“You dream of these nights when you were a kid. My family was in the stands and I dedicate this Champions League debut to them. I am very happy and this result boosts our confidence.

“We are aiming to become something special because we have what it takes to achieve that.”

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In other news, Monaco beat 10-man Barcelona 2-1 and Atletico Madrid fought back for a last-gasp winner against RB Leipzig.

The points are shared between Arsenal and Atalanta after Raya's second-half penalty save 🤝 pic.twitter.com/Likcz198ZW

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UCL | Atalanta 0-0 Arsenal: Retegui penalty a huge regret

The Atalanta fans are singing along to Io Vagabondo. Marvellous.

Atalanta left with regrets after holding Arsenal 0-0. And that says a lot about their standing now.

Corner cleared, Samardzic works to get it back into the box, but Raya is again alert.

Zaniolo squirms down the left against three, wins a corner out of it.

Into 4 minutes of stoppages in Bergamo.

Samardzic and Pasalic on, Ruggeri and Lookman off.

Zaniolo through ball for Lookman, who tries to get the shot away, Saliba makes a crucial sliding tackle in the box!

Through ball for Sterling is over-hit, Gasperini fuming over Atalanta‘s failure to attack more.

Arsenal look pretty content to come away from Bergamo with a 0-0 draw. Which shows you how far Atalanta have grown on the European stage in recent years. That Europa League victory made opponents scared.

Gabriel Martinelli skies a great chance to give Arsenal the lead 🥅

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Lazar Samardzic getting ready to come on for Atalanta.

A trademark surge forward from Calafiori, but then the Havertz ball over the top is over-hit.

Zaniolo cross to nobody, Raya can intercept. Lookman didn’t make the run. Which is what happens when Atalanta don’t really have a striker, as such.

The last Champions League Arsenal game to end 0-0 was against Marseille at Emirates Stadium on 1 November, 2011.

Rice’s free kick is dreadful and straight out of play. Which is what the so-called ‘foul’ on Havertz deserved.

Again, Havertz goes down spectacularly easily under pressure to earn a free kick near the corner flag.

Gabriel Martinelli runs onto a flicked-on Havertz pass, might’ve been offside, but fired over one-on-one with Carnesecchi anyway.

Cuadrado again cuts inside from the left and curls right-footed, this one is more ferocious, but a bit less precise.