Unai Emery will hand Bernd Leno his first Arsenal start against Vorskla Poltava in the Europa League on Thursday and has said that it is up to the German to show he deserves to be picked for league games as well. The goalkeeper has not yet featured since his £19.2m transfer from Bayer Leverkusen but will get his opportunity to press for more regular games in Arsenal’s opening European fixture of the season. “We are going to play Leno but each match we are going to look at each performance and each preparation,” Emery said. “I think Petr [Cech]’s performance is good and with Leno we signed him for now and to improve with us. We want him to go a long way here at Arsenal – he is...
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