"So, every time Mustafi goes to ground, kick him in the goolies ..." Tomorrow night's Europa League encounter with Vorskla Poltava was already going to feel somewhat surreal. Arsenal travelling 350km east of Kiev to play a fringe team in temperatures of around -13 was strange enough, but the fact that the team and the few dedicated fans were going to be heading into a country that had just declared martial law added an extra element to that. Now, it's going to be even more strange as last night UEFA made an announcement that the game is to be moved from the city of Poltava and will instead be played in the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev. In a statement released yesterday evening,...
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