Unai Emery has taken a fairly strong squad to Portugal to face Vitoria in today's weirdly-timed Europa League clash. Because of two other games taking place on Thursday, and to avoid clashing with the Champions League, today's match kicks off at 15.50. Not exactly ideal for the UK audience, but then this is the banter competition and they've bantered us right off with this one. Not to mention it's our own fault because we shouldn't be playing in the Europa League this season, but hey-ho. Mesut Ozil, David Luiz and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have not made the trip, as they're being rested ahead of the weekend's trip to Leicester, while Granit Xhaka remains sidelined after last week's...
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