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ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Cech; Jenkinson, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Maitland-Niles; Elneny, Willock; SmithRowe, Ramsey, Mkhitaryan; Nketiah.

VORSKLA (4-4-1-1): Shust; Perduta, Chesnakov, Chyzhov, Artur; Careca, Sklyar, Sharpar, Rebenok; Kulach; Kolomoyets

P W D L F A (Q) ARSENAL Pts game from Poltava, which is only 100 miles from the Russian border.

He said: “UEFA said to us that we can play here because it is safer. We need to respect UEFA’s decision. It is not easy for Vorskla or for UEFA, this decision.

“We were preparing our trip to Poltava and waiting in the evening for the decision.

“We changed the training in London and we are arriving now, just. But we respect the decision.”

Vorskla vice-president Oleg Lisak had insisted earlier in the day that the Ukrainians were still doing “everything they can” to host the game in their own stadium. But by that point Arsenal, who can top the group with a win, were already in the air on their way to Kiev, and UEFA’s emergency panel was never realistically going to reverse their decision.

Vorskla had sold out their 24,795-capacity stadium and with trains to Kiev fully booked by yesterday afternoon, many of their fans may not make the journey for the rearranged game.

That means the Olympiyskiy

Stadium in the nation’s capital, which can hold