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Atalanta vs Arsenal live updates: latest score and goal alerts for the Champions League match
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Atalanta vs Arsenal live updates: latest score and goal alerts for the Champions League match

No, not the Manchester City goalkeeper they will face on Sunday.

Brazilian defensive midfielder Ederson, the linchpin of Atalanta’s midfield, is a brilliant player and played superbly in the Europa League victory over Bayer Leverkusen at the end of last season.

But he was shown a yellow card after just 12 minutes and has since had a physical altercation with Kai Havertz, also committing a few minor fouls.

Call me cynical, but Arsenal would be well placed to get quick, direct runners and dribblers around him, perhaps give him some verbal muscle and test his discipline.

He probably didn’t get many more fouls before he got a second yellow and red card. Thin ice…