Arsenal – Bodo/Glimt 2:0 LIVE: stream, score, TV station – Holding and Nketiah shoot Gunners forward in the Europa League

ARSENAL welcome Norwegian outsiders Bodo/Glimt in Europa League TONIGHT – and Eddie Nketiah and Rob Holding fired the Gunners forward.
The Gunners beat FC Zurich 2-1 in the opening game of the group in Switzerland.
While Bodo/Glimt have played two games, the opening game in Eindhoven drew 1-1 with PSV before beating FC Zurich 2-1 at home.
Arsenal have been in sensational form in the Premier League and are a point ahead of Manchester City at the top of the table.
- Kicking off: 8 p.m
- TV/live stream: BT sport 2
- Arsenal XI: Turner, Tomiyasu; Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Lokonga, Vieira, Xhaka; Marquinhos, Nketiah, Martinelli
- Bodo/ Glimt XI: Haikin; Wenbangomo, Lode, Moe, Sampsted; Vetlesen, Berg, Saltnes; Mugisha, Espejord, Pellegrino
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
69, Arteta has brought Ben White back from his warm-up game on the touchline and the defender is making his debut in European club football.
Kieran Tierney is the player who needs to make room.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
66, Bodo/Glimts number 10, Hugo Vetlesen impressed in the second half.
He seems happy to keep the ball under pressure but hasn’t gotten his last pass right yet.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
63, Arteta’s substitutions seem to have done the trick.
Arsenal have noticeably improved their possession since he changed things up.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
61, Gabriel Jesus operates on the left of Arsenal’s three forwards, with Saka on the right and Nketiah in the middle.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
58, Mikel Arteta has seen enough and he’s called out for the big guns.
Instead of Marquinhos, Martinelli and Xhaka, Saka, Jesus and Odegaard are introduced.
A bold call with a big game against Liverpool coming up at the weekend.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
57, Bodo/Glimt approaching!
Pellegrino fires a shot on goal that hits both Arsenal centre-backs before being saved well by Turner.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
56, Arsenal are currently struggling to keep the ball as Bodo/Glimt push them back into their own half.
The home crowd is getting a little restless.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
52, Another moment of encouragement for the away side as Mvuka sends a cross down the ‘corridor of uncertainty’ but Saltnes fails to hit his toe at the back post.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
51, Bodo/Glimt have their first shot at half-time as a long period of possession ends with Vetlesen shooting straight at Matt Turner, who makes a comfortable save.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
47, Xhaka almost has the goal his performance deserved.
Martinelli pokes fun at the Bodo/Glimt defense as he dances away from two players on the left wing before firing a low ball into the box.
The ball eventually falls to Xhaka, who can’t find enough power with his right foot to punch the keeper.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
46, beep! The referee whistles and restarts the game.
Will Arsenal add more goals and add some sparkle to the result or can Bodo/Glimt come back into play?
Let’s find out!
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Bodo/Glimt’s fights
Arsenal are more than a match for everyone at the moment so it’s important not to be overly critical of your opponents tonight.
That being said, they have withered as a team since Nketiah put Arsenal ahead.
Can Kjetil Knutsen make some adjustments at half-time and get his side back in the game?
Next up is the second half!
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Captain fantastic
Granit Xhaka was excellent tonight.
Mikel Arteta has clearly encouraged him to keep pushing forward this season and Xhaka has embraced his new role like a duck in water.
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Halftime: Arsenal 2:0 Bodo/Glimt
45, Arsenal provided good value for their 2-0 lead here.
First they threatened by Fabio Vieria, whose shot was deflected off the crossbar by Bodo/Glimt.
Eddie Nketiah put the Premier League leaders ahead before Rob Holding doubled their lead.
They say that a 2-0 lead is the most dangerous thing in football, but it definitely doesn’t feel like that here.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
45. The referee added one minute of added time at the end of the first half.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
44, It feels like a matter of time before Arsenal score their third goal.
Another attack led by Xhaka ends as Fabio Vieira curls the Arsenal captain’s cutback wide to the edge of the box.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
42, Granit Xhaka receives a yellow card for cynically repelling a Bodo/Glimt counterattack after losing the ball in midfield.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
39, Nketiah squanders a great opportunity to injure his second.
Nketiah buckled the ball from centre-back Brede Moe deep in Bodo/Glimt territory but failed to get the ball to Martinelli who would have had a tap-in at the back post.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
35, Xhaka forces Haikin to save to prevent Arsenal from scoring a third goal.
Xhaka gets a lot of poison on his shot, but the Bodo/Glimt goalie instinctively throws up his right hand and deflects the ball to the corner.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
33, Arsenal took a free-kick in a very dangerous position on the edge of the area after Wembangomo handled the ball with his hands.
The Bodo/Glimt defender gets a yellow card despite his protests.
Xhaka marks his approach…
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Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
31, Bodo/Glimt’s poor away record in Europe seems to be continuing.
It’s going to take something very special for them to get back into this one now.
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Goal! Arsenal – Bodo/Glimt 2:0 (hold)
27, Holding nods to double Gunners lead!
A corner is headed back to Fabio Vieira, whose cross is met by Holding, who shoots the ball into the far corner and doesn’t give Haikin a chance.
Game over already?
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Arsenal 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
26, Arsenal almost come back in as Fabio Veiria towers on goal but he can’t quite get the ball over the onrushing Bodo/Glimt keeper Nikita Haikin.
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Goal! Arsenal 1-0 Bodo/Glimt (Nketiah).
22, Nketiah scores again in the Europa League!
It’s a great Arsenal goal.
Martinelli carries the ball down the center of the field before putting the ball wide to Kieran Tierney.
The Scot’s first shot bounces off the post before falling to Eddie Nketiah, who expertly adjusts his feet and puts the ball in before the keeper can readjust.
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Arsenal 0-0 Bodo/Glimt
19, Xhaka takes some great positions, when Arsenal have the ball the Bodo/Glimt defenders are unsure whether to move towards it or leave it to their teammates in midfield.
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