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And that's your lot for tonight...
Thank you for joining me as you have done this evening. Plenty of goals is never a bad thing and at least one positive result for a British club. Arsenal were a joy to watch this evening. Mesut Ozil and Lionel Messi both score hat-tricks on the same night. Both very special players. Enjoy the rest of your evening and be sure to read Sami Mokbel's report from an exciting night in north London.
A trademark Mesut Ozil celebration to end tonight's coverage with
21:42
Full-time Champions League scores... and what a night it's been
Group A
Arsenal 6-0 Ludogorets
Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Basle
Group B
Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Benfica
Napoli 2-3 Besiktas
Group C
Celtic 0-2 Borussia Monchengladbach
Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City
Group D
Bayern Munich 4-1 PSV Eindhoven
FC Rostov 0-1 Atletico Madrid
Mesut Ozil celebrates with Alex Iwobi after scoring his hat-trick and Arsenal's sixth
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GOAL: PSG (Cavani, 90+3) 3-0 Basle
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GOAL: Napoli 2-3 Besiktas (Aboubaker, 86)
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GOAL: Barcelona (Neymar, 89) 4-0 Manchester City
Neymar celebrates scoring Barcelona's fourth goal as City's players hit the deck
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FT: Arsenal 6-0 Ludogorets
Sensational from Arsenal but let's not get too carried away. Yes it's their seventh win in a row but this way far too easy. The two chances Ludogorets had in the first half seem a long time ago now. Middlesbrough away next and Aitor Karanka will probably be a bit worried after watching that. Ozil, Sanchez and Walcott all in awesome form.
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Arsenal 6-0 Ludogorets
87min: You run out of superlatives when watching Mesut Ozil. The Arsenal fans (those who didn't leave for the exits early) in full voice singing 'we've got Mesut Ozil'. Yes they do and they're lucky to have him as well. His third goal the best of his hat-trick. Perez linked up superbly with him but from the right this time. He clipped in a ball and Ozil lashed it past Stoyanov with his left boot. A clean, sweet strike.
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GOAL: Arsenal (Ozil, 87) 6-0 Ludogorets
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GOAL: Celtic 0-2 Borussia Monchengladbach (Hahn, 77)
Andre Hahn sealed victory for Borussia Monchengladbach when he made it 2-0 over Celtic in Glasgow
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GOAL: Bayern Munich (Robben, 84) 4-1 PSV
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GOAL: Arsenal (Ozil, 83) 5-0 Ludogorets
83min: Well I said Ludogorets have given up but Arsenal and Mesut Ozil haven't. It was a lovely bit of play from Lucas Perez on the left side of the Ludogorets area. He stopped his run just outside, looked up and played the ball over to Ozil who finished on the volley with his right foot. Neat and tidy.
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Arsenal 4-0 Ludogorets
80min: Training match mode now for Arsenal. Ten minutes to go and you don't want to pick up any knocks. Plenty of seats empty already at the Emirates which is a shame given the value for money those supporters will have got this evening. Ludogorets have effectively given up now.
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RED CARD: Barcelona (Mathieu)
Another dafty inside the Nou Camp this evening. Jeremy Mathieu, brought on to replace Gerard Pique in the first half, has been sent off for a second bookable offence for effectively wiping out Raheem Sterling.
Jeremy Mathieu is shown a red card by referee Milorad Mažić21:17
GOAL: Napoli (Gabbiadini, 69) 2-2 Besikas
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GOAL: Barcelona (Messi, 69) 3-0 Manchester City
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GOAL: PSG (Lucas, 62) 2-0 Basle
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Arsenal 4-0 Ludogorets
68min: Very easy on the eye this is now. Sanchez just had an appeal for a penalty turned down after it looked as though he was bundled over by Palomino. He quickly forgot about that and seconds later fed Mesut Ozil, who played a breathtaking pass over the top to Oxlade-Chamberlain but his volleyed effort couldn't beat Stoyanov.
Sanchez seemed to be bundled over by Palomino in the second half21:09
GOAL: Bayern Munich (Lewandowski, 59) 3-1 PSV
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GOAL: Barcelona (Messi, 61) 2-0 Manchester City
Messi adds his second of the game as Barcelona take control
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GOAL: FC Rostov 0-1 Atletico Madrid (Carrasco, 62)
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GOAL: Celtic 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach (Stindl, 57)
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RED CARD: Barcelona 1-0 Manchester City (Ospina, 53)
Incredibly daft from Claudio Bravo, the Manchester City goalkeeper. He's just been sent off for attempting to catch the ball outside of his area.
Claudio Bravo trudges off after being sent off for Manchester City21:01
GOAL: Arsenal (Ozil, 56) 4-0 Ludogorets
56min: Well that just about wraps it up. Mesut Ozil finishes with ease and Arsenal fans have 30 minutes to sit back and enjoy what they're watching. These last ten minutes have been masterful but let's remember who they have been against. Ludogorets have made things easy. They aren't as fit as Arsenal's players and it has shown.
Mesut Ozil make it 4-0 against Ludogorets on Wednesday night
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GOAL: Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Benfica (Cervi, 55)
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PENALTY NAPOLI (Napoli 1-2 Besiktas)
Insigne steps up for Napoli... but it's missed. It remains Napoli 1-2 Besiktas
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Arsenal 3-0 Ludogorets
47min: Superb from Arsenal. Half-time team talk wasn't about settling down or conserving energy... no, let's have some more goals must've been the message from Arsene Wenger.
It was Oxlade-Chamberlain, the man who's found it tough to get back into Wenger's plans, who makes it three. He waited for the ball to drop in the Ludogorets penalty area before cleverly guiding his shot into the left corner of Stoyanov's goal. Clinical.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain guides the ball into the bottom left of the Ludogorets goal20:49
GOAL: Arsenal (Oxlade-Chamberlain, 47) 3-0 Ludogorets
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Back underway at the Emirates... no changes for either side
Santi Cazorla congratulates Theo Walcott on his goal20:45
All a bit scrappy at Parkhead... Half-time: Celtic 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
It's been an almighty scrap for Celtic and a lot of hard work. Borussia Monchengladbach arrived in Glasgow with a plan to stifle Celtic and use the counter attack to create chances. Scott Brown, as determined as ever, is doing his best as captain to influence the game in midfield.
Celtic captain Scott Brown trying to spark his side into life at Parkhead20:42
Bayern Munich in cruise control until minutes before half-time (2-1 vs PSV)
Bayern Munich were breezing to half-time when PSV's Narsingh struck on 41 minutes. His goal came after a period of dominant Bayern possession which reaped goals from Muller and Kimmich. You'd expect them to take it up a notch in the second half.
Joshua Kimmich is lifted up by David Alaba as Bayern Munich celebrate going 2-0 up over PSV20:38
Manchester City trail Barcelona 1-0 at half-time at the Nou Camp
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Half-time scores in tonight's Champions League games
Group A
Arsenal 2-0 Ludogorets
Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Basle
Group B
Dynamo Kiev 0-1 Benfica
Napoli 1-2 Besiktas
Group C
Celtic 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Barcelona 1-0 Manchester City
Group D
Bayern Munich 2-1 PSV Eindhoven
FC Rostov 0-0 Atletico Madrid
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Arsenal 2-0 Ludogorets
42min: Exactly what Arsenal needed just ahead of half-time. Theo Walcott controlled the ball about 30 yards out before moving forward and unleashing a curling effort that beat Stoyanov at his near post.
It really wasn't the greatest strike ever seen (Stoyanov was badly positioned) but that really won't bother the Arsenal fans inside the Emirates. They can enjoy half-time knowing the second half could become an exhibition of sublime passing and clinical finishing.
Theo Walcott lets fly for his third goal in five days at the Emirates20:29
GOAL: Arsenal (Walcott, 42) 2-0 Ludogorets
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GOAL: Bayern Munich 1-2 PSV (Narsingh, 41)
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GOAL: PSG (Di Maria, 40) 1-0 Basle
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GOAL: Napoli 1-2 Besiktas (Aboubaker, 38)
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Lionel Messi celebrates scoring for Barcelona against Manchester City20:22
Arsenal 1-0 Ludogorets
33min: Arsenal have got to be a little careful here. Wanderson, the Brazilian creative midfielder, nearly brought his side level at the Emirates. Thankfully for Arsenal and Mustafi, his effort clipped Ospina's right post and rolled out for a goal kick. Ludogorets offering much more than most expected. More possession than Arsenal too.
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GOAL: Napoli (Mertens, 30) 1-1 Besiktas
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Arsenal 1-0 Ludogorets
27min: Big chance for Ludogorets... horror show from Mustafi. Vura, the bizarrely numbered Ludogorets No 93, latched on to the ball a little outside the Arsenal penalty area after a mistake by Mustafi. Thankfully, and before it was too late, Ospina rushed off his line to recover the ball.
Meanwhile, Sanchez continues to give Minev a very difficult time. The Bulgarian not cutting a confident figure out there.
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Arsenal 1-0 Ludogorets
23min: Arsenal have slightly lost their grip of this one. Cafu, who is obviously Ludogorets' danger man continues to cause Bellerin a number of problems. The young right back probably didn't expect such a test tonight but he's getting it. At least he can relax a little. The poor figures of Minev and Natanel are having to deal with Walcott and Sanchez. Not pretty.
Arsenal on course for two wins out of three in the Champions League this season20:09
GOAL: Bayern Munich 2-0 PSV (Kimmich, 21)
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GOAL: Barcelona 1-0 Manchester City (Messi, 17)
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Picture perfect... Sanchez's goal
Just look at the height Sanchez manages... Like a beautifully struck sand wedge. Plenty of loft and lots of control. There's no wonder it landed in the back of Stoyanov's net.
Alexis Sanchez puts Arsenal ahead at the Emirates20:03
GOAL: Napoli 0-1 Besiktas (Adriano, 13)
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GOAL: Bayern Munich 1-0 PSV (Muller, 13)
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GOAL: Arsenal 1-0 Ludogorets (Sanchez, 12)
12min: Sensational from Alexis Sanchez. It was a very similar run to the one just a few seconds ago but this time he found space again on the edge of the Ludogorets penalty area, looked up and lofted the ball over Stoyanov. A truly special goal but he was given plenty of time to think about what he wanted to do. Still, you have to applaud the skill of the Chilean.
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Arsenal 0-0 Ludogorets
10min: Lot of hard graft from Alexis Sanchez results in Arsenal's best chance of the game. Sanchez didn't stop as he got to the edge of the Ludogorets penalty area before he was stopped by Moti.
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GOAL: Dynamo Kiev 0-1 Benfica (Salvio, 9)
Benfica's Salvio celebrates scoring Benfica's opener against Dynamo Kiev19:55
Penalty for Benfica
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Arsenal 0-0 Ludogorets
4min: Arsenal slowly taking control of this early on. Mesut Ozil takes on Moti and Minev with ease but couldn't get enough on his left-footed effort from the left side of the box to trouble Stoyanov. Cafu up top for the Bulgarian side looks fairly sharp. Bellerin has to be aware of him bombing down the left.
Still goalless in all of the other games this evening.
Theo Walcott tries to find an opening early on against Ludogorets
Finally underway in all eight of tonight's games... stay with me for live updates
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Parkhead a little earlier... a superb sight on European nights
Parkhead glistens under the floodlights as Celtic prepare to take on Borussia Monchengladbach19:40
David Ospina in the between the sticks tonight for... just how much work he'll have to do we'll see
David Ospina starts for Arsenal against Ludogorets this evening19:26
Back to the Emirates... two wins out of three for the Gunners? Surely, no?
Arsene Wenger will of course be aiming to make it two wins out of three in the Champions League tonight. Indeed, after the fluid football that we all saw in the 3-2 victory over Swansea on Saturday you have to fear for their Bulgarian opponents.
Alexis Sanchez has proved that he can play alone up top with the excellent support of Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil. Those three alone will cause the Ludogorets central defensive pairing of Cosmin Moti and Jose Palomino lots of trouble.
It's also good to see Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain back starting at the Emirates. Indeed, the Ox has completed 90 minutes just 10 times for Arsenal in the Premier League since joining the club in August 2011.
Ludogorets supporters have made the journey over from north east Bulgaria19:16
Leigh Grifiiths on the bench for Celtic for tonight's Group C fixture
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Monchengladach just couldn't resist when it came to releasing their teamsheet either...
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The problem with pub chalkboards... they're always too small
Celtic's match against Borussia Monchengladbach promises to be a belter under the lights at Parkhead.
But it seems one pub at least isn't particularly sure who exactly Brendan Rodgers' side will be playing... or at least they had difficultly fitting it on to the chalkboard outside the pub.
You can tell below that someone had a good go at working the spelling on Monchengladbach but after three attempts decided to give in and simply put 'Celtic vs A German Team'.
After being retweeted several thousand times, the German side saw the funny side and changed their name on Twitter to 'A German Team'. Good from them.
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Shkodan Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny might be in for a quiet game...
And that's being kind to Ludogorets. They've scored just twice in their two opening Champions League games and are unlikely to pose much of a threat this evening.
They drew 1-1 with Basle before losing 3-1 against Paris Saint-Germain. The best they'll be hoping for is to leave north London without losing.
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Arsenal substitutes
Cech, Gabriel, Monreal, Xhaka, Iwobi, Perez, Elneny
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Team news from the Emirates... Alexis Sanchez starts up front
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Good evening and welcome...
Barcelona vs Manchester City in Group C is the obvious headline event for this evening but there's plenty of other games in the Champions League to stoke up the interest. For all that and more stay with me as I keep you updated with all of tonight's scores including extended updates from the Emirates where Arsenal take on Ludogorets.
Here's the line-up (indeed if you want to follow the action at the Nou Camp with Dan Ripley click here).
Group A
Arsenal vs Ludogorets
Paris Saint-Germain vs Basle
Group B
Dynamo Kiev vs Benfica
Napoli vs Besiktas
Group C
Celtic vs Borussia Monchengladbach
Barcelona vs Manchester City
Group D
Bayern Munich vs PSV Eindhoven
FC Rostov vs Atletico Madrid
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