Last season's beaten semifinalists bring the curtain up on the Champions League league phase on Tuesday afternoon as Arsenal face off against Athletic Club in Bilbao. A summer of ambitious spending on top of the squad he already has means Mikel Arteta returns to the Basque country in the knowledge that his side rank among the leading contenders to win the competition that is the biggest missing piece of the Arsenal trophy room.

Victory in Bilbao means they have become the first club in Champions League history to win six matches in a row against Spanish opposition. It extends a run of wins after they beat Girona, Sevilla (twice) and Real Madrid (twice) over the last two seasons.

Captain Martin Odegaard will miss Arsenal’s opening Champions League game against Athletic Bilbao after joining the team’s growing injury list.

Eberechi Eze has been told to raise the level of his game after difficult outing for Arsenal against Athletic Club. Eze made his Champions League debut in Arsenal’s opening game of the league phase on Tuesday evening.

GOAL brings you player ratings from Arsenal's 2-0 Champions League win away at Athletic Club as second-half substitutes Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard ensured the three points headed back to north London with Mikel Arteta's side.

Ricardo Pepi conceded a penalty that Promise David scored in the 9th minute of play, and from there it was all Union Saint-Gilloise who won their first ever Champions League match 3-1. Next up comes the later matches but that was quite a start to the day.

Martinelli instead stayed, and in Bilbao showed his true value. He got Arsenal’s Champions League campaign off to a quick start, that beautiful second touch so elegantly taking him through to then finish past Unai Simon. The entire team notably rallied around him.

All the latest news and build-up to this season's Champions League, which gets under way on Tuesday with Arsenal and Tottenham both in action.