Sporting CP v Arsenal LIVE: Latest score and goal updates from Champions League fixture tonight – UK Times

27 min: Calafiori fouls Trincao on Sporting’s right wing and they have a free-kick, but it’s overhit and David Raya can claim it.

Partey chips a lovely pass into the path of Saka’s arcing run into the box from the right wing, who slips the ball across for Kai Havertz to tap home from close range. Two similar goals, slicing Sporting’s left flank open.

20 min: The ball bounces out invitingly to Thomas Partey on the edge of the box, but the midfielder’s shot bounces straight into the gloves of Israel.

18 min: Morita is so slick on the ball for Sporting in central midfield, and the Japanese international turns neatly before spraying a pass out to the left wing. Arsenal win it back though and head up the other end, where Martinelli’s blocked cross earns a corner.

15 min: Arsenal defend a couple of corners in succession as Sporting try to push for the equaliser, but they visitors are proving hard to break down.

12 min: Saka is penalised for a foul on ex-Spurs man Marcus Edwards around 35 yards out. That seemed a bit harsh as Saka seemed to win the ball, but Sporting have a set-piece in a decent area. It’s not a great delivery, though, and Arsenal clear their lines.

10 min: Sporting quickly go on the attack looking to level things. They work it well to the edge of the box and then spread it left for Quenda, but the wing-back is shut down by Declan Rice just inside the area.

And there’s the breakthrough! Rice slips in Timber on the right side of the area, who whips a ball into the six-yard box, where Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli are waiting, and it’s the Brazilian who gets in to tap home.

6 min: Arsenal are dominating these early exchanges, pinning Sporting back…

3 min: An early yellow card for Sporting’s Diomande for a clumsy challenge, and he’s got a long night ahead on a booking.