Madrid, Sept. 15 -- Athletic Bilbao is the first Spanish side in action in this season's Champions League, with the Basque outfit hosting Arsenal on Tuesday evening.
Athletic returns to the competition after 11 years and faces a difficult rival in big-spending Arsenal, which has signed players such as Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke over the summer to completely revamp its attack.
Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard will miss the trip to the San Mames Stadium through injury but Arsenal's easy win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday underlined the task facing Athletic.
Ernesto Valverde's side suffered a surprise defeat at home to Alaves on Saturday to end its 100 percent start to the new La Liga season, and the coach needs to se...