Three days, 18 games, a boatload of high-grade performers: there really hasn't been a shortfall of options for our first Champions League team of the week. We'll be playing 4-4-2 this time, partly because it's the formation that lets you get the broadest sweep of options into your XI but mostly because I watched "Mike Bassett: England Manager" last week.

David Raya came to Arsenal’s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored. It preserved a 0-0 draw with Atalanta in the opening round of matches in the revamped tournament,

Raya's amazing double save against Atalanta has been rightly praised - the hard work that produced it was honed on the training pitch

It took Florian Wirtz less than five minutes to score his first Champions League goal on his debut in Europe’s elite club competition. Wirtz, who is considered one of the best young players in the world,

Watch highlights as Arsenal are held to a goalless draw against Atalanta in their opening Champions League match at the Gewiss Stadium.

Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen were the big winners on Thursday in the UEFA Champions League when 17 goals were scored across six games that concluded Matchday 1 in the newly expande