LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal's long-serving manager Arsene Wenger will feel at home when he takes his team to the Parc des Princes for Tuesday's Champions League opening Group A match against Paris St Germain. Since then the London side have qualified for the Champions League in every full season of his management. Along with PSG, they must be regarded as favourites to qualify again from a group also including Basel and Bulgarian side Ludogorets. That left the champions three points behind Monaco, who had beaten them 3-1 in the previous league fixture. New coach Unai Emery, who arrived from Sevilla to replace Laurent Blanc in the close-season, lost important players to the Premier League in Zlatan Ibrahimovic and defender David Luiz but was pleased to keep influential midfielder Blaise Matuidi.

Source: The Star September 12, 2016 00:56 UTC