Inter 1 Arsenal 0 LIVE RESULT: Gunners BEATEN in Champions League as Calhanoglu penalty seals victory – latest updates
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ARSENAL were beaten 1-0 by Inter Milan in the Champions League thanks to a first-half penalty.
Mikel Merino was penalised for a handball in the area and the resulting spot kick was tucked away by Hakan Calhanoglu on the stroke of half-time.
Kai Havertz came off late in the game after suffering a bloody gash to his head.
- Kick-off time: 8pm GMT
- Live stream: discovery+
- TV channel: TNT Sports 1
- Inter XI: Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bisseck; Dumfries, Frattesi, Çalhanoglu, Zielinski, Darmian; Taremi, Lautaro Martínez
- Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Partey, Havertz, Mikel Merino; Saka, Martinelli, Trossard
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64. Arteta is shown a yellow card for interferring with play.
He grabbed the ball to give to an Arsenal player but it had yet to go out of play.
It is all going on tonight in the Champions League, although we have yet to see anything emulate Tyrone Mings.
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62. Partey is penalised for a clumsy challenge on Zielinski.
He turned superbly and sent the Arsenal player to the shops.
Inter rings the changes as Mkhitaryan, Barrella and Thuram come on.
They replace Frattesi, Martinez and Zielinski.
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60. Havertz looks to curl a shot into the far corner from the edge of the box.
He almost catches Sommer off guard but the Inter keeper does well to tip it around the post.
Arsenal are piling on the pressure from the resulting corner but the Italians stand firm, just.
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58. Saka swings in a dangerous corner into the six yard box.
It seems to beat everyone and is cleared off the line at the back post by Dumfriies.
That is more like the sort of deliveries we expect from The Gunners.
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56. In a perfect world, Inzaghi will be happy to leave his big names on the bench tonight.
They have a game against Napoli to think of on the weekend.
Inter are in second place in Serie A behind the team from Naples.
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54. The longer the game goes on, Arsenal have to throw more players forward.
White is penalised for a foul on Zielinski.
The Inter man makes a bit of a meal of the challenge.
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52. Arsenal do well to head the ball clear.
Inzaghi seems to be getting his team to try and play some balls in behind the visitors' defence now.
They have the pace to exploit it but on this occasion it runs through harmlessly to Raya.
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50. The referee comes over to have a word with Arteta.
He was not happy that the ball was moving as Inter tried to take a quick free kick.
The hosts come forward, looking to put The Gunners' goal under some more pressure.
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48. Big chance for Arsenal.
As the corner comes in, Saliba has a completely free header at the back post.
He glances it well wide of the target, huge opportunity wasted there.
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46. One change for Arsenal during the break.
Merino has been brought off for Jesus.
Desperate for a goal, Arteta brings on the man who has scored 9 goals in his last 46 games.
Genius.
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We are back underway at the San Siro.
The visitors trail by a single goal.
Inter get the second-half underway.
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The Gunners need to up their game in the second-half.
Despite knocking on the door plenty before the interval, the have not created many clear-cut chances.
That needs to change now if they are to come away from the San Siro with anything tonight.
View from SunSport's Jordan Davies in Milan
Mikel Arteta will be fuming. Mikel Merino will be baffled. How on earth was that given as a penalty? There was not a lot the Spaniard could do about it being so close.
His arm was slightly away from his body but would have had to react in the blink of an eye to avoid that touching his arm.
Arsenal were beginning to assert some dominance but are now in the dressing room 1-0 down at half-time.
Some heroics needed to score against an Inter side who have kept more clean sheets in this competition across the past three years than any other side.
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It had all been going so well for The Gunners until added time.
Once the penalty was awarded, it was never going to be reversed by VAR.
For the neutral, it should open this game up more in the second half.
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The referee brings the first half to a close.
Arsenal have it all to do in the San Siro.
No doubt Arteta will have something to say about the decision.
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45+3. Calhanoglu sends Raya the wrong way and strokes it down the middle.
That is 19 goals from 19 penalties for the Inter man.
Not the ideal end to the half for The Gunners.
Goal - Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter)
Penalty to Inter
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45. Arsenal force a series of corners just before the interval.
Saka's deliveries from the one side have been much better this evening.
Martinelli sends this one in and Saliba heads it behind but the official awards the visitors another corner.
We are going to have two added minutes.
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43. You feel there are goals in this game, despite the scoreline.
We just need the deadlock broken to get this one going.
Inter are doing well to stop the crosses from out wide so far.
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41. Timber is penalised for another foul on Dumfries.
It is proving to be an interesting battle between the pair.
Merino loses the ball to Frattesi and they pile forward with pace.
As it is crossed into the box, White is forced to head it behind for a corner.
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39. Having rested so many first-team players, Inzaghi will always feel he can change this game with his substitutions.
Both sides have got big league games this weekend.
The Gunners force another corner, giving them chance to send Gabriel and Saliba forward.
Inter deal well with it and clear their lines.
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37. Trossard plays a poor pass, giving away possession.
Saka does well to put pressure on the defender, blocking the attempted pass forward.
It runs out harmlessly for an Inter goal kick.
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35. Arsenal are starting to grow into the game more now.
They are seeing more possession and Inter have stopped pressing so much.
That just plays into the tactics of The Gunners.
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33. Gabriel goes down and is awarded a foul.
It is amazing in the modern game how easiily free kicks are given for a player kicking the underside of an opponents' boot.
Not that Arteta will be complaining about that one.
