Arsenal's Champions League preparations hit by travel chaos
Arsenal's preparations for their Champions League clash at RC Lens have been severely disrupted by a five-hour delay at Luton Airport. The Gunners were due to fly to Lille at just before 5pm on Monday afternoon, with Mikel Arteta's pre-match press conference at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis due to be held two hours later. But bad weather at Luton Airport prevented Arsenal from departing on time, resulting in a five-hour delay for the players and coaching staff, and they eventually landed in France at 10:40pm local time. Arsenal are looking to build on the convincing 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven at the Emirates Stadium, which marked the club's return to the Champions League after a six-year absence. Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard were on the scoresheet, with the Game out of sight of the Dutch giants by half-time. Arteta's side are also unbeaten in the Premier League through seven Game s, winning five and drawing two, and have high hopes of...