Dynamo Kyiv against Arsenal

Into the last minute and Toure forces a corner. Lehmann's up but his opposite number punches clear. Pires wins another corner as we go into injury time

Sablic wrestles with Kanu - Arsenal freekick on the right. Pires takes but Khatskevitch heads clear at the near post

Great ball from Rincon. Campbell looks favourite but Shatskikh gets to it first, sending a screaming left-footer just wide across the face of goal.

Federov hoofs clear as the pressure builds

Still hope for the Gunners with Kiev retreating ever deeper

Kanu nods on for Henry. Another lay-off and this time Wiltord smashes right-footed from outside the box. But straight at the keeper

Cole is far too hasty in swiping right-footed after Henry's little lay-off in the box. The ball slides wide

Rincon blazes over after Toure's poor effort to clear Belkevich's cross. Flag may have been up against Shatskikh though

Pires nudges a freekick forward into the box but with no obvious target. Shovkovskiy collects

Khatskevitch is on for Gioane meanwhile

A simple tap-in past the stranded keeper but Arsenal don't need perfect goals tonight

At last! Kanu gets to the byline and Henry finishes from point-blank range after Pires' ball inside. A first goal and hope for the Gunners at 1-2

Corner to Arsenal. Pires takes from the right but Campbell times his jump wrong, heading well wide

Belkevich takes from the left but Toure heads away. Peev swipes a cross from wide on the right but Lehmann is able to gather

Shovkovskiy out to punch the resulting corner and Kiev can clear. Toure climbs on Shatskikh. Freekick to Kiev

Arsenal freekick deep on the Kiev left. Pires lofts it to the far post where Gavrancic heads behind under pressure from Vieira and Campbell

On come Kanu and Ljungberg for Gilberto and Parlour

Shatskikh skies one from the near post - Toure doing just enough to distract the striker

Acres of space at the back though as Belkevich sets off on another burst. Rincon plays a loose ball though and Campbell lets it through to Lehmann

Gunners forcing the pace at last. Lauren down the right but Shovkovskiy gets a foot to Wiltord's shot. Their best effort and the Kiev keeper's first real save

Nesmachniyi robs Parlour to launch another Kiev break. Leko gets caught in possession though after Rincon and Shatskikh had combined well

Now Lauren gets forward but keeper Shovkovskiy scoops up a rather aimless cross. No-one attacking the near post

Cole has another burst towards the box but is quickly repelled

Menawhile Diogo Rincon is on for Gusev

Absolute horror show from the Arsenal keeper - his first clearance was too soft and caught Campbell out. Kiev men were onto it in a flash and just as the Gunners were looking more solid, the worst comes to pass

Lehmann comes out to clear but it's disaster time. Shatskikh pounces on the first clearance and Belkevich is there to pick up the pieces and ram the second into an empty goal from 25 yards. 2-0 Kiev

Wiltord is offside as Toure delays his pass a fraction too long after another surge from the back through midfield

Here comes Vieira - on for Edu

Looks like Vieira's going to get his half hour. Meanwhile, skipping stuff from Cole gives Pires a shooting chance - a hurried toe-poker just wide of goal

Lehmann rather flaps but Peev's instant shot from the far side is well over

Cole wins a freekick on the left but again Shovkovskiy rises to take. Quick throw for Shatskikh to chase but Parlour's back. Corner to Kiev

Shovkovskiy comes out to claim as Henry slides a return ball through for Toure to chase after a surging run from the centre-half

Henry looking frustrated as the referee blows against him for handball as he tries to round Federov

Campbell's slip allows Belkevich to have a go from long range as Arsenal sleep - Lehmann happy to see the shot rise over

Shovkovskiy rises to take Henry's corner easily in the six-yard box.

Foul by Gavrancic on Pires wide out. Henry rises at the far post and heads straight at Shovkovskiy from point-blank range. Kiev have to hook it behind but Toure was waiting for a knockdown there

Pires hits too deep, forcing Wiltord to take it back. Campbell stays upfield but fouls Peev is jumping for the high ball forward

Edu finds Wiltord, Arsenal right, to win a corner

Now Gilberto has to pump it clear. Kiev build again but Belkevich can't control his volley from the left of goal and the ball sails high over

Kiev force a corner down the left now. Federov takes an airshot as Belkevich's delivery misses everyone... Toure hooks behind

Nesmachniyi flies in on Parlour out wide. Freekick Arsenal. Great pass from Edu finds Cole sprinting into the box, but the fullback lashes at it and the ball slices high and wide

Peev makes an early burst but Campbell is back to marshal the ball out for a goalkick... not before an uneccessary intervention from Lehmann, who seems to 'want some'

Back underway as ref Plautz - think I called him Klautz earlier - restarts the game. No changes at half-time as Wenger keeps Vieira and Ljungberg on the bench

And that's the last hit of the half. The Gunners still goalless and, it seems, rudderless without Vieira. 1-0 to Kiev at the break

One minute to be added. No better time for Arsenal to win another corner. Pires' first effort is poor but Ghioane concedes another. Shovkovskiy punches it half-clear but Parlour scuffs his shot badly wide

Parlour has to tidy up on the far side as Peev's cross from the left causes uncertainty in the Arsenal rearguard

Arsenal press again but Toure catches Gavrancic with a high boot in the Kiev box

Pires takes and Edu does poorly with a free header, planting it into the ground and making the save easy for Shovkovskiy, not that the keeper wasn't anxious to make the most of it with a Hollywood dive

Cole probes down the Gunners' left this time, drawing a freekick

Lauren rises to head away from Nesmachniyi on the Kiev left. Arsenal recover possession for Lehmann to slam it clear

Ghionane beats Pires at the near post but the ball skids off his head across goal - just out of Campbell's reach. Goal kick to Kiev

This time Lehmann is up to claim Belkevich's corner. Arsenal quickly upfield where Wiltord smartly wins a corner

Federov's curler is hooked behind by Campbell

Gilberto and Lauren get back to halt Belkevich's surge down the left. Kiev build again and Pires brings Leko down, 25 yards out on the right

Ghioane probes now. Nesmachniyi finds Shatskikh but the shot goes straight at Lehmann

...Which heads straight to Lehmann

Cole flies in to up-end Peev wide in midfield. He seemed to win the ball first but it's a Kiev freekick

Meanwhile Sablic has replaced the hobbling defender Dmytrulin

Corner goes far post where Ghiona forces Lehmann to tip over. This time the German is up to claim the deep ball from Belkevich

Now Cole has to hook it behind as Shatskikh gets close to the near-post ball.

At least that brought a little respite though. The Gunners sorely missing skipper Vieira

Henry and Gilberto have to head clear before Edu finally ends the siege. Henry sprints into the box from the left but slips a la Beckham as he takes aim to hook his shot wide

Gunners wanted offside but no sign of a flag there. Now Peev gets a corner off Cole

Kiev clear the corner. Mix up between Edu and Gilberto allows Leko to swipe at goal. Two ricochets and Shatskikh is there to ram home a chaotic opening goal. 1-0 Dynamo

Great block denies the surging Lauren after excellent passing and movement from Henry and Wiltord

Lehmann comes out to mis-hit a clearance but, fortunately for the German stopper, Gusev's attempted lob goes straight into his hands as he recovers his position

...To the far side where Leko fires wildly over the bar

Shatskikh gets behind Campbell but the England man is strong enough to get back to give away the corner

Peev just gets a foot in to deny Pires a shooting chance after Henry's lay-off inside the box

Toure has to concede a throw as Gusev pressures, but Dynamo slip offside

...which Ghioane hooks away from the edge of the box

Lauren is fouled out wide. Pires takes right-footed: hooked back for Parlour to drive. Deflected behind for a corner

Pires gets past Leko and Peev on the Arsenal left but his ball towards Henry is easily blocked

Offside flag against Peev breaks Dynamo's latest attack. All hands to the pumps for Arsenal with Wiltord getting back to help his defence

Parlour's ambitious long-range shot is well wide. A waste of a good break from Arsenal after Cole had released Pires with a great ball down the left

Nice shimmy from Peev takes him inside leftback Cole, but his lofted ball only finds Lehmann advancing to catch

That was Gusev's bicycle kick... The Gunners were hoping for a quiet opening but this game is already too stretched for their liking.

Cole hoofs clear but more home pressure brings a corner... Bedlam in the Arsenal box as Shatskikh has another go at the near post before a flying overhead follow-up. Gunners escape

The home side quickly recover though as Shatskikh cuts in from the right to bring a great one-handed save from Lehmann

Henry's delivery headed behind. The third corner comes in and Pires nods onto the bar. Dynamo stunned but manage to clear

Pires takes on the right. Ghioane heads clear but Arsenal win another on the left flank now

Confusion at the back from Dynamo gifts the Gunners a corner

Shatskikh fouls Edu in midfield as Federov plays it up from the back

Keeper Shovkovskiy hoofs clear under pressure as Henry chases after the backpass

Pires, back to goal, is quickly closed down on the edge of the Dynamo box after passes between Edu and Wiltord

First threat from Dynamo as Ghioane breaks rapidly on the left flank. A scramble in the box but Toure is there to clear up

Similar stuff from a Gunners freekick on the right. This time Pires forces a throw

Arsenal patient - Pires rolls it back to Edu and it's soon at the feet of keeper Lehmann

Long ball aimed for Gusev but Campbell can watch it roll out of play for a Gunners throw this time

Dynamo probe down the right as Edu concedes a throw

A raucous welcome for the sides... Referee Klautz gets us underway

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy, Fedorov, Dmytrulin, Belkevich, Peev, Shatskikh, Ghioane, Gusev, Nesmachnyi, Gavrancic, Leko. Subs: Reva, Khatskevitch, El Kaddouri, Rincon, Nanni, Milevski, Sablic.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Cole, Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Edu, Silva, Parlour, Pires, Henry, Wiltord. Subs: Stack, Vieira, Ljungberg, Cygan, Clichy, Kanu, Hoyte.

The Gunners have left skipper Patrick Vieira on the bench, meaning a Brazilian central midfield duo of Edu and Gilberto Silva. Teams to follow...

Arsenal's Champions League season needs to start here - they need a win in the icy wastes of Kiev.

Ljungberg stumbles after Toure had released him in the box... last chance?

Sablic happy to hammer it anywhere with a minute to go

Kiev in total panic as Toure smashes against the bar after Shovkovskiy had spilt Henry's shot from the left. So close for Arsenal

Shovkovskiy is there to block as Kanu sneaks clear at the near post to hit first time

Gunners laying siege as Gavrancic blocks another Pires raid

Four minutes to be added but Pires again fires too low at the near post

Into the last minute and Toure forces a corner. Lehmann's up but his opposite number punches clear. Pires wins another corner as we go into injury time

Sablic wrestles with Kanu - Arsenal freekick on the right. Pires takes but Khatskevitch heads clear at the near post

Great ball from Rincon. Campbell looks favourite but Shatskikh gets to it first, sending a screaming left-footer just wide across the face of goal.

Federov hoofs clear as the pressure builds

Still hope for the Gunners with Kiev retreating ever deeper

Kanu nods on for Henry. Another lay-off and this time Wiltord smashes right-footed from outside the box. But straight at the keeper

Cole is far too hasty in swiping right-footed after Henry's little lay-off in the box. The ball slides wide