Borussia Dortmund will top group

The opening game in Group D tonight was suggested by many as the game that would give us an indication as to which team would finish top. If that is to be the case, then it will make pleasant reading for Borussia Dortmund after they comfortably overcame an Arsenal side lacking ideas, desire and defenders.

Arsenal missing Olivier Giroud

Often a figure of ridicule, however, Arsenal fans would’ve loved to have seen their injured Frenchman leading the line tonight. The jury is still out on Deadline Day signing Danny Welbeck and, after that performance, the former Manchester United striker won’t be keeping Oli G out once he returns from the sidelines.

Mesut Ozil needs to be dropped

When you’re a club’s record signing, the pressure to deliver is greater than anything they will have experienced before.

Since his arrival from Real Madrid, Ozil has been on the decline which has brought out the critics in full force.

Maybe a few games on the bench will help the German international recharge his batteries and rediscover his devastating form?