Former Arsenal man Sokratis races out to block Smith Rowe’s shot and the ball rebounds into the midfielder’s face - they are both down and needing treatment. Sokratis appears to have taken a crack on the shin.

Here we go - we’re underway. 3-1 to Arsenal from the first leg.

The players are on the pitch and we’re almost ready to go. Arteta offering some last-minute words of encouragement.

Start time quickly closing in - surely there’s no way the Gunners slip-up from this point? An early goal would settle any nerves.

Of course, it’s worth noting Arsenal have been to several finals in European competition since they last won a trophy on the Continent: the 93/94 Cup Winners’ Cup.

Following that triumph, they reached the ‘95 final in the same competition, the 2000 UEFA Cup final, the ‘06 Champions League final and the aforementioned 2019 Europa League final - all ended in defeat.

The Gunners have a very strong recent record, so getting to the quarters isn’t exactly ground-breaking - though it will be a step forward from last year.

In 19/20 they went out to Olympiacos in the round of 32 stage, so there’s an element of revenge too.

But two years ago Arsenal reached the final and were runners-up, while in 17/18 they were Europa League semi-finalists.

Nicolas Pepe has played the most minutes in the Europa League for Arsenal this season. He starts again - can he force his way into the line-up domestically with a good showing here?

Pepe is also, along with Bukayo Saka, the player with most assists for the Gunners in Europe and the joint-top scorer in the competition for Mikel Arteta’s men.

After progressing from the group stage, Arsenal saw off Benfica in a narrow aggregate victory in the last 32 - now they are well-placed to reach the quarter-finals.

Olympiacos knocked out PSV Eindhoven in the last round after a late goal in the second leg - but they’ve work on tonight if they want to go further.

Olympiacos 1 (El-Arabi 58’)

Arsenal 3 (Odegaard 34’, Gabriel 79’, Elneny 85’)

With the away strikes and the two-goal lead, the Gunners have to be hugely confident of progression tonight - but there’s still a job to do. Here’s a reminder of that first leg and what happened: