There are four London-born players on the 30-man shortlist for this year’s Ballon d’Or, and three of them will be on the pitch when Arsenal meet Atalanta in northern Italy on Thursday night. You can probably guess two quite easily: Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice are among the most recognisable faces in the European game.

David Raya's goalkeeping heroics ensured that Arsenal were only held to a goalless draw at Atalanta on Thursday in a tough start to their campaign in the revamped Champions League. They closest anyone came to scoring after Raya's miraculous goalkeeping was when Atalanta substitute Juan Cuadrado fired two long-range rockets first just over and then inches wide as both teams settled for a draw.