For three seasons, Mikel Arteta has resisted playing Oleksandr Zinchenko in midfield. It is the position he played until Pep Guardiola converted him into an inverted left-back — and still often does for Ukraine — but he has been all but phased out of the team in the last 12 months.

Arsenal set up a Champions League quarter-final against holders Real Madrid with a 9-3 aggregate win over PSV Eindhoven after a 2-2 draw in the second leg of their last-16 clash on Wednesday.