Arsenal play their second game of their new Europa League campaign tonight.
The Gunners started off extremely well in the competition in mid-September against Ukrainian
side Vorslka Poltava, running out 4-2 winners in the home game at the Emirates.
However, they will have to do it without two particular key members of Emery's squad.
Whilst Aaron Ramsey has not travelled because his wife is heavily pregnant with twins, Henrikh
Mkhitaryan will avoid tonight's clash reportedly due to tensions between his home country of
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Though politics has often been brought to the fore in the beautiful game.
- most recently with Xherdan Shaqiri's 'finger-eagle' celebration to represent his Albanian/Kosovan
heritage against Serbia in the World Cup - it is most unusual that a player has had to avoid
a high-profile fixture.
This, however, is not the first time Mkhitaryan has missed a fixture in the country, having
avoided an encounter whilst playing for former club Borussia Dortmund.
The more important concern remains that if Arsenal emulate the antics of last season
and progress past the final four, the final is to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital.
If the issue still remains, that could ultimately mean Mkhitaryan could miss out on participating
altogether in the final stage for silverware.
The Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov has targeted the 29-year-old and levelled accusations that
hint at cowardice
This is the first time the two sides have met, yet in the four previous occasions Qarabağ
have come up against an English team, they've lost.
Whilst it's obviously positive news for Ramsey's failure to travel, the fixture
does come in the midst of failed talks regarding a contract extension, with the Welshman expected
to leave at the end of the season.
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