Arsenal welcome Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk to the Emirates for their Champions League Group H encounter.

Arsenal have the cushion they wanted! They haven't even really got out of third gear tonight yet they still find themselves two up going into the break.

GOAL! NASRI MAKES IT TWO! It's a cracking finish from the Frenchman who controls Song's deflected cross, taking it past Srna in the process, before firing past Pyatov!

Rat fires over the bar now as Shakhtar finally cause some concern in the Arsenal back line...

It goes to the near post and Hubschman but he can't control it and the ball is cleared.

Teixeira wins a corner for Shakhtar! It's their first of the night... could be danger here...

Kucher plays the ball out of play as another Shakhtar move ends in nothing...

Nothing much happening at the moment... but here goes Nasri who lays it off for Clichy to deliver a cross... overhit and the move breaks down.

The Gunners look to buld from the back.... Wilshere is the architect, sitting just outside the centre circle as they look for a way through.

Rat piles into the back of Rosicky and Arsenal have a free-kick...

But here they come now with Mkhitaryan who crosses into the box... Djourou clears but only as far as Srna... but the opposition skipper can't do anything with it and the move breaks down.

Shakhtar aren't really at the races at the moment... it's difficult to see where an equaliser is going to come from.

Arsenal have won penalties in six of their last nine Champions league games at the Emirates Stadium and each of their last three.

Wilshere loses his boot as he marauds forward... Fabregas is pulled up for a foul on Teixeira moments later.

Luiz Adriano is pulled up for handball in the Arsenal box....

Arsenal are bossing things at the moment... in fact, Fabianski has hardly had a thing to do all night.

There have been six penalties in the last five Champions League matches involving Arsenal.

Rosicky hits the deck in the box... but it's nothing more than a shoulder barge from Rat and the ref waves play on.

Wilshere is late on Hubschman... the referee decides to have a word with the youngster rather than book him, which he would have been well within his rights to do.

Chamakh too is looking the real deal tonight. His aerial power has given the Shakhtar defence a few problems already.

Nasri gets the better of Srna on the Arsenal left... his delivery in the end is poor but the Frenchman looks up for it tonight!

NASRI! Oooh! Close to a second for Arsenal as Chamakh wins another header... he knocks it down for Nasri who fires on target! This time Pyatov's handling is better and he holds on to make the save!