With Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka starting for England in their Nations League match against Greece, Arsenal had a number of players representing their countries during the international break.

Given that George Baldock had close connections to both countries, the devastating news of his death dominated the back pages before the game even began.

Lee Carsley started the game without a striker, using Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in the False 9 role despite bringing on Ollie Watkins and Dominic Solanke. The clear star of the show was Benfica forward Vangelis Pavlidis, who scored a brace in his home backyard that devastated English supporters.

How did the Arsenal players do during the match?Playing for just 52 minutes, Bukayo Saka put on a relatively quiet display before being replaced by Noni Madueke. He was sadly unable to finish the game, and I’m hoping this wasn’t a catastrophic injury. Perhaps it’s time to summon the Dark Arts and return him to London Colney, making sure he misses this weekend’s second Nations League match against Finland.

Declan Rice put on another aggressive display during his ninety minutes of play, receiving a booking in the process.

Greece is now ahead of England in the standings.