After defeating Nottingham Forest 3-0, our first team team was back in the thick of things at the Sobha Realty Training Centre, enjoying a final training session before leaving for Lisbon.

In an attempt to end their unbeaten start to the league stage of this season and to tie our opponents at the end of matchday five, they will travel to the home of Sporting CP, the current Portuguese champions, on Tuesday.

That was the main goal of Mikel Arteta’s practice today, as his players were told his plan and hoped to bring back to the United States the three points they so badly need.