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Emery and Ainsley's press conference: transcript

Unai Emery and Ainsley Maitland-Niles answered a wide range of questions on Wednesday as they faced the media ahead of our game against Qarabag.

Some of the topics under discussion were Laurent Koscielny's return, Mesut Ozil, racism in football and more.

Read on for a full transcript:

on how will approach the game in terms of squad rotation…
UE: Good afternoon. Our first aim in this competition, we have done, which was to be first in the group. But we respect this competition and we respect Qarabag and tomorrow our objective is to win and we are going to give players chances tomorrow to take responsibility, take rhythm and take confidence.