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Team news: Rice and Jesus start at Atalanta

Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus have returned to our starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League opener against Atalanta.

The England midfielder sat out the north London derby on Sunday due to suspension, but is back tonight to line up alongside Thomas Partey in midfield, while Jesus is named as captain, with Jorginho and Leandro Trossard dropping to the bench.

The Brazilian scored in all four of his Champions League starts last season - only Filippo Inzaghi, Diego Costa, Neymar and Sebastien Haller have scored in each of their first five starts for a specific club in the competition.