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Andy Ha

Arsenal fans will love Hector Bellerin's Twitter message to Reiss Nelson ahead of Vitoria clash

Hector Bellerin has been having some fun at London Colney ahead of Arsenal's Europa League clash against Vitoria.

The Arsenal defender was in full training alongside the rest of his teammates as Unai Emery's side prepare to take on the Portuguese side looking to make it four wins from four from Group F.

The Gunners only need one point from their remaining three games to qualify for the knock-out rounds, and Bellerin was clearly in relaxed mood ahead of the clash.

The Arsenal defender posted a picture of himself and Reiss Nelson, who was shivering, with the humorous caption: 'It's not that cold. Stop acting.'

Both Bellerin and Nelson have been included in Arsenal's 18-man squad to face Vitoria on Wednesday, but Gunners boss Emery has left out Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and David Luiz have also been rested ahead of the weekend's trip to Leicester.

Arsenal sit fifth in the Premier League after the 1-1 draw with Wolves, and will be aware they cannot drop any more points if they want to avoid being cut adrift of the top four.

Speaking after the game on Saturday, Emery said: "Really, we worked very well today in a different tactical situation. We didn't concede a big transition with big chances, we went 1-0 up, created chances to score the second but we needed more efficiency in that action.

"When we were winning 1-0, we knew in one minute they could score and they did. We were controlling the match a lot of times like we prepared, when they drew level the match changed again so we started to push and get in their box. We didn't create really big chances but I think we close to scoring the second goal but didn't.

"The result is a bad result but tactically, I think we worked like we wanted. The players tried, we worked and we have to think about the next match."

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