Fener boss expecting Turkish delight

Fenerbahce coach Ersun Yanal is determined his side will take a defendable lead back to London from tonight’s meeting with Arsenal at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in the first leg of their crunch Champions League play-off.

The Turkish side — their place in European competition yet subject to a full hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being found guilty of match-fixing by Uefa — will be out to heap more misery on the Gunners, who were booed off after they lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa on the opening day of the new Premier League season.

Arsenal won 5-2 the last time they visited the Asian side of Istanbul in the 2008/2009 campaign, but Yanal is determined there will be no repeat when the sides go head to head again tonight.