Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he was desperate to get their Champions League win over Partizan Belgrade out of the way.

There was a chance the match would not have gone ahead if the floodlights had failed.

Wenger said: "I thought it would be terrible to go home and not play.

"I encouraged UEFA when they asked me 'do you want to play even if one corner is off?,' I said 'yes, as long as the referee is happy with it'.

"Overall it was acceptable."

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