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Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin will start Tuesday's Champions League Group D match against Borussia Dortmund, according to his team-mate Damian Emi Martinez.
The 19-year-old, who has made just one Capital One Cup appearance for the Gunners, was put on standby on Monday when Arsene Wenger revealed the club are facing a defensive injury crisis.
Wenger revealed first-choice full-back Mathieu Debuchy will miss a considerable period after sustaining ligament damage against Manchester City on Saturday.
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Debuchy's obvious understudy Calum Chambers was rated at only '50/50' for the match in Dortmund, after coming down with tonsillitis, paving the way for Bellerin to make his Arsenal bow against Jurgen Klopp's charges.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">All the best to my brother <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/HectorBellerin" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-178331-https://twitter.com/HectorBellerin" data-vars-event-id="c23">@HectorBellerin</a> as he starts his first game for Arsenal <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/quality?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-178331-https://twitter.com/hashtag/quality?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#quality</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/0KqVUPBdAr" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-178331-http://t.co/0KqVUPBdAr" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/0KqVUPBdAr</a>— Damian Emi Martinez (@emimartinezz1) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/emimartinezz1/status/511909166659948544" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-178331-https://twitter.com/emimartinezz1/status/511909166659948544" data-vars-event-id="c23">September 16, 2014</a>
And goalkeeper Martinez has suggested on social media that the Spaniard will be named in Wenger's XI for the Champions League opener.
The club's third-choice stopper took to social media and posted a message of good luck with an accompanying picture.
He tweeted: "All the best to my brother @HectorBellerin as he starts his first game for Arsenal #quality"
