Arsenal injury news for Liverpool clash including Saka, Odegaard and Calafiori updates

Arsenal are sweating connected the fittingness of Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber for their Premier League crippled against Liverpool connected Sunday, with Martin Odegaard inactive ruled out

Mikel Arteta has insisted that Arsenal volition “be flying” by the clip they look Liverpool successful the Premier League connected Sunday – but helium has immoderate wounded concerns.

The Gunners request to bounce backmost successful the league pursuing their disappointing 2-0 loss astatine Bournemouth which ended their unbeaten commencement connected Saturday. Arteta’s broadside managed a 1-0 triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night, but the triumph came astatine a cost.

Riccardo Calafiori was forced disconnected with an injury and could articulation cardinal players Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka connected the sidelines this weekend. William Saliba played against Shakhtar but will beryllium absent against Liverpool owed to suspension, having been sent disconnected against Bournemouth.

Arteta tried to dependable upbeat successful his property league aft the constrictive triumph implicit Shakhtar. “We’ll review, person a time off, past 2 days to hole the game,” helium said. “Sunday is acold and we are much than comfy that we’ll beryllium successful the close place.” But the Gunners brag has immoderate sizeable issues to interest about. Mirror Football takes a look astatine the latest connected the wounded front.

Bukayo Saka

The Arsenal winger was astatine the Emirates Stadium connected Tuesday night, but alternatively than playing, helium sat successful the stands watching. Saka picked up an injury playing for England against Greece successful the planetary interruption and has missed the Bournemouth and Shakhtar matches.

While his contented is understood not to beryllium severe, and the archetypal prognosis was promising, that outlook has faded successful caller days. Asked astir Saka’s chances of playing against Liverpool earlier kick-off connected Tuesday night, Arteta said: "At the infinitesimal I'm not precise hopeful. Let's see. We inactive person a fewer days."

He gave a likewise gloomy outlook aft the lucifer too, telling Amazon: "Saka is not grooming yet truthful helium won't beryllium available.” The 23-year-old has 3 goals and 7 assists for Arsenal this play and would undoubtedly beryllium a large miss this weekend.

Martin Odegaard

Odegaard won’t beryllium acceptable capable to play against Liverpool, but the Arsenal skipper offered an encouraging update successful the programme notes for the Shakhtar game.

“I’ve been moving precise hard connected my betterment successful the past fewer weeks, and missing retired connected large Champions League nights similar this conscionable makes maine much determined and motivated to get backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible,” helium wrote.

“I’m feeling amended and amended each day, but erstwhile it’s an ankle wounded you person ups and downs arsenic well. Some days you consciousness truly good, and past sometimes you tin person a small reaction. But successful wide it’s getting amended and I consciousness similar I’m getting person now.

“I’ve been doing a batch of enactment successful the gym, and was connected an anti-gravity treadmill recently, which is truly bully due to the fact that it takes the value off. Especially astatine the beginning, that was truly good, to beryllium moving again similar that erstwhile you’ve been offloading the limb and not utilizing it arsenic overmuch arsenic normal. That was a bully feeling, helping maine get backmost to moving successful a mean way, and being capable to tally aft not being capable to bash that.”

Arteta has antecedently stated that helium is assured Odegaard volition beryllium backmost earlier the November planetary break. He has been sidelined since picking up an ankle wounded portion playing for Norway connected September 9.

Riccardo Calafiori

Calafiori was forced disconnected successful the 72nd minute against Shakhtar with an evident genu injury. The Italy planetary volition present beryllium assessed by the Arsenal staff. “Ricci felt thing and could not enactment on," Arteta told Amazon aft the 1-0 victory. "Bit of a worry."

The Arsenal brag added successful his post-match property conference: “With Ricci helium had to travel disconnected due to the fact that helium felt something. I don’t cognize the grade of it truthful successful that consciousness not large news.”

Ben White

White was substituted astatine half-time against Shakhtar, sparking fears helium mightiness person picked up an injury. But asked wherefore helium took him off, Arteta replied: “Ben, it was my determination to instrumentality him out. He had a yellowish paper and we’ve played capable with 10 men successful caller periods. They had a batch of density connected that side, a batch of players connected that side, truthful I didn’t privation to instrumentality immoderate chances there.”

Jurrien Timber

Timber has not played since the 2-0 triumph implicit Paris Saint-Germain connected October 1. He was expected backmost aft the planetary break, but has not featured against Bournemouth oregon Shakhtar.

Speaking connected Monday, Arteta said: “It is going to beryllium close. We person to spot however helium deals with grooming with the full group. But helium is beauteous close.” It seems, therefore, Timber could instrumentality for the Liverpool game.

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Tomiyasu suffered a setback connected the genu wounded sustained successful pre-season and aft making a comeback arsenic a precocious substitute against Southampton, helium aggravated it.

Asked however agelong Tomiyasu volition beryllium retired for, Arteta said recently: "We don’t cognize that. It doesn’t look like, hopefully, a agelong play but we person to spot erstwhile helium comes backmost however helium reacts to the load and to the interaction connected the transportation arsenic well.

"But we truly request him, helium has been incredible, his enactment rate, the magnitude of hours helium has enactment successful to get back. He did it and helium was successful large signifier – and present helium has got thing other again. But, we are each down him. He needs our enactment and hopefully helium volition beryllium fine."

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