Arsenal news: Martin Odegaard injury update as Mikel Arteta 'disappointment' highlighted

Arsenal volition beryllium without a fig of cardinal players erstwhile they instrumentality connected Newcastle this weekend, with Mikel Arteta hoping his broadside tin prime up an important triumph astatine St James' Park

Arsenal are acceptable to instrumentality connected Newcastle today, with Mikel Arteta hoping his broadside tin get backmost to winning ways successful the Premier League.

Arsenal are without a triumph successful their past 2 league games, having suffered a 2-0 decision to Bournemouth and drawn 2-2 with rubric rivals Liverpool. Those results person near them 3rd successful the table, 5 points down defending champions Manchester City and 4 down Liverpool.

However, Arsenal volition beryllium without respective cardinal players erstwhile they instrumentality connected Eddie Howe's broadside astatine St James' Park. With that successful mind, Mirror Football has taken a look astatine each of the latest quality from the Emirates.

Odegaard wounded update

Arteta has revealed that skipper Martin Odegaard volition not beryllium available for their travel to Newcastle arsenic helium continues his betterment from an ankle injury.

Defender Ricciardo Calafiori volition besides miss the game, portion the availability of Ben White and Gabriel Magalhaes is successful doubt. "Riccardo and Martin are retired definitely," Arteta confirmed successful his pre-match property conference.

"With Ben, we don't cognize yet. He hasn't trained yet. He could not train, helium could not get involved, truthful let's hold and spot if he's available. We person a grooming league today. If [Gabriel] tin implicit that, he'll beryllium available."

Arsenal "disappointment"

Liverpool fable John Barnes was near "disappointed" with Arsenal's determination to beryllium backmost against the Reds, claiming it yet cost them the win.

"It was an fantabulous game," Barnes told the Sign Up – Into Football programme connected TNT Sports. "Arsenal were astir apt the amended squad successful the archetypal half, particularly erstwhile they went 2-1 up. At that point, I didn't deliberation Liverpool would travel back.

"But Arsenal sat backmost and allowed Liverpool to attack, which led to the equaliser. I'm pleased Liverpool showed resilience, but I was disappointed Arsenal didn't support pushing forward."

Arteta hails "rare" talent

Arteta has besides praised 17-year-old imaginable Ethan Nwaneri, branding him a "rare" endowment aft he starred successful Arsenal's Carabao Cup triumph implicit Preston.

"It is uncommon to spot a endowment similar this astatine 17 years old, that's true," Arteta said. "But erstwhile we gave him his debut successful the Premier League, determination was a batch of speech astir it but we didn't bash it due to the fact that helium was a gift, we did it due to the fact that we knew the pathway that we wanted to physique with him and we wanted to nonstop him a truly beardown motion astir however overmuch we spot him and however overmuch we wanted him to enactment with us.

"We are delighted to person him. I tin speech astir however bully helium is close now. At 17 years old, to beryllium successful a presumption similar helium is successful astatine 1 of the biggest clubs successful Europe, I deliberation sums up truly good the level that helium has. What is going to hap successful the aboriginal is chiefly is going to beryllium connected him and however overmuch helium wants it."

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