Arsenal star could miss Man City clash as Mikel Arteta issues worrying injury update

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal spell into Sunday's gathering with Manchester City six points wide of Pep Guardiola's side, but they could beryllium missing a cardinal player

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya could look a contention against clip for Sunday's Premier League sojourn of Manchester City.

Spain planetary Raya missed the Gunners' Champions League triumph implicit Girona connected Wednesday with an unspecified wounded issue, with Arteta refusing to spell into details aft the lucifer and simply stating "he surely could not play."

The Gunners brag heaped further uncertainty connected Raya's imaginable enactment against City astatine his property league connected Friday, saying: "David we’re inactive uncertain. We person different league tomorrow. We person 48 hours truthful we volition person to see."

Arteta - who added that Ben White is inactive not acceptable to instrumentality from his genu occupation - would beryllium apt to crook to back-up goalkeeper Neto for the City clash should Raya not beryllium acceptable enough, but the on-loan Brazilian made an mistake for Arnaut Danjuma to springiness Girona the pb successful midweek.

The Gunners brag has sought to play down Arsenal's rivalry with City, who they finished conscionable down successful the past 2 seasons arsenic Pep Guardiola's champions racked up their 3rd and 4th successive league titles.

Both sides played retired a fiery lucifer successful September erstwhile Gunners guardant Leandro Trossard was sent disconnected and City's John Stones scored successful the dying seconds to salvage a 2-2 draw, with Erling Haaland bouncing the shot disconnected Gabriel's caput successful celebration.

"It (the rivalry) is normal," said Arteta, who worked astatine City arsenic Pep Guardiola's adjunct manager anterior to becoming Gunners boss. "It is 2 teams trying to win."

City person experienced an alarming drop-off this season, but contempt being six points up of Guardiola's broadside the Gunners are besides six points down league leaders Liverpool, who volition question to agelong their pb to 9 astatine Bournemouth connected Saturday.

Whatever happens determination though, Arteta - who refused to beryllium drawn connected a determination for Aston Villa guardant Ollie Watkins - is assured that a triumph implicit City could beryllium monolithic for Arsenal successful the rubric race.

"It would beryllium a large boost for us," helium said. "Winning large matches is ever thing special. Every clip we play a large lucifer against our rivals, it brings thing extra."

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