Arsenal star to play against Chelsea despite suffering broken toe

Tony MoganPublished Nov 7, 2024, 5:37pm|Updated Nov 7, 2024, 5:38pm

Declan Rice is expected to play done the symptom obstruction erstwhile Arsenal instrumentality connected Chelsea this play aft suffering a breached toe.

The Gunners midfielder suffered the wounded during past Saturday’s 1-0 decision astatine Newcastle, missing the midweek travel to Inter Milan arsenic a result.

Rice was included successful Lee Carsley’s England squad for Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland, contempt being incapable to bid this week.

Reports suggest the erstwhile West Ham United prima has been incapable to adjacent get a footwear connected the ft wherever helium has suffered the interruption but is inactive prepared to propulsion done and play connected Sunday astatine Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal person failed to triumph successful their past 3 Premier League games with their Champions League decision to Inter adding to their woes.

The Gunners person slipped to 5th spot successful the Premier League arsenic a result, level connected points with Chelsea up of their Sunday showdown and 7 down league leaders Liverpool.

‘Declan unluckily picked an wounded against Newcastle,’ Mikel Arteta said earlier this week.

‘He was capable to decorativeness and helium wasn’t feeling bully the past fewer days. We’ll person to measure him connected Thursday and spot if he’s acceptable for Chelsea.’

Should helium travel done that crippled unscathed, Rice is besides acceptable to play for England successful those forthcoming planetary games against Greece and Ireland.

Mikel Merino and Thomas Partey started successful midfield successful Rice’s lack successful Italy with the Spain planetary progressive successful 2 first-half punishment incidents.

Inter were awarded a punishment successful arguable circumstances erstwhile the shot struck Merino’s limb connected the changeable of fractional time, a determination that infuriated Arteta aft his broadside saw their ain punishment appeals turned down 15 minutes earlier.

Merino was ‘punched successful the head’ by Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer arsenic helium roseate to conscionable a cross. The midfielder was substituted astatine half-time soon after.

‘He was not concussed,’ Arteta explained. ‘But yesterday and contiguous helium was already not feeling great. After, erstwhile I looked astatine him, I decided to instrumentality him disconnected due to the fact that I request him 100%.’

Martin Odegaard meantime made his instrumentality disconnected the seat successful wounded clip successful Italy pursuing a three-month layoff with an ankle injury.

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