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MIKEL ARTETA is having sleepless nights and getting “tummy ache” implicit picking his ravaged Arsenal squad to look Liverpool.
The Gunners brag indispensable bash without the suspended William Saliba and is besides sweating connected the fittingness of Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber.
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And with injured skipper Martin Odegaard inactive missing, Arteta says helium has nary fears astir fielding the kids arsenic the Londoners purpose to debar falling 7 points down Arne Slot’s Prem leaders connected Sunday.
Spaniard Arteta, 42, revealed: “Normally, I similar to spell to furniture with the line-up successful my caput truthful I tin slumber similar a baby.
“But sometimes it cannot beryllium arsenic you person to hold for the adjacent day.
“Sometimes 2 oregon 3 days before, you already person the idea, ‘Against this squad this is what I americium going to do’ — but erstwhile you person uncertainty with injuries it is tricky.
“The accent comes from 2 things. First, erstwhile you don’t person options, what bash you do? And past you get successful the shoes of the players.
“And each clip you marque a determination it is simply a affirmative 1 for idiosyncratic and not truthful affirmative for one.
“That’s what causes a small spot of tummy ache but that happens each week.
“The process of choosing the line-up and knowing however everyone volition consciousness astir it.
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“There is going to beryllium a batch of possibilities, a batch of ifs.
“Probably the squad that we commencement won’t beryllium the squad that finishes.
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“How prepared we are to marque the changes we request to?
“Get connected with it. Show your teeth. Show however overmuch you privation it.
“We cognize however bully we are and however hard we tin beryllium for the opponents.
“You request the squad prepared. When you suffer your captain, that’s a large thing. When you suffer your cardinal defender, a full-back, different full-back, a striker, a winger. . .
“The squad has to person the resources. First of all, mentally to accommodate and past support the aforesaid content that adjacent similar this we’re a large team.”
Star winger Saka, 23, faces a precocious fittingness trial connected a hamstring wounded picked up successful England’s Nations League clash with Greece 16 days ago.
Defender Calafiori, 22, volition person much tests connected his genu today, portion full-back Timber, 23, is inactive struggling with a musculus issue.
Myles Lewis-Skelly, who was a sub successful Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk, could get his archetypal Prem commencement astatine left-back.
Asked whether helium would beryllium frightened to commencement the 18-year-old successful specified a large game, Arteta said: “No. He is successful contention.
“Myles came connected the different nighttime and helium did truly well. He is simply a first-team player.”
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Arsenal ratings vs Shakhtar: Jesus reminds fans of his prime but Trossard flops for mediocre Gunners
ARSENAL continued their unbeaten tally successful the Champions League with a 1-0 triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk - but it was acold from a convincing performance.
Gabriel Martinelli orchestrated the decisive extremity erstwhile his low-driven onslaught deed the station and deflected successful disconnected the backmost of goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk.
Here’s however SunSport’s Tony Robertson rated the Gunners…
DAVID RAYA - 7
Seldom asked to bash overmuch speech from recycle the shot to Gabriel oregon Saliba until the last stages
Pushed a perchance unsafe transverse retired of information successful the 84th minute. Pulled retired a magnificent low prevention successful wounded clip earlier claiming a unsafe transverse to support his cleanable sheet.
BEN WHITE - 6
Back successful astatine right-back contiguous and played arsenic if helium had ne'er been retired of the team.
Received a yellowish paper successful the 34th minute. Subbed astatine half-time for Mikel Merino.
WILLIAM SALIBA - 7
In the squad aft his reddish paper against Bournemouth, played similar his typically assured self marshalling the defence.
One oregon 2 sloppy passes precocious successful the 2nd fractional but different tin person nary complaints with another solid performance.
GABRIEL MAGALHAES - 5
Sloppily gave the shot distant to manus the visitors a unsafe accidental retired of nothing. Had different lapse conscionable aft the opener but successful the extremity helium was bailed retired by Calafiori.
Marked betterment successful the 2nd half.
RICCARDO CALAFIORI - 6
Skied a aureate accidental implicit the barroom aft six minutes. Tested the goalkeeper again aft 24 minutes.
Dragged his ft and went down injured aft skipping nether a tackle successful the 67th minute. Replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly successful 71st minute.
THOMAS PARTEY - 6
Comfortable evening successful midfield for him. Recycled the shot good erstwhile astatine his feet and kept play ticking over.
Moved to close backmost arsenic White was hooked but didn't person excessively galore worries. When helium was caught retired of presumption Rice was capable to cover.
DECLAN RICE - 6
Like Partey, helium had a quiescent nighttime successful midfield with Shakhtar incapable to clasp meaningful possession.
Moved into the six arsenic White was hooked and Partey moved to right-back. Cut retired a unsafe debased transverse astatine the borderline of the area.
LEANDRO TROSSARD - 4
Nothing rather went close for him each nighttime with immoderate sloppy touches ending attacks and putting Arsenal successful trouble.
Summed up his nighttime by missing a 77th infinitesimal punishment and was hooked successful the 88th minute.
GABRIEL JESUS - 8
Wore the captain's armband and looked agleam down the close wing.
Denied a well-deserved extremity by the feet of the keeper successful the 43rd infinitesimal aft Havertz played him in.
Second fractional saw much bully nexus play, but ne'er had different accidental to extremity his extremity drought arsenic helium was replaced by Sterling successful the 68th minute.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI - 7
Grew into the crippled pursuing a quiescent commencement and was rewarded with a goal, of sorts, aft 30 minutes.
Brazilian chopped wrong from the near helping earlier firing a changeable to the adjacent station earlier the changeable rebounded disconnected the woodwork and deed the goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk to spell successful the net.
KAI HAVERTZ - 7
Centimeters away from getting Arsenal's 2nd successful the 39th infinitesimal aft Jesus squared a volley backmost crossed goal.
Returned the favour to acceptable up his team-mate moments aboriginal lone for the goalkeeper to forestall a goal.
Won a free-kick astatine the precise extremity of the crippled to tally the timepiece down.
SUBS
Mikel Merino (on for White HT) - 6
Some bully touches and stitched play unneurotic well. A coagulated yet unspectacular performance.
Raheem Sterling (on for Jesus 68 mins) - 6
Tried to play connected the enarthrosis of the past antheral but did not person the gait find the wide chopped accidental helium would person liked.
Myles Lewis-Skelly (on for Calafiori 71 mins) - 6
Slotted successful astatine left-back and was not acrophobic to amusement for the shot but often did not person it portion tucking infield.
Jorginho (on for Trossard 88 mins) - N/A
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