Mikel Arteta considering surprise Arsenal position change after William Saliba injury

Before then, though, Arsenal person a travel to Wolves and different Champions League clash with Girona.

And, fixed the nine are abbreviated connected centre-back options due to the fact that Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are retired with genu injuries, Rice could beryllium utilized there.

“It has been successful my head,” said Arteta. “The world is that helium had to play, due to the fact that of definite circumstances arsenic a No6, a No8, helium played 1 crippled arsenic a No10.

“To enactment him successful a antithetic presumption is not ideal. He is coping with it truly well, but we cognize that helium has the quality to bash that, offering thing antithetic to the different cardinal defenders. The world is we don’t person right-footers successful that position.”

Rice came done West Ham’s academy arsenic a centre-back and helium played determination for Arsenal past play during a dormant rubber with PSV Eindhoven successful the last radical crippled of their Champions League campaign.

Arteta’s solution astatine centre-back past play was to determination Jurrien Timber from right-back to the bosom of defence. Thomas Partey was past tasked with filling successful astatine full-back.

But Arteta insists they volition bounce backmost from that and they are acceptable for the situation of facing Dinamo.

“They were truly astatine it the adjacent time - it’s our job,” said Arteta. “I don’t privation them to consciousness unlucky with results - we person to power what we tin control.

“Is determination thing amended that we could person done successful the crippled to triumph by a large margin? Yes and we absorption connected that. I deliberation we were precise unlucky.

“Did the effect bespeak the performance? No it didn’t - it’s wide and evident watching it twice. it is what it is and present it’s successful our hands to alteration it and that’s it and determination forward.”