Arsenal news as Mikel Arteta faces multiple late injury decisions to make against Chelsea with crisis getting worse Once more, Mikel Arteta faces an anxious wait to see just how many of his squad will be available to play. It is a common theme that has plagued the season to date and threatens to see Arsenal fall away if results don’t turn.
Luckily for Arteta, Manchester City are struggling – losing four in a row in all competitions for the first time since 2006 after squandering a 1-0 lead away to Brighton on Saturday. Unfortunately, the task at hand is far from simple for the Arsenal head coach.
Although he boasts a mightily strong record at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are a team playing with a fair degree of confidence after starting the campaign well under Enzo Maresca. Like Arteta, though, Maresca has a big Cole Palmer-sized injury worry to contend with.
We will have to wait to see how they react,” Arteta explained on Friday of the pair. “Kai had a nasty cut so we had to take him off. With Mikel he wasn’t feeling great the day before so we had to sub him at half time.”
If that leaves much to be decided late on for the journey across London to SW6 then Declan Rice is in the same camp. He didn’t even travel to Inter for Champions League duty after picking up a knock against Newcastle.