Bukayo Saka is ready to be available for Arsenal’s Premier League match against Chelsea on Sunday following his injury concern last weekend.
Within the 4-1 win away to Tottenham last Sunday, Saka fell awkwardly on his ankle and immediately signalled to the bench.
Saka was in a position to walk off the pitch unaided and was replaced by Noni Madueke within the closing stages of the sport.
Arsenal, who’re five points clear of Manchester City at the highest of the Premier League, will host Chelsea on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
When asked if Arsenal have any recent injury concerns for the sport against Liam Rosenior’s side, Arteta said on Friday: ‘No to date, we’re waiting for tomorrow, the last training session, to know if we now have one or two available from last week.
‘We’re hopeful. Max [Dowman] will play some minutes tonight with under-21s, Kai [Havertz] will train tomorrow and Ben [White], let’s see.’
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Chelsea, meanwhile, sit fifth within the Premier League after their 1-1 draw at home to Burnley last Saturday.
Earlier this month, Arsenal sealed a 1-0 win at home to Chelsea within the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final and Arteta is unsure whether Rosenior will adopt an analogous approach to the sport.
‘We don’t know, I mean, they’ve done various things, they’ll change throughout the sport,’ Arteta said.
‘They’ve the players and so they have a manager who could be very comfortable doing that, so we’re prepared, we’re going to be prepared for the possible scenarios that we are able to face throughout the sport, and take a look at to do higher than them.’
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