Arsenal will hope to welcome back a few of their injured stars for today’s Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.
William Saliba and Leandro Trossard each began against Chelsea within the Carabao Cup midweek despite being doubts ahead of kick-off.
The Gunners emerged from that clash at Stamford Bridge with none fresh issues with Viktor Gyokeres also grabbing a goal that may very well be enough to preserve his place within the starting XI for an additional week.
Riccardo Calafiori was once more absent that night having not played for the reason that win over Crystal Palace before Christmas, pulling up within the warm-up in the next game against Brighton.
As per usual, Mikel Arteta was giving absolutely nothing away when asked on the status of his injured contingent on Friday but did suggest within the week the Italy international was ‘weeks away’ from his return.
Piero Hincapie was one other who missed out midweek after suffering a hamstring injury in the sport against Liverpool.
The Ecuador international had been filling in for Calafiori at left-back in recent weeks with Myles Lewis-Skelly starting last weekend against Portsmouth.
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Arteta nevertheless opted to call Jurrien Timber at left-back against Chelsea ahead of the Gunners teen with Ben White on the suitable.
Cristhian Mosquera meanwhile can also be recovering from an ankle injury with Max Dowman still sidelined with an ankle ligament injury.
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Kai Havertz’s return to motion and the supply of Gabriel Jesus has given Arteta a choice to make up top.
But for now, he has continued to position his face in Gyokeres who played 82 minutes against Chelsea.
Havertz got here off the bench against each Portsmouth and Chelsea but may not be ready to start out just yet after his five months out.
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal TV channel, live stream and kick-off time
Forest vs Arsenal kicks off tonight (17 January) at 5:30pm.
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