Riccardo Calafiori harm: Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta’s issues mount forward of Liverpool sport | Soccer Information

Mikel Arteta says Riccardo Calafiori’s suspected knee harm is “not great news” for Arsenal forward of Sunday’s crunch sport in opposition to Liverpool within the Premier League – dwell on Sky Sports activities.

Arsenal’s laboured 1-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on the Emirates was overshadowed by Calafiori having to come back off injured within the second half after a clumsy fall.

Left-back Calafiori, changed by teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly, is the newest participant on Arsenal’s rising checklist of potential absentees forward of an enormous sport within the league in opposition to leaders Liverpool.

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“He had to come off because he felt something,” Arteta mentioned of Calafiori after the sport. “I don’t know the extent of it so in that sense not great news.”

Arsenal will probably be with out William Saliba in defence via suspension after his crimson card within the league defeat at Bournemouth, whereas Jurrien Timber has not performed for the reason that begin of the month because of an harm.

Arteta can be unable to name on defensive duo Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney due to long-term harm points, leaving him with restricted choices in opposition to Liverpool if Calafiori and Timber are unable to recuperate in time.

Martin Odegaard is one other that continues to be out, whereas Bukayo Saka has missed the final two video games with a hamstring drawback, picked up with England. His harm standing will probably be an enormous focus within the coming days.

Arteta didn’t appear hopeful about Saka’s probabilities earlier than the sport. “I don’t know, he wasn’t able to train yet, so that’s unlikely,” he informed Amazon Prime.

Ben White was eliminated at half-time in opposition to Shakhtar after choosing up a reserving and Arteta clarified after the sport that this was solely achieved to forestall one other sending off for his facet, quite than due to an harm.

“It was my decision to take him out,” mentioned Arteta. “He had a yellow card and we’ve played enough with 10 men in recent periods. They had a lot of density on that side, a lot of players on that side, so I didn’t want to take any chances there.”

Arteta: ‘Drained’ Arsenal will probably be flying come Sunday

Arsenal appeared “tired” by their very own supervisor’s admission in opposition to Shakhtar, hardly encouraging forward of the go to of Liverpool, however he’s assured that his facet will probably be re-energised by Sunday.

“We played two nights ago with players coming from internationals after flying from Brazil and many countries,” mentioned Arteta, requested if he was involved the fatigue would impression the Liverpool sport.

“I was expecting a bit of a drop off. And the fact that we put so much in the first half and didn’t get the distance in terms of the scoreline, I think we paid a bit for that.

“Then we made life harder for us as a result of we began give the ball away in not the best areas after which it was extra open. That did not assist. However we have now now 4 days. Imagine me, come Sunday we’ll be flying.”

He added: “We’ll assessment, have a day without work, then two days to arrange the sport. Sunday is way and we’re greater than snug that we’ll be in the best place.”

Arsenal’s upcoming fixtures

Liverpool (H) – Premier League – Sunday, October 27 – dwell on Sky Sports activities

Preston North Finish (A) – Carabao Cup – Wednesday, October 30 – dwell on Sky Sports activities

Newcastle United (A) – Premier League – Saturday, November 2

Inter Milan (A) – UEFA Champions League – Wednesday, November 6

Chelsea (A) – Premier League – Sunday, November 10 – dwell on Sky Sports activities

Nottingham Forest (H) – Premier League – Saturday, November 23

Sporting Lisbon (A) – UEFA Champions League – Tuesday, November 26

West Ham United (A) – Premier League – Saturday, November 30 – dwell on Sky Sports activities