Morning.
A quick Leicester preview for you, and like the midweek game it’s nice to be at home again for a Premier League encounter after some tough away days so far this season. In terms of the team news, it seems that David Raya is a significant doubt, with Mikel Arteta saying they needed another 24 hours to assess a muscular injury. That’s really not a lot of time for things to improve sufficiently.
If he does miss out, there is an experienced option to call on though. Neto was cup-tied for the game against Bolton, but will be available today if we’re without Raya. I don’t want to say it’s a good time to lose a player, because the injuries this season have been too much already and our keeper has probably been our player of the season so far, but the fixture list ought to make his absence less of an issue that it might have been a few weeks ago.
The manager was positive about Jurrien Timber, who was in training, and also Ben White, so hopefully they’re both ready to go. Quite which combination of full-backs he picks remains to be seen. It might be as much about who is most ready, but we’ll see a bit later on. I think Thomas Partey will come back into midfield alongside Declan Rice, and while there’s a compelling case to lean into the talent and potential of 17 year Ethan Nwaneri after his midweek exploits, I’d be a bit surprised to see him start.
I think we’ll see either Leandro Trossard or Gabriel Jesus nominally start as the centre-forward, with Kai Havertz a little further back, flanked by Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka. There’s also Raheem Sterling to consider after a good showing on his first start, so the options are there.
I think today there will be some interesting focus on what Arsenal can do at the top end of the pitch. You go away in a North London derby, then away at Atalanta, then away at Man City with 10 men, your defensive strength is going to be tested. Most people understand that – unless they steadfastly refuse to…
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