Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hopeful Ethan Nwaneri will return soon as the youngster is back working on the training pitch. Nwaneri has been out of action since the start of this month after picking up a muscle injury during Arsenal’s draw at Brighton.

There is never a good time to lose a north London derby but for both Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou a defeat on Wednesday would only serve to further rile fanbases whose murmurs of discontent have grown more audible.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has shared heartfelt advice for Bukayo Saka, urging him to use his painful injury downtime to come back "a better person". The empathetic boss pledged full support to Saka during his road to recovery after his hamstring surgery following an injury in the 5-1 triumph at Crystal Palace.