Arsenal star William Saliba was unexpectedly out injured for the huge Premier League clash against Chelsea and Mikel Arteta has issued the latest update.

Arsenal have several injury concerns facing the side after their win against Brentford, with Declan Rice and Cristhian Mosquera the latest concerns for Mikel Arteta.

Mikel Arteta has been told Arsenal have the ‘best player in the Premier League’ after the Gunners continued their title charge with a routine win over Brentford. Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-0 victory over London rivals Brentford on Wednesday night.

Arsenal beat Brentford 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday as Mikel Arteta’s much-changed side scored early and late to seal a routine victory.

ARSENAL made several changes as they squeezed past Brentford in a disjointed performance. Makeshift centre-forward Mikel Merino broke the deadlock 11 minutes in before Bukayo Saka made sure in

Arsenal fans have been left excited after defender Ben White was named in the starting XI for their Premier League meeting with Brentford.

The £64million summer signing has not played since he was forced off at Burnley on November 1 but Mikel Arteta this week issued a positive update on his return to fitness. Gyokeres was not training with the Arsenal squad before the Bayern Munich game but, ahead of the Chelsea trip, Arteta has suggested the striker is not far away.

Gyokeres was handed a reality check by another former Arsenal forward after the game. Theo Walcott claimed, despite the likes of Gyokeres and Kai Havertz returning from injury, Arteta will stick with makeshift No.9 Mikel Merino over the former for high-stakes games in the future.

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