UCL: Five senior Arsenal players miss training ahead of Sporting second leg

At slightest 5 elder Arsenal players were absent from Tuesday’s grooming up of cardinal fixtures this week.

Mikel Arteta’s men are preparing to look Sporting successful the 2nd limb of their Champions League quarter-final connected Wednesday.

On Sunday, they question to Manchester City for a Premier League rubric decider.

However, Arteta mightiness beryllium dealing with an wounded crisis, arsenic Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber were each not contiguous successful training.

Rice was the lone 1 of the quintet who played successful the 2-1 location decision to Bournemouth connected Saturday.

Calafiori, Odegaard, Saka and Timber person each been missing successful caller weeks – with Odegaard (starting) and Calafiori (as a substitute) playing successful the 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final nonaccomplishment astatine Southampton connected Easter Saturday.

UCL: Five elder Arsenal players miss grooming up of Sporting 2nd leg