Arsenal injury blow puts Liverpool and Man City on red-alert in Premier League title race
Arsenal have a big worry as they get ready to face Manchester City in a huge Premier League game after the international break, with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta having to contend with a fresh injury problem.
The two teams will face off at the Etihad Stadium after a host of big-name stars return from playing for their countries. Both clubs are competing with Liverpool for the Premier League trophy in one of the most tightly-contested title races for years.
Arsenal are at the top right now, but are only ahead of the Reds on goal difference and just one point in front of City. Last year, the Gunners almost won the league, but after key defender William Saliba got injured they ended up coming second to Pep Guardiola's team.
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After doing so well for most of last season, Arteta doesn't want that to happen again, but now the Spanish manager has another injury concern. The Brazil Football Federation said that Gabriel Magalhaes can't play for Brazil because he's injured. He was expected to play for the Samba Stars against England this weekend but now Gleison Bremer from Juventus has replaced him in the squad, reports Football London.
Brazil coach Dorival Júnior said: "I had already communicated previously that we work with a slightly more extensive list, a pre-call, we can put it that way, and again, today, we had another casualty. Unfortunately, Gabriel Magalhaes is uncalled. In his place, we are calling Bremer, from Juventus Turin, from Italy."
Gabriel will miss two matches for Brazil, one against England at Wembley on Saturday, March 23, and another versus Spain
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