Every word Mikel Arteta said on Saka fitness, Rice injury, Martinelli return and Ivan Toney
How's Rice?
He hasn’t trained yet. He couldn’t carry on in the game. He was uncomfortable. Hopefully it’s not something big. We are confident it’s nothing big. He had to leave the pitch and that’s never a good sign. Hopefully it will progress in the next few days. He won’t be available. Let’s see if he has a chance or not (for the weekend).
How's Trossard?
He won’t be available. He did some activity, that’s where he felt it. He hasn’t trained yet. Not available for tomorrow.
And Martinelli. Could he be available?
No. Let’s see for the weekend.
How's Partey could he play?
No. It’s a long list. We need to adapt. The squad we have at the moment is really short and we need players back, that’s for sure.
How do you feel about the mistakes at the weekend?
Mistakes and errors are part of football. It’s inevitable. It happens. They proved their quality to finish those actions off. It’s a shame but we have to accept it.
Is it frustrating to see people not taking chances?
Those are defining moments in matches. You have to be there and you have to make a difference. We talked about it after PSV. You have to be exceptional. But this is football. It’s the hardest thing in football to put the ball in the net at the right moment. Every striker misses chances. You see it across the league. We didn’t have the efficiency that we needed.
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Does Raya’s availability make it easier or harder to decide who starts?
We all trained today. The line up, we could not make it because there are still some players who are doubtful. So I will decide the best team to put out
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