Gabriel debut, Tomiyasu masterclass as Zinchenko scores - Arsenal international round-up
Latest Arsenal news takes a closer look at how senior players such as Gabriel Magalhaes, Jakub Kiwior and Takehiro Tomiyasu fared in the first round of this month's international fixtures
We have reached the halfway point of the international break with Mikel Arteta looking forward to welcoming back his crop of Arsenal players later this week.
As one would expect with 16 senior stars selected for international duty, it's been an incident-packed few days for the Gunners and the worry has centered around Gabriel Magalhaes. The central defender's Brazil debut against Bolivia saw him substituted late on and was later seen holding an ice pack on his thigh.
However, in a huge boost for Arteta, the 25-year-old trained with the Brazil squad as normal in Lima on Sunday ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Peru on Wednesday (UK time) thus easing fears that he has sustained an injury and the hope is he will come through the next game unscathed.
Meanwhile, Gabriel's compatriots - Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli - had mixed experiences against Bolivia. The former replaced Real Madrid star Rodrygo with one minute of normal time left on the clock to win cap number 60 while the latter was an unused substitute.
The same applies to David Raya who watched on as Spain thrashed Georgia 7-1 away from home, Aaron Ramsdale also looked on from the sidelines as England drew 1-1 with Ukraine with Eddie Nketiah denied his Three Lions debut having not been named in the matchday squad by Gareth Southgate.
With the other Arsenal internationals competing in qualifiers for either Euro 2024 or the Africa Cup of Nations or, in some cases those all-important friendlies, football.london takes a look at how they fared whilst in action for their
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