Martin Zvimendi finished indoor training on Tuesday and Ben White was ruled out through injury as Mikel Arteta takes charge of a heavily used squad as Arsenal prepare for the trip to Everton.
Martin Zvimendi was notably absent from Arsenal’s training session on Tuesday morning as manager Mikel Arteta welcomed the squad back after a few days off. The Gunners manager gave his side a well-deserved break after their narrow win against Wolves.
According to Football London, Zvimendi, who was substituted in the second half against the team at the bottom of the Premier League, was nowhere to be seen during an open training session for broadcasters.
Mr Zvimendi is believed to have been working indoors as part of a load management strategy. He is one of the most frequently used players in the team, starting 15 of 16 Premier League games and five of six Champions League games, and given the recent hamstring injury of Ben White, who started four games in 10 days, it is understandable that the club are taking precautions.
Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhães did not join the group as they continued to recover from injuries, along with Max Doman and Cristian Mosquera.
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This will be Arsenal’s first break from midweek matches since the week commencing 25 August. Although there were three international breaks during this period, most of the squad participated in their respective national teams and played up to two matches in recent weeks. Some, like Clown Hincapie, traveled great distances.
Arsenal will play against Everton in their next match and will aim to improve on their away record, which is currently without a win in three league games. Their last road win was at Burnley on November 1st.
If Manchester City can beat West Ham at the Etihad Stadium in the early hours of Saturday afternoon, they could move into second place in the table at kick-off.
White is the latest Arsenal player to suffer an injury, with manager Arteta saying it appears to be a hamstring problem. Against Wolves, he was replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly in the 31st minute.
“Obviously, he didn’t play a lot of minutes because he had a knee problem before. Then, the moment he started to get his momentum back, he had to play a lot of minutes because there was no other solution,” Arteta explained.
“Today we had to put Willo (Saliba) at risk, because it probably wasn’t the best decision to play 90 minutes because he had bought a ticket because of another injury. But there’s no one else, but that’s certainly bad news.”
Arsenal’s late victory kept them two points clear of Premier League leaders Manchester City. And Arteta knows his team’s management is key to their chances of ending their 22-year wait for a league title.
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