A number of doubtful players have travelled to the Etihad Stadium (Picture: Getty)
Arsenal will have a full roster of available players for Sunday’s title showdown against Manchester City, with a number of injury doubts all making the trip.
The Gunners were sweating over the fitness of three players going into their clash at the Etihad Stadium, with Gabriel Magalhaes and Bukayo Saka both forced to pull out of international duty.
Gabriel Martinelli, meanwhile, sustained a foot injury at the start of the month and missed wins over Brentford and Porto.
All three players appeared to miss Friday’s training session, with no photos of the trio appearing on Arsenal’s website when they were released later that evening.
Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu, who have also been working their way back to fitness, were seen taking part in the session.
But it looks like Mikel Arteta will have a full squad to choose from, with Gabriel, Saka and Martinelli all spotted with the rest of the team on Sunday morning in Manchester.
The Gunners always take a customary, pre-match walk around the city before away games and all three players were pictured with the group.
That does not necessarily mean they will all feature, however, with injured players having joined the squad for away matches previously.
But it certainly looks as though Arsenal may be able to call upon at least one of the injured players, and Arteta was always optimistic that they would be able to play some part against City.
‘There is a chance [they can play],’ Arteta said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
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‘They haven’t trained. Tomorrow we have another session so there is a chance that they can be available.’
City, meanwhile, will be without both Kyle Walker and John Stones for the match, with both players picking up injuries while playing for England last week.
Pep Guardiola is also sweating over the fitness of Manuel Akanji, who picked up a knock playing for Switzerland, but Ederson is ‘much better’ and should return between the sticks while Kevin De Bruyne could also be available.
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