THE Arsenal filed a formal request for the Premier League postponement of the game against Tottenham this Sunday, 16, because of the amount of unavailable players. Last week it was Liverpool that made a similar request, but in the League Cup, precisely against the “Gunners”.
During the postponed match, played last Thursday, the London team lost two players through injury, in addition to the suspension of Xhaka who was sent off in the same game. A total of eight are injured: Emile Smith Rowe, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Sead Kolasinac, Bukayo Saka, Kieran Tierney, Calum Chambers and Cedric Soares. Martin Odegaard is the only case of covid-19 in the cast so far.
In addition to these absences, Thomas Partey, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe and Mohamed Elneny are all out because of the African Cup of Nations dispute, which reinforces Arsenal’s call for the postponement of the game against Tottenham. With 13 players not allowed to play, the minimum number of players on the bench rule may not be enforced. This influences the search for players on loan, such as the Brazilian Arthur, midfielder Juventus.
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