Arsenal have revealed why William Saliba was omitted from their matchday squad in opposition to Aston Villa.
The centre-back has been a mainstay within the Gunners’ defence and missed simply one in all their Premier League matches all season.
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Nonetheless, Saliba was not named within the beginning XI or on the bench for the 2-2 draw in opposition to Villa, prompting Arsenal to elucidate the absence on social media.
Writing on X, previously often called Twitter, the membership wrote: “William Saliba misses out with a minor challenge.”
Jurrien Timber changed Saliba within the Arsenal defence and performed alongside Gabriel.
Myles Lewis-Skelly was rewarded for his wonderful kind with one other begin while Kai Havertz led the assault.
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Saliba is one in all quite a lot of harm points which have affected Arsenal in latest weeks.
Gabriel Jesus was revealed to must sustained a blow to his anterior cruciate ligament through the week.
Bukayo Saka remains to be out of motion with a hamstring challenge alongside knee accidents to Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu.
One other absentee is Riccardo Calafiori with a muscle drawback.
Arsenal hoped to capitalise on their north London derby win over Tottenham through the week with a win this weekend.
Nonetheless, they dropped extra factors within the Premier League title race by squandering a 2-0 lead at dwelling.
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Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring earlier than Havertz doubled their lead early within the second half to place them in management.
Nonetheless, Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins ensured Villa clawed their manner again into the match.
Arsenal thought they’d received it by means of a Mikel Merino strike nevertheless it was disallowed for handball by Havertz.
The Gunners are actually six factors behind leaders Liverpool, who received 2-0 in opposition to Brentford earlier within the day and have a sport in hand.