Mikel Arteta has provided a rundown of the players who will not be available for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup third-round tie against Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium.
On Declan Rice, who was substituted at half-time in Sunday’s north London derby with a back complaint, Mikel said: “Declan hasn’t trained yet. He could not carry on in the game, he wasn’t comfortable at all. Hopefully it’s not something big.
"We are confident. He’s still uncomfortable, he had to leave the pitch and that’s never a good sign for a player like him, but hopefully he will progress in the next few days.