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'It's so important to have energy and momentum'

It is something of a dilemma for Mikel Arteta and his staff.

Do we rest our overworked players for Wednesday's game against Liverpool so they're fresh for our Emirates FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City?

Or is it more important to name our strongest side and hopefully head to Wembley with confidence restored on the back of a big win?

"I believe that it’s very important to have energy and momentum going into important matches, and in order to do that you have to go game by game," Arteta said.

"Today and tomorrow we will assess the players and how they are, and obviously they’ve been hit and a lot of them have played some crazy minutes up until now, and again we’re going to have games every two and a half days.