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Image: Confirmed Arsenal team to take on Everton without two key men

Arsenal have released their line-up for the clash with Everton at Goodison Park, and you will notice two key absentees.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was absent from training yesterday, and you would expect that he must be injured as he misses out on the squad completely.

Gabriel Magalhaes is also absent after his red card in midweek, and has been replaced by fellow Brazilian David Luiz, who makes his first appearances since his horrific clash of heads with Wolves Raul Jimenez.

Gabriel Martinelli makes the squad for the first time since March, while Nicolas Pepe makes his return to action after a three-match ban for his red card against Leeds United.

It is unclear whether the boss has rung the changes with a view to resting players ahead of the Caribao Cup clash with Manchester City in midweek, or whether he is chopping the changes after a run of defeats, with Alexandre Lacazette and Hector Bellerin both benched.

Patrick

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  2. Good to see martinelli on the bench, weird didn’t see anything about auba being injured

  5. Good to see Gabi back! Sad to see PEA miss out due to injury!
    I hope we have a good game….
    COYG!!

    1. I hope so too. May today be the turnaround we are all craving for. All the best to Arsenal, all the best to Mikel. All the best to Martinelli. May he bring what we are severely missing at the moment. All the best to Leno, may he be blessed with a clean sheet today. All the best to Saka, a spark of light in what have been one the darkest periods of our club history.

  7. 3-4-3 or 4-2-3-1 with Willian as the CAM. Good choice, apart from Pepe

    Bellerin and Nelson should’ve started, but maybe Nelson is injured

    1. He’d been training… they’re obviously being careful after that clash of heads. Maybe we’ll see him on Tuesday?

      1. Willian rarely loses the ball and his tactical awareness is excellent, so he could thrive as a CAM

    5. Let’s wait for the results of the game against Everton as our Captain miss out the game due to missing the practice schedule.
      But what I want to inform you is that in January let’s bring in two new players for squad.

  8. that the best we currently have, and Luiz is better for back 3 than 4, so hopefully thre isn’t redcard , and the attack come to party

  9. Come on you gooners! If william will not perform well today then in January he should be removed from the squad or go on loan and Ozil be reinstated in the squad.Having said that arsenal needs a top manager in January

  10. Shocking line up Everton will destroy this pathetic weak team could be the end for Arteta after this!!

      1. The players are definitely better than most than the teams above us. Too bad that MA can’t get best out of them.

    1. Excited to see Martinelli on the bench. Even if he doesn’t get in today he is clearly very close. COYGs!

  15. Big pressure on nketiah, i would have 100% had lacca in to replace Auba. Big call and he must produce.

  16. Only a miracle will do for Arteta today. TROUBLE!
    Aubameyang taking a break with one of those ozil style injuries

  20. If we don’t win this Arteta has to go,next game mancity then chelsea.I dispise Arteta he’s eloquent though just to give credit where it’s due but as a manager he’s one of the worst in this league, bottom five just like our position in the league.

    3. Richarlison, DCL, Iwobi, its possible. Thank god that Allan and Rodriguez are not available. First half performance would be crucial because I don’t see anyone coming off the bench for Everton who can change the game.

  27. Our problem will be the officials who have suddenly remembered that all the rules must be applies when Arsenal apparently commits a foul.
    That’s what is called double standard.

  30. Seriously though when is the supposed poacher nketiah gonna be in a the box when a good cross is sent it. Might as well play lacazette or balogun as they at least offer hold up play.

  31. If that Kean effort had gone in, would we still have said that it was unexpected? Not if we leave that much space open, inviting players to shoot. And to think that it wasnt even a counter, SMH…

    1. What does Arteta see in Nketiah? It’s absolutely scandalous for him to play when Lacazette is on the bench? That horrible miss would have been put in the net by Laca.

  43. Iwobi strikes back

    We really lose Xhaka’s left foot. Our ball flow is going to the right side too much

  46. Courageous line up with the exception of Pepe and maybe Nketiah as I’ve never rated him. Hope the young lads turn up.

  47. Nketiah what the hell, pls remove this player from our squad or loan out some third tier league where he can start in th playing eleven, i will prefer balogun over this shit player

  49. I feel for MA. But then again, maybe a 4 4 2 with Nketiah and Lacazette would have worked? Nketiah isnt the player you want to recieve your long balls, crosses and playing with his back to goal. Rather Ceballos is also seemingly invisible in the Mid today…

  53. Such shitty pressing. It’s disgusting for EPL footballers to press like that.
    Who is to blame here? Arteta or the forwards?

    1. Pepe is a good penalty kick taker. He hasnt missed a single one with us yet. And is quite cool when taking pks. I think him and AMN are the best PK takers in our squad.

        1. SueP he really has not done anything of note this game. He just seems irritated whenever he has the ball. Should be subbed at half time. Ceballos has been quiet too, but he has helped in defence sometimes.

  65. Arteta needs to go and take stan and his whole family with him. It does not matter which manager Arsenal has if Stan is the owner…

  66. i dont know why our players run away from ball. first time in a long time we actually score before ht. 69% loss of possesion, that too bad

  70. The bs talk about arteta building confidence needs to be stopped .. we have none … literally none

    2. Why Leno what about holding Luiz or any other player with a set of balls to actually attack the ball rather than do fuck all. Again we get back in a game yet we keep on passing the ball BACKWARDS everytime. We cant keep on blaming arteta even though the job is too big for him but ffs cant the players ie. Willian pepe, Luis, and some more of the senior players take on some sort of responsibility.
      Willian is a lazy piece of crap by the way
      I will be interested to see what arteta does now

    3. Yes and he is the main threat on set pieces, Which would explain why he was completely unmarked in a corner.

  79. Awful again. Why does Nketiah still get game time? He’s garbage. Balogun should be getting a chance before Nketiah.

  80. Not that bad trailing by 1 with 45 mins to go. At least there is no red card and we have scored so things are not that bad.

    3. HH
      Positivity from you and a lack of self belief from the team. Can you please waft some over to them?
      There were a few good signs but we need a lot more.

      1. I can’t wait to see Martinelli back on the pitch. He has that self belief. His efforts may transfer the belief to the others.

  83. Great save by Leno, but Yerry Mina’s goal showed why we desperately need a towering target man. I hope Arsenal wouldn’t waste any money on a CAM in January

    Without Xhaka’s and Magalhaes’ left feet, our passing flows to the right side too much. If Xhaka is leaving and if we still use a double-pivot formation, we must find another left-footed DM

      1. Only if Nketiah, Pepe, Saka or Martinelli show some magical skills. I don’t expect any breakthrough from the other Gunners and Willian didn’t look enthusiastic

  85. Nketiah should have shown more hunger and shoot with precision. We had Saliba who could not even make the team. Our set piece defending is awful. Let us hope for a better second half. Arteta should stop this 3 at the back. Play a 433 or 4231 formation.

  86. Willian is a total GHOST. Arteta keeps trusting bad players and then people pretend it has nothing to do with Arteta.

  87. Willian and Ceballos have added nothing. Martenelli or ESR for Willian and Soares or Bellerin at RB and push AMN into the middle.

    1. Winston,
      Nketiah should have at least made the keeper make a save. Perhaps it will have to be a penalty

  92. Arteta has turned Arsenal into a very poor team to
    watch. Arsenal have never been this bad. Say what you want about Wenger his teams were always great entertainment. Please can Arteta be fired along with his support staff . Get him a high school squad to work with.

    2. I couldn’t stomach Arsenal’s poor performances in the end of Wenger’s tenure. Arteta just doesn’t have impactful attackers and made some poor selections in the previous EPL games

      1. I just wish we win this game. It is tiring going through this disappointing results week in week out. What is wrong with Arsenal?

  93. nketiah mustafi would b better up front dat miss sums him up u cant coach players like him there just not good enough but he thinks he is,arsenal u23s r better than 1st 11

  94. The very very last time I spend a tenner on this crap that Arteta is serving up. He picks Willian, Ceballos and Pepé who add nothing to the team. It’s on Arteta when we get relegated.

    2. I was about to pay the for it aswell but changed my mind at the last minute decided to stream it instead 😂

  95. on a serious note , i see a team playing withpout passion, always waiting for a the opposition to score before trying to do something. total lack of awareness and unable to mark . Jogging around the pitch, this syndrome from AW time, i thought our players have gone pass it before never knew how wrong i was. This team lack the basis. i mean if you are defending be serious about it not just jogging to the guy with the ball with no intention, no duel won, no contest for the ball at all

    1. Seems like we have transitioned from uncoordinated shadow pressing to coordinated sitting back. We look like a man down without the ball

    1. Arteta has been obsessed with him since day 1. Brought him back from leeds where couldn’t get a minute game time and started playing him instead of high flying Martinali (before his injury). I tell you this Arteta is a Muppet.

  97. @I got an idea
    Do you get the picture here? Willian is and has been a magician: performs a disappearing act at every game
    I am not sure if you are sarcastic when you post or you are actually that clueless. Enjoy the Brazilian Houdini.

  98. Now I’m getting pissed pepe is trying hard to breach that defense but Willian and nketiah are invisible.

  99. I don’t understand Nketiah’s contribution to this Arsenal team. Actually to football in general.

  100. The fact that arteta keeps nketiah on is the sign of an utterly clueless manager .. after watching for 4 decades I can’t stand watching this bs

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