Five Arsenal problems (all centred around negativity on and off the pitch), leave Mikel Arteta and his players in a funk, but it is absolutely not a crisis.

Mikel Arteta says he cannot remember a run of injuries like the one Arsenal are trying to navigate now. The Gunners have been battling fitness issues all season and they lost captain Martin Odegaard for two months back in September after he injured his ankle playing for Norway.

Arsenal have opted to recall Charles Sagoe Jr from his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town, but it is unlikely to be as a result of Bukayo Saka's recent hamstring injury leaving him sidelined