Mikel Arteta and Arsenal have received a major boost ahead of their clash with Liverpool at the weekend, as it is being reported that the knee injury suffered by Riccardo Calafiori midweek is not as bad as initially feared. The Italian defender fell ...

Bukayo Saka is a doubt ahead of Arsenal hosting Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend. An update has also emerged on the status of defender Riccardo Calafiori.

Bukayo Saka was again absent due to a hamstring injury while Martin Odegaard remains out with an ankle injury and is unlikely to return in time for the visit of Liverpool. Jurrien Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu are also on Arsenal’s injury list but Arteta said Ben White’s half-time substitution against Shakhtar was tactical.