Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has criticized the club’s Premier League schedule after midfielder Declan Rice and center-back Cristhian Mosquera became the latest players to pick up injuries during Wednesday’s 2-0 home win over Brentford.<\/p>\n
The North London club are already without first-choice center-backs William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes, as well as forwards Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard, said Reuters.<\/p>\n
Mosquera limped off just minutes before half-time with what Arteta said was either a knee or ankle issue, while England international Rice was substituted in the 83rd minute because of a calf problem.<\/p>\n
“Obviously it’s never good news. Declan had to come off. We have to see tomorrow what he’s got,” Arteta told reporters.<\/p>\n
“Mosquera is the other one that is out. Obviously we have big Gabi (Gabriel) and Willy (Saliba) out as well. So we have to adapt. It’s been a theme of this season.<\/p>\n
“(Rice) could not carry on playing, so we have to wait and see tomorrow what happens … he can walk but he cannot play.” Arsenal next visit high-flying Aston Villa on Saturday before taking a trip to Belgian side Club Brugge in the Champions League on December 10.<\/p>\n
Arsenal, who top the Champions League standings, regained their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League thanks to Mikel Merino’s early goal and a late one from substitute Bukayo Saka against Brentford.<\/p>\n
“Now we play Wednesday night and we have to play Saturday morning as well,” Arteta said. “So we can play minutes, but if they can please give us just a little bit more time to recover and to make the well-being of these players a little bit easier, that would be great…<\/p>\n
“Give us another day, especially the teams that are playing so much in Europe. To everybody in general, I think we can do that because we’re going to benefit from that.<\/p>\n
“We’ve never had such a schedule at every level, not only in the Premier League, but every competition internationally as well. So we need to try to do that, please.<\/p>\n
“It’s not an argument, I think it’s common sense. I think it’s not at some point this becomes too much, you know, and the players are not machines. But we have to try to do that when we can.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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