Arsenal welcome Leicester City to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon in their second Premier League fixture of the 2021/22 campaign.
Mikel Arteta's men got off to the perfect start to the season last week, recording a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Parl - a ground they have struggled at in recent years. And the Gunners will be hoping to continue their perfect start this weekend when they host Brendan Rodgers and Co to north London.
Ahead of this afternoon's highly-anticipated match, both Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey have hinted that they will both be in line for starts, posting matchday graphics on their Instagram stories.
Jesus and Partey both started the aforementioned win against the Eagles, a game that saw the likes of Hale End academy graduate Emile Smith Rowe, Japanese right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu and summer signing Fabio Vieira miss out on the matchday squad due to injury.
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Speaking about the aforementioned trio ahead of the game, Arteta said: "They’ve been reintegrated into training this week, all of them. They are in different phases, but some of them will be in the squad tomorrow."
Left-back Kieran Tierney was sidelined throughout the majority of Arsenal's pre-season, although the Scottish international arrived off the bench during the latter stages of the match at Selhurst. When quizzed on Tierney, Arteta added: "He played 15/20 mins last week and did really well.
"He’s been out for a long time after the knee injury. But he looks in perfect condition now and ready to go."
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