Arsenal face a key few weeks in their battle to return to the Champions League. The Gunners fell out of the top-four after their most recent clash, having fallen to a 3-0 reverse at the hands of Crystal Palace.
That result dealt even more damage with the likes of Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey having sustained concerning-looking injury problems. Though Mikel Arteta's men have the perfect opportunity to respond this weekend as they host struggling Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium.
With that in mind, football.london has rounded up all the latest injury news from the Emirates below.
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Takehiro Tomiyasu
Tomiyasu will not make his return until at least mid-April. It was thought that the former Bologna man could return sooner rather than later, having been involved in training, but Arsenal have now revealed that he's still over a week away from joining in fully with the current group.
What the club has said: "Takehiro is making progress in his recovery from a muscle injury to his left calf, which he sustained in February. Takehiro had successfully recovered from a muscle injury sustained to his right calf in January.
It is hoped that Takehiro will be back in full training after the match at Southampton on Saturday, April 16. All other players in the men's first-team squad are currently fit and available for selection."
Expected return date: April 20-23 - Either Chelsea (A) or Manchester United (H)
Kieran Tierney
What the club has said: "Our responsibility is to look after them when we have them here, but once they go to the national team, in this case it’s their job and responsibility to decide the team that they believe is the best to win the games and we have to try to have quick communication with the national teams, which we have, but these things happen."
Expected return date: Summer 2022.
Thomas Partey
Partey was withdrawn at Selhurst Park with a thigh injury, although it remains to be seen what the exact severity of the injury is. He is still waiting for the results of a scan.
What Arteta has said: "It is a little bit ambiguous, but he has a significant injury and we’ll have to keep assessing him, but he will be out for some weeks. It could be (an issue), but it could also not be because it’s an area where he had a previous injury as well and he felt it straight away. It’s not quick."
Expected return date: Unknown.
