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Daily Mirror
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Fraser Watson

Mikel Arteta rules out two Arsenal stars for rest of the season including "nasty" injury

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will be without two key players as his side bid to finish an exhilarating Premier League season on a high.

Last Sunday's 3-0 home defeat to Brighton all but ended Arsenal's fading hopes of winning the title, with rivals Man City now needing just one win from their final three matches to be crowned champions for the third successive season. But after picking up just 12 points from a possible 21, games at Nottingham Forest this Saturday, and home to Wolves the following Sunday, represent a chance to finish the campaign in a positive fashion.

Much of Arsenal's capitulation has been attributed to the injury to centre-back William Saliba, who has not played since picking up a back problem during Arsenal's Europa League clash with Sporting Lisbon. And the fragility of Arteta's squad was exposed further in the recent win at Newcastle when left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko limped off.

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