Alexandre Lacazette's whereabouts was a major talking point prior to Arsenal's game against Southampton on Saturday afternoon having not been spotted in any of the training sessions in the build-up to the 1-0 defeat at St Mary's.
With Thomas Partey, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney already ruled out of the trip to the South Coast, Gunners manager Mikel Arteta was quizzed in his pre-match press conference as to if the Frenchman would be available for selection, and his response was rather positive.
"We will see if he’s available," the Spaniard said. "It's a good possibility that that’s the case." However, as it turned out, Lacazette missed the game after testing positive for Covid and his absence handed Eddie Nketiah a first Premier League start of the season.
