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Arsenal star William Saliba was unexpectedly out injured for the huge Premier League clash against Chelsea and Mikel Arteta has issued the latest update.

Arsenal re-established their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Brentford on Wednesday and for the second evening running the goals flowed as Aston Villa won 4-3 in a thriller at Brighton and Hove Albion.

In what the partners described as a “landmark” deal, Paramount + has become an official partner of English soccer club Arsenal.

Mikel Merino has salvaged a 1-1 draw for Arsenal at 10-man Chelsea as the race for the Premier League title tightens.

Arsenal are cursing their bad luck with injuries to center backs, and Gunners fans will be sweating on the latest Cristhian Mosquera injury news. The Spanish center back had to go off injured in the first half of their game against Brentford on Wednesday after appearing to suffer an ankle injury as he landed awkwardly.

Lewis-Skelly is yet to start a single Premier League game this season. Arteta has turned to him for three of Arsenal’s Champions League fixtures but Calafiori has re-emerged as the clear first choice domestically, thereby knocking the 19-year-old out of Thomas Tuchel’s recent England squads.