Arsenal handed early double injury boost for Atletico Madrid second leg as Mikel Arteta provides update

Arsenal caput manager Mikel Arteta is assured that Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz volition some beryllium acceptable for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final 2nd limb against Atletico Madrid.

Neither subordinate was progressive successful Saturday's 3-0 Premier League occurrence implicit Fulham, arsenic Odegaard missed retired with a genu wounded and Havertz sat retired owed to a muscular problem.

Odegaard sustained his latest wounded - his sixth of the play - successful the 1-1 first-leg draw, portion Havertz wounded himself in past weekend's 1-0 top-flight triumph implicit Newcastle United.

Arteta has been secretive implicit the severity of some Odegaard and Havertz's issues, but helium delivered a affirmative update connected their recoveries pursuing Saturday's Cottagers win.

Asked by beIN Sports whether either could diagnostic against Los Rojiblancos, Arteta responded: "I deliberation so, the some of them [will beryllium available]. They are going to bash everything, we are going to bash everything to person them ready."

Should Arsenal commencement Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard against Atletico Madrid?

Even if Odegaard and Havertz are some cleared to play by the aesculapian team, starting the brace could arguably bash them - and the squad - much harm than good.

Of the six injuries that Odegaard has already suffered this season, 3 person been genu problems, and it would marque consciousness to spare the Norwegian portion Eberechi Eze is acceptable and available.

Eze has besides shown this play that helium tin conjure up sensational goals from cardinal areas, doing truthful against Bayer Leverkusen and Newcastle, and helium was unfortunate to person a punishment overturned successful the archetypal leg.

Furthermore, Arteta should spot nary request to deploy Eze connected the near acknowledgment to Leandro Trossard's terrific show against Fulham, wherever helium completed six take-ons from six attempts, a idiosyncratic precocious for a Premier League game.

Meanwhile, arsenic Viktor Gyokeres had a nonstop manus successful some of Arsenal's goals connected Saturday - scoring 2 either broadside of mounting up Bukayo Saka - the Sweden planetary is simply a surefire prime for Tuesday night.

Which Arsenal players volition miss Atletico Madrid 2nd leg?

Arsenal lone person 1 guaranteed absentee for the sojourn of Atletico astatine the clip of writing, arsenic Mikel Merino is inactive connected the mend from the ft cognition helium underwent successful February.

The Spain planetary mightiness instrumentality successful clip for the extremity of the play - and the Champions League last if Arsenal get determination - but Tuesday's crippled volition travel excessively soon.

Right-back Jurrien Timber is besides expected to stay sidelined with the groin wounded helium picked up implicit the planetary break, which has proven to beryllium much superior than archetypal feared.

Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera volition conflict to commencement astatine right-back successful Timber's absence, and the erstwhile is apt to get the motion aft starting successful some the archetypal limb and the triumph implicit Fulham.