Arsenal injury, suspension list and return dates vs. Liverpool: Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Riccardo Calafiori latest

Embarrassed successful the EFL Cup successful midweek, Arsenal caput to Anfield connected Sunday to conscionable Premier League rivals Liverpool with their tails tucked betwixt their legs.

Mikel Arteta's Premier League champions became the victims of 1 of the biggest 'Cupsets' successful caller representation connected Tuesday evening, inexplicably losing to Fleetwood Town connected penalties successful circular 4 of the League Cup.

Despite their chastening effect successful the cup, the Gunners are inactive going good successful the apical flight, having moved level connected points with Manchester City astatine the apical of the Premier League table acknowledgment to their 2-0 triumph implicit Everton past weekend.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up each of Arsenal's latest wounded and suspension quality up of their travel to Liverpool, who volition beryllium contiguous successful the EFL Cup quarter-finals aft besting Chelsea connected penalties connected Wednesday.

Declan Rice

Status: Major doubt

Type of injury: Thigh

Possible instrumentality date: November 1 (vs. Liverpool)

Declan Rice was seen holding his hamstring towards the extremity of the triumph implicit Everton and was unsurprisingly not progressive against Fleetwood successful midweek.

There is thing to suggest that the England planetary has picked up a large problem, but his availability for Sunday is inactive successful immoderate question.

Noni Madueke

Status: Major doubt

Type of injury: Ankle

Possible instrumentality date: November 1 (vs. Liverpool)

Likewise, Noni Madueke had to miss Tuesday's fourth-round nonaccomplishment arsenic a effect of an ankle injury, and it remains to beryllium seen if the winger is cleared to instrumentality astatine Anfield.

Riccardo Calafiori

Status: Minor doubt

Type of injury: Unspecified

Possible instrumentality date: November 1 (vs. Liverpool)

Riccardo Calafiori headed consecutive down the passageway pursuing the triumph implicit Everton owed to an unspecified injury, which is "very small" according to Arteta, truthful determination is simply a bully accidental that the Italian volition beryllium good for the weekend.

Bukayo Saka

Status: Out

Type of injury: Quad

Possible instrumentality date: December 2 (vs. Brentford)

Bukayo Saka volition walk astatine slightest six and perchance up to 8 weeks connected the sidelines with the quad wounded helium suffered against Bayern Munich, meaning that the attacker is not expected to play again earlier December.

Christos Tzolis

Status: Major doubt

Type of injury: Hamstring 

Possible instrumentality date: November 1 (vs. Liverpool)

Christos Tzolis is successful the last stages of his betterment from a hamstring wounded and whitethorn beryllium successful with a changeable of making the travel to Merseyside.

William Saliba

Status: Out

Type of injury: Back

Possible instrumentality date: November 21 (vs. Newcastle United)

William Saliba is making bully strides successful his rehabilitation from a superior backmost injury, but a instrumentality this broadside of the November planetary interruption is inactive not expected to materialise.

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Max Dowman

Return date: November 4 (vs. Slavia Prague)

What should person been a memorable evening for Max Dowman successful the EFL Cup alternatively ended successful dismay for the 16-year-old, who was fixed a consecutive reddish paper for kicking retired astatine Fleetwood's Harrison Neal pursuing a tackle.

Arsenal volition entreaty the decision, but they are improbable to succeed, truthful Dowman is acceptable to statesman a three-match home prohibition connected Sunday.