The 19th day of Premier League, which is traditionally Boxing Dayended this Thursday in a London derby, an exciting one Arsenal-West Hamand in another great meeting, the Brighton-Tottenham. He Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal2nd, must win to regain the lead, as it is only 2 points behind Liverpoolfirst after defeating 0-2 in Burnley on Tuesday and thus usurping the top of the table from the Emirates.
In preview of the classic against the ‘hammers’ Arteta He said Arsenal are unlikely to let any players leave in the January market as their squad is short in a number of positions, something the Gunners paid for last season, when they were leading on Boxing Day (like today ) and ended up ceding the Premiership in favor of Manchester City. “We have long-term injury players who give us versatility,” said Arteta, explaining that Arsenal will make signings if they find the right reinforcements “to improve the squad, we are always open to it.” Their rivals today are West Ham, 7th in the Premier League and current champions of the Conference League.
Center back Jurrien Timber and midfielder Fabio Vieira continue to recover, but, according to Arteta, reappearances for Takehiro Tomiyasu and Thomas Partey are also not imminent. And for now the Arsenal coach cannot rely on Kai Havertz, who is also suspended.
Cristian Romero, talisman and loss
Both Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham coach, and Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton coach, confirmed bad news yesterday in the form of injuries. Starting with Spurs, Postecoglou announced that Cristian Romero will be out for more than a month with a thigh strain. Tottenham have lost the three games they have played without the world champion defender.
Mitoma and Adigra, KO too
As for Brighton (9th), their excellent start to the season has been slowed by injuries. The last to join the infirmary are two wingers: the Japanese Kaoru Mitoma, one of the stars of his team, and the Ivorian Simon Adigra, who may also miss the Asia Cup (January 12 to February 10) and the Africa Cup respectively. ( January 13 to February 11) if you confirm you will be out for at least four weeks.
Mitoma, 26, suffered an ankle injury. In the case of Adigra, one of Brighton’s revelations this season at the age of 21, his hamstrings are affected.
Source: La Verdad
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