Good News Arsenal, Bukayo Saka May Appear Against Man City

Arsenal players celebrate the victory in the English Premier League match. (Twitter @Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Winger Bukayo Saka is likely to be able to appear to strengthen Arsenal against Manchester City in the English Premier League big match at the Emirates Stadium, Sunday, October 8 at 23.30 WIB. Saka had doubts about appearing due to an injury in the Champions League match.

Manager Mikael Arteta is considered to have gambling because he brought Saka in an away match against Lens. The reason is, the winger of the England national team has just recovered from injury.

Saka is actually expected to remain in London as the team flies to France to fully recover and is fit against Man City.

In fact, Arteta even included him in France. The result was suspected. Saka was injured again and even had to be pulled out in the middle of the first half. Having lost to Saka, Arsenal lost 2-1 to Lens.

But Arsenal fans can breathe a sigh of relief as Saka turns out to be in the England squad. Manager Gareth Southgate called Saka who had recovered from injury to strengthen England in international matches.

Thus, before joining the national team, Saka was still able to strengthen Arsenal in domestic competitions. Arteta also stated that the players would recover soon.

"He is in the process of recovering. We will see the progress until Sunday," said Arteta.

"When he left the pitch [at the match against Lens], that's definitely not good news. But we'll see how the latest developments are even though he's been recovering," he said.

If Saka doesn't play in the end, this will end the record 87 times in a row in the Premier League. Apart from Saka, forward Gabriel Martinelli will be out of action because he is still not recovering from injury. The Premier League big match will determine the position of both teams in the standings. Man City, perched at the top of the standings, has 18 points. Man City are only one point ahead with Arsenal who are in third place and Liverpool are in second place.

If the hosts win in the Emirates, Arsenal will shift Man City as well as claim the throne of the standings. If Man City wins. they confirmed their position at the top.

Arteta hopes that Arsenal can repeat their success at Community Shield or the opening match of the competition. At that time, Arsenal defeated Man City. But it was Man City who defeated Arsenal in the race for the league title.

"This is an important match for us. Winning the title by defeating Man City is certainly very meaningful. How we face them makes us more confident. We are optimistic about defeating them," said Arteta.

Meanwhile, Man City lost defender John Stones and midfielder Kevin De Bruyne who was still injured. Even though Stones has recovered and is called up to the England national team, manager Pep Guardiola will not field him against Arsenal. Meanwhile, Rodri was absent due to suspension.