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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is facing a second examination for a calf problem, but Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hopeful that the Gabon forward will quickly return to action.
The 31-year-old is expected to be sidelined for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-finals against Manchester City after missing out on Saturday’s Premier League loss to Everton.
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The Gunners face four games in 12 days during the holiday period, but a schedule for their return has not yet been set.
“Auba feels so much better,” Arteta said. “Yesterday was more positive than in the previous two days.
“He’ll have another scan in the next few days and we’ll see how quickly we can get him back. You know how important it is to us, he feels that responsibility and he’s doing everything he can to get in shape as quickly as possible.” “
Meanwhile, Arteta has raised another rallying cry to his beleaguered Arsenal players by insisting that they need “fighters, not victims” to save their season.
The Gunners have had their worst start to the season in the top flight since 1974 and lost for the fifth time in seven league games last Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Everton.
“I like to look around me, be it staff, coach, players and I want to see the fighters,” added Arteta. “Normally, when that happens, there are two types of people: combatants and victims.
“You only need fighters, you do not want victims. Victims only bring excuses, negativity and begin to blame everything that is happening around them or that is not going well. You only need people who fight, people who contribute,” people willing to give everything for the cause right now.
“I pay attention and I have to be attentive and I am aware of what is happening but I do not read [media reports]. If I start reading all the comments, whether positive or negative, I would go crazy.
“My suggestion to all the players is exactly the same, all the time it happens with social networks as well. You can’t control who writes, what their intentions are. So I think it’s very dangerous. The atmosphere at the club It’s as good as it can be when we’re all hurting
“Everybody is worried and everybody is suffering right now because we want much more. The unity is there. Is there 100% unity in the whole club? It is impossible in any club even when you win because the players who don’t they always participate “. more difficult.
“But when you look at the perspective of how we are losing football matches and how we are doing, it is quite incredible. Last year, against Everton we won the game with a 25% chance of winning supported by statistics.
“You win 3-2. Last weekend, there is a 67% chance of winning any Premier League in history and a 9% chance of losing and you lose. Three percent against Burnley and you lose. Seven percent against Spurs and you lose.
“There is something else that is part of that. It is not just acting, it is something else that has to go our way, but at the moment it is not.
