Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest on Saturday knowing they must win to keep their Premier League title hopes alive.
The Gunners could go one point behind Manchester City with a win at the City Ground, although if Pep Guardiola's side beat Chelsea on Sunday then the title will officially be theirs. Even so, Mikel Arteta will want to finish the season strongly and getting three points will be at the top of his agenda.
Nottingham Forest are fighting for Premier League survival, however, and Arteta knows it will be a hard match. When asked for his thoughts on the job Steve Cooper has done at Forest, the Spaniard replied: "Brilliant. They made so many changes and I’m sure he found it difficult with the amount of signings that they had, but the club stood patient.
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"With what they did the year before, everything he’s done before and keeping the unity around the place. Big credit to him and the team."
If Arsenal are to win on Saturday evening, they must do it without Gabriel Martinelli and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Arteta confirmed in his pre-match press conference that the duo are "both out for the rest of the season" meaning they will play no part against Forest or Wolves on the final day of the season.
"Gabi is a pretty nasty injury, we need to assess in the next week how long he'll be out for, but it will be at least weeks," the Spaniard said. "With Alex it’s a calf issue and he won’t be available to play the next two games."
Takehiro Tomiyasu remains a long-term absentee, Mohamed Elneny is not ready to return despite recently being spotted in training and a back issue is to sideline William Saliba once again. It will also be interesting to see who Arteta starts out of Jorginho and Thomas Partey, with the Ghanaian out of form in recent weeks.
So, with that being said, below is the list of players Arteta has to choose from for Arsenal's Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest.
Goalkeepers: Aaron Ramsdale, Matt Turner, Karl Hein.
Defenders: Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney, Lino Sousa, Jakub Kiwior, Reuell Walters
Midfielders: Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey, Jorginho, Martin Odegaard, Fabio Vieira, Emile Smith Rowe, Matt Smith, Amario Cozier-Duberry
Forwards: Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus.
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