New Arsenal injury concerns were assigned to Mikel Arteta prior to the Liverpool match.

Mikel Arteta is confronted with a new injury concern for Arsenal shortly before the match against

Liverpool. Jurrien Timber’s hopes of being deemed fit for Arsenal’s Premier League match against Liverpool have been severely diminished as a result of his exclusion from the Netherlands’ provisional squad for the Nations League matches scheduled for next month. After being incapacitated since the Gunners’ 2-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain at the beginning of October, the 23-year-old is uncertain to participate in Sunday’s top-of-the-table match against Liverpool due to his ongoing recovery from a muscle injury. Mikel Arteta disclosed on Friday that Timber was once again practicing on the grass at Arsenal’s London Colney facility in order to demonstrate his fitness in anticipation of the forthcoming match. When pressed for an update on the former Ajax defender, Arteta stated, “It was the first session in which he was able to participate to a certain extent.” “He has been absent for an extended period.” We anticipated that he would be further along than he is at this time. Once more, we will have to wait and see.

Timber, who relocated from Ajax to the Emirates last summer, began five of Arsenal’s initial six Premier League matches of the season before suffering a muscle injury earlier this month. The Gunners would suffer their most recent injury setback if he were to be ruled out of Sunday’s match. They are already without William Saliba and Martin Odegaard, and they may also be without Riccardo Calafiori and Bukayo Saka. Calafiori, who was signed during the summer, was forced to leave the game against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night due to a knee injury. Saka, who sustained a knee injury while on England duty earlier this month, has not appeared since.