Declan Rice, Arsenal midfielder, will try to play with a broken big toe in Sunday’s derby against Chelsea in the Premier League. The English international missed Wednesday’s defeat against Inter in the Champions League (1-0) after suffering the aforementioned injury on Saturday in the league match lost against Newcastle (1-0) despite completing the 90 minutes.
Rice has not been able to train so far this week due to the injury, but he will try to play this Sunday against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, a match after which he will be called up with England for the double commitment of the Nations League against Greece and the Republic of Ireland in which the selection of the interim Lee Carsley promotion to League A is at stake.
A permanent fixture for Mikel Arteta
The midfielder He has played thirteen games for Arsenal this seasonwith a goal and two assists. He has only missed the aforementioned game against Inter, a victory against Tottenham for being suspended due to a sending off and the League Cup round of 16 against Preston North End due to rest.
Arsenal are in a small slump, after going three games without winning in the Premier League and suffering their first defeat in the Champions League of the season against Inter.
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If they lose against Chelsea and as long as leader Liverpool beats Aston Villa on Saturday, Arsenal would be ten points behind the Reds in the table.
