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The Gunners will look to bounce back from last-gasp Man City equaliser after Carabao Cup demolition

Arsenal are back on home soil in the Premier League this afternoon as they take on struggling Leicester at the Emirates Stadium. It has been an eventful week for the Gunners, who so nearly pulled off what would have been one of their most memorable wins of recent times and came agonisingly close to a major psychological boost in the title race before John Stones’ last-gasp equaliser secured a dramatic draw for Manchester City in a feisty battle in which Mikel Arteta’s side were reduced to 10 men.

The Gunners will be expected to make light work of a Foxes side that are among the six teams still yet to register a top-flight victory so far this term and who needed penalties to overcome League Two Walsall in midweek, with Oliver Skipp and Facundo Buonanotte drafted in by Steve Cooper. Follow Arsenal vs Leicester live below!

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4 minutes ago

Skipp and Buonanotte come in for Leicester

It’s two changes from Steve Cooper to the Leicester team that started against Everton last weekend.

Former Tottenham midfielder Oliver Skipp and Brighton loanee Facundo Buonanotte both come in.

Jordan Ayew and Bilal El Khannouss drop to the bench.

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9 minutes ago

Raya and Timber start for Arsenal but White absent

So David Raya does start for Arsenal as Mikel Arteta names the same XI that started against Manchester City.

Jurrien Timber is also fit to start, though Ben White is absent from the matchday squad entirely.

Bukayo Saka takes on the captain’s armband and Leandro Trossard is back from his suspension, served in the Carabao Cup thrashing of Bolton.

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24 minutes ago

Leicester lineup

Leicester XI: Hermansen, Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen, Winks, Skipp, Ndidi, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Ricardo, Coady, Fatawu, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid, Choudhury, Ayew, Edouard

26 minutes ago

Arsenal lineup

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Partey, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Martinelli, Trossard

Subs: Neto, Lewis-Skelly, Nichols, Kiwior, Kacurri, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Sterling, Jesus

42 minutes ago

David Raya with Arsenal squad after injury

Confirmation from Standard Sport’s Simon Collings that David Raya is with the Arsenal squad at the Emirates this afternoon.

Official lineups will be released shortly...

48 minutes ago

Steve Cooper accepts Leicester fan criticism after boos

It is already tough times for Steve Cooper at Leicester, with no wins from his first five Premier League matches in charge and penalties needed to beat League Two Walsall in the Carabao Cup third round after an unconvincing goalless draw at the Bescot Stadium on Tuesday night.

Frustrated Foxes fans have been quick to demonstrate their ire at Enzo Maresca’s successor over recent weeks, but Cooper insists he understands their booing.

"I will always try to understand fans' perspectives and my initial reaction is not to be too defensive and see the rational of why the feeling is the way it is, and then try to do something about it,” he said at his pre-match press conference.

“Supporters pay a lot of money and every supporter's reaction is authentic and you have to respect that."

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1 hour ago

Mikel Arteta shrugs off criticism over Arsenal tactics

For his part, Mikel Arteta has brushed off criticism over Arsenal’s alleged ‘dark arts’ tactics and insisted yesterday that not switching up their approach would be as silly as wearing flip flops in the rain.

“I want to win, the way we prepare the games and the way we want to play, for sure, in our way,” he said.

“So where do I go? Don’t get involved in it. It doesn’t make any sense. It is very clear, you look from outside and you are not going to get involved here.”

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1 hour ago

Pep Guardiola demands clarity on cryptic Mikel Arteta comments

Pep Guardiola also demanded clarity from his old friend and former assistant Mikel Arteta, who had given a cryptic response when hitting back at criticism by Manchester City players of his side’s so-called ‘dark arts’ deployed at the Etihad.

"I have been there before," Arteta said. "I was there for four years. I have all the information. So I know, believe me."

Responding to those comments on Friday, Guardiola said: "Next time he has to be more clear exactly what does he mean.

"He said he was here four years and we know exactly what happened here. It can be related in all the process now with 115 charges, maybe it's about that.

"He knows information about that maybe, or maybe he has something like... I don't know.

"OK, next time, like a good relation I have with him, hopefully this question has been asked.

“He can answer exactly what does it mean when he said he was here and I know what's happening here, and instead of being in the clouds there (points upward) to be more precise."

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1 hour ago

Pep Guardiola warns Man City 'ready' for Arsenal 'war'

This week has been dominated by Arsenal’s injury issues and the continued fallout from last weekend’s dramatic last-gasp draw with title rivals Manchester City, which is still escalating almost a week on from a feisty clash at the Etihad.

Pep Guardiola added further fuel to the fire at a City press conference on Friday, stating that his side were ready for a “war” with the Gunners when asked about Erling Haaland throwing the ball at Gabriel’s head following John Stones’ 98th-minute equaliser.

"I would say that sometimes the emotions are so there. Gabriel said it perfectly after the match, so this is a war, we are here to provoke the opponent, to push them,” he told reporters before the lunchtime trip to Newcastle.

"At the end what can you do? OK, you provoke me - I'm there. You want a war? I'll do a war.

"What do I have to do? And after, the emotions are the emotions. I'm pretty sure he's (Erling Haaland) not proud, but listen - the type of challenge that Arsenal challenges, I understand it."

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1 hour ago

Leicester face daunting task at sun-kissed Emirates

North London is bathed in glorious late summer sunshine ahead of this afternoon’s game.

Leicester have not won here since Jamie Vardy scored a late winner in October 2020, losing all five Premier League matches against Arsenal since then.

In fact, they have won only one of their last trips to these parts, losing 22.