Coach Mikel Arteta praised Arsenal’s refusal to let their English Premier League title challenge be ruined by injuries after they survived another debilitating 24 hours to beat Brighton 2-1 on Saturday. Arteta’s side was rocked by an injury to Dutch defender Jurrien Timber in training on Friday.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Italy full-back Riccardo Calafiori joined Arsenal’s growing list of walking wounded when he picked up a knock during the pre-match warm-up before the Brighton clash. Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera were also ruled out, so Myles Lewis-Skelly came in at left-back and England midfielder Declan Rice started at right-back.