Arsenal fans are fuming as it was officially confirmed that Bukayo Saka is not in the matchday squad for the visit of Manchester City today.
The team sheet shows that the front three will be Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard and Eddie Nketiah.
Gooners were optimistic about Saka featuring against the Premier League champions as he travelled with the rest of his team-mates.
But the England winger does not even make the bench.
This has led to outrage from Arsenal supporters on social media.
@freemyCEOboosie: Arteta didn’t play saka to have a built in excuse… we won’t accept
@uDosa_: We have descent cover for every position besides Saka’s RW position and God knows what Arteta and Edu were thinking not beefing RW up. SMH
@AwesomeDiLusso: What has Arteta been smoking?… It’s his fault we don’t have Saka for today and he’s got in Jorginho instead of Partey
@tidum07: This is what you get for starting Saka aginst Lens when he has been carrying an injury for 2 weeks. This is on you Arteta
@foliray: The best thing to do after that load of games is to rest Bukayo Saka & save him the hustle. ManCity will win anyway if he’s not 100%. Mikel Arteta fault!
The best thing for Gareth Southgate and England to do is rest him too. Common sense to the rescue
