Arsenal press conference LIVE: Mikel Arteta on Bournemouth, Saka, Odegaard, Eze and Calafiori

Mikel Arteta faces the media ahead of Arsenal's clash with Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners know that they can move 12 points clear of their Premier League title rivals, Manchester City, who play at Chelsea on Sunday.

After the win in Lisbon, the momentum and mood have much improved with Kai Havertz getting on the scoresheet. Now they return and have a big task with a Cherries team on a resilient run of form.

Arteta also saw Jurrien Timber, Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori, Piero Hincapie, Martin Odegaard and, of course, Mikel Merino all absent from the Thursday training session. He will be asked for updates on the group with optimism that Eberechi Eze could be involved after he did train yesterday.

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