London Arsenal are approaching the final match of the Champions League with significant personnel problems in the defensive line.

At the pre-match press conference, team coach Mikel Arteta announced that defenders Jurrien Timber and William Saliba would not be able to help the team in the home match against Kairat..

Also, the “Gunners” will be hesitant to do without the versatile Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino, who is missing the game through suspension. Commenting on the situation with the injured players, Arteta noted that the coaching staff plans to take this pause for the continued renewal of the players.

" They have a lot of problems and it’s time to try to deal with them differently to get them to the best possible stage that we can manage,” the head coach told Arsenal..

The match against Kairat will take place on Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium. This will remain the group stage of the Champions League. After 7 rounds, the gunners leave the top, with 21 points in their assets.