ARSENAL face a selection headache for their FA Cup trip to Mansfield as Myles Lewis-Skelly is suspended.
MLS, 19, was booked during Arsenal’s wins in the third and fourth rounds, so he has been handed a ban.
Myles Lewis-Skelly is suspended for the game at Mansfield in the FA CupCredit: Reuters
Mikel Arteta faces a headache over who he picks in defence for the game at MansfieldCredit: Getty
rules state that a player who receives two yellow cards, up to and including in the sixth round, is hit with a one-match suspension.
MLS will now have to sit out Arsenal’s trip to side Mansfield on Saturday in the fifth round.
The left-back will be gutted to miss the clash as he has started just four games since the turn of the year.
Two of those starts came in the FA Cup, with the others in the .
MLS would have been certain to come into the team this weekend as wants to rotate his side.
The Gunners are in Champions League action next Wednesday, when they travel to for the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Arteta will want players fresh for that – but he now faces a selection headache over who to pick in defence at Mansfield.
is a doubt after missing Wednesday’s win over Brighton with an ankle injury.
was also absent from the squad for that game and has missed the last three matches.
MLS being suspended leaves Arteta with just five first-team defenders in , Gabriel, Jurrien Timber Piero Hincapie and .
Marli Salmon, 16, could be an option to come into the defence after making his debut this season.
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