ARSENAL’S Carabao Cup misery has been added to after Mikel Arteta revealed Declan Rice, Noni Madueke and Riccardo Calafiori are all injured.
The trio were left out of the squad for the Gunners’ trip to Fleetwood in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, which they .
Calafiori had been a doubt for the game after struggling towards the end of Saturday’s .
But the absence of Madueke and Rice is a shock and blow, especially as Arsenal head to Anfield to face Liverpool on Sunday.
, 44, said: “Calafiori was out, Noni was out with an ankle [issue].
“And Declan finished with a problem [against Everton] the other day. That’s why I had to substitute him.”
Arsenal were in the absence of some of their key players.
Arteta was still able to name a strong side, however, and it included the likes of Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres.
League Two side of the Carabao Cup on penalties, though, by winning a dramatic shootout.
Arteta added: “First of all, congratulations to Fleetwood for going through in the next round, in the manner they’ve done it, the atmosphere they have created, and, yeah, a really sad day for us.
“I cannot fault at all the attitude of the players. I haven’t seen anyone not doing what is required at this level.
“But, obviously, we insisted so much, we have so much of the ball, so many chances, so many shots.
“And if you want the margins to be bigger than going to penalties, obviously, you need to capitalise on that.
“And we didn’t. And is about that.”
