It is been confirmed that Declan Rice will not included in the Arsenal team for their upcoming game against Tottenham after the international break.
English midfielder will play for England in international games and he will not be available for the game against Tottenham,
But the Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta not worried as the manager have the perfect replacement for the midfielder.
In the last game Arsenal vs Brighton, the Gunners have dropped two in the away match,
They lost two crucial points and it is the first time this season that they have lost some points.
This is not good for the Gunners as their target is to win the league and loosing points so early this season might be difficult for them in the future.
Declan Rice will not play against Tottenham
The reason why Arsenal lost the match was the Red card given to Declan Rice and this means that he will not available for the upcoming game,
Chris Kavanagh was the referee that showed the second yellow card to the midfielder.
The English midfielder secretly kicked the ball away from a Brighton player to delay the free-kick and waste some time,
The Brighton player Joel Veltman was not given any card as he was the who kicked Rice after he saw the Englishman trying to waste some time,
The referee gave the second yellow card to Rice and the player was force to leave the pitch.
The Gunners were reduce to 10 mens after the red card of Declan Rice and it became difficult for them to stop the opponents from scoring the goal.
But they failed and just few minutes after the red card, Joao Pedro scores the goal and make it 1-1.
The Arsenal fails to score another goal as they focused to defend and at the end they had to settle for a draw.
But now, Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice will miss the next game for the Gunners as he got a red card in the last game.
The next game of the Gunners will be against Tottenham in a North London Derby.
This is a very bad situation for the Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta as Rice is one of the player in his team and he will be missing the game,
Another problem is that they need to win the game as they drop the points in the two successive games.
The Gunners manager now must makes the plans for the next game without including the Englishman.
Mikel Arteta already have midfielder to replace Rice
Arsenal has another problem and that is, they cannot use their new midfield signing Mikel Merino, the spanish midfielder currently injured,
The player injured his shoulder in the first Arsenal training.
The Arsenal manager was ask some questions about this situation by the press,
The manager said that the club needs to adapt these kind of situations,
He further said that we were already prepare for these kind of situations and there are other players who can play in that role and he will give opportunities to other players.
Mikel Arteta was also ask about the situation that the Gunners does not have Declan Rice and Mikel Merino for the North London Derby.
Arsenal have the perfect replacement for Rice for the game against Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the player is Italian midfielder Jorginho.
The 32 year old Italian midfielder has a lot of experienced under his belt and he has offered all his experience to Arsenal
And in the dressing room since joining Gunners from Chelsea with a price of £12million in January 2023.
But he not a guaranteed started even after having such quality,
The Arsenal manager have one of the best defensive midfielder at his disposal but he not given much opportunities.
Last season Jorginho played 36 games for the Gunners last season and he also scored three goals.
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