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Why Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze miss the Carabao Cup final for Arsenal | Football
Both Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze miss the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, with neither Arsenal star recovering from injury in time to face Manchester City at Wembley.
The full-back and the play-maker were doubts coming into the clash, with Timber missing the win over Bayer Leverkusen in midweek and Eze being forced off during the meeting with the Germans.
The England international scored a brilliant opener against Leverkusen but was taken off after the break due to a knock.
The Dutchman was not involved in the Champions League last 16 match due to an ankle issue.
There was hope that both would be fit enough to feature at Wembley, with Arsenal meeting City at 4.30pm, but neither have recovered in time and will be disappointed to miss out.
Ben White will play at right-back, while the front line sees Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard featuring behind Viktor Gyokeres.
Martin Odegaard has also failed to recover from a knee injury and is not in the squad to take on Manchester City.
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Kepa Arrizabalaga starts in goal, with William Saliba alongside Gabriel at the heart of Arteta’s defence and Piero Hincapie at left-back.
The familiar pairing of Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi is in midfield at Wembley.
More to follow…
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