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– Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will miss the Premier League match against Manchester City on 1 January after testing positive for Covid-19 for a second time.
– Assistants Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round will take charge at Emirates Stadium.
– Calum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ainsley Maitland-Niles missed the 5-0 win over Norwich on 26 December after testing positive.
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– Arteta tested positive in March 2020.
– “Mikel is isolating in line with Government guidelines and we wish him well,” read an Arsenal statement.
– Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard and Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira missed matches over the Christmas period following positive tests.
– Arsenal, who have won their past four league games, are fourth in the table, 12 points behind leaders City.
– Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has been overlooked for the past five games in all competitions after being stripped of the captaincy, will also miss the City match.
– He is in Dubai with the Gabon squad preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations.
