Press Conferences – GW14

Arsenal

Ruled out: Granit Xhaka (knee) and Sead Kolasinac (ankle).
Might play: Bukayo Saka (muscle).

“It was an action where he said he felt something muscular. He wasn’t comfortable to continue and we’ll have to assess him.”
~ Mikel Arteta on (Saka)

Aston Villa

Ruled out: Danny Ings (thigh), Trezeguet (knee) and Bertrand Traore (thigh).

“Danny, unfortunately, won’t make tomorrow. We were protecting him at the weekend. He’s had a little bit of a setback – a previous injury – nothing major, but we had to put the brakes on for a few days at the least.”
~ Steven Gerrard on (Ings)

Brentford

Ruled out: David Raya (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (hamstring), Mathias Jorgensen (muscle) and Josh Dasilva (hip).
Might play: Christian Norgaard (back), Rico Henry (knock) and Sergi Canos (knock).

“Christian [Norgaard] had to come off with a minor back issue but he should be ready for Thursday. I don’t know what happened to Rico [Henry] and Sergi [Canos] but they had to come off, but I expect them to be ready too.”
~ Thomas Frank

Brighton

Ruled out: Danny Welbeck (thigh) and Steven Alzate (ankle).

“[They] are getting closer and closer. Next couple of weeks, we’d like to see them training with the team.”
~ Graham Potter on (Welbeck and Alzate)

Burnley

Ruled out: James Tarkowski (suspended), Ashley Westwood (suspended) and Ashley Barnes (thigh).
Might play: Dale Stephens (ankle), Jay Rodriguez (muscle) and Matej Vydra (muscle).

“He is training fully, he still needs more football but he feels good.”
~ Sean Dyche on (Stephens)

Chelsea

Ruled out: Ben Chilwell (knee), Mateo Kovacic (hamstring) and N’Golo Kante (knee).
Might play: Reece James, Jorginho and Timo Werner.
Fit: Kai Havertz.

“We have some players in doubt, maybe we need a bit more time, more examinations. Reece James, Jorginho and Timo Werner: they all trained today with us and there will be some last-minute decisions about the three. With Romelu, there is no reaction from his injured ankle. He’s stayed in training and he’s ready to progress in minutes.”
~ Thomas Tuchel

Crystal Palace

Ruled out: NJoachim Andersen (hamstring), Nathan Ferguson (Achilles) and James McArthur (hamstring).

“[Andersen] is not going to travel with the team. He is still not 100 percent. We have to evaluate the injury every day and to see how he is feeling, but for the game tomorrow it will be too short [a turnaround].”
~ Patrick Vieira

Everton

Ruled out: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (thigh), Mason Holgate (suspended), Yerry Mina (hamstring) and Tom Davies (knee).
Might play: Andre Gomes (calf).

“The group of players is the same but Andre Gomes is training. Dominic [Calvert-Lewin], Yerry Mina and Davies are not available but at least we have players training. They will need some time to have match-fitness.”
~ Rafael Benitez

Leeds Utd

Ruled out: Robin Koch (pelvic).
Might play: Luke Ayling (knee) and Patrick Bamford (ankle).
Fit: Kalvin Phillips.

“With respect to Kalvin [Phillips], he is available for the game tomorrow. Shackleton and Pascal [Struijk] coming on were all to do with improving how the team was playing. I don’t link it to his individual performance, whether it was high or low.”
~ Marcelo Bielsa

Leicester

Ruled out: Youri Tielemans (calf), Ricardo Pereira (thigh), James Justin (knee) and Wesley Fofana (leg).

“The squad will pretty much be similar to Sunday. Youri [Tielemans], we’ll see where he is at at the back-end of the week but he’s progressing really well. I’ve seen him back out on the pitch with the rehabilitation team today, so he looked very strong. We’ll just assess that as the week goes through, but it’s probably going to be more towards the end of the week.”
~ Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Ruled out: Roberto Firmino (hamstring), Joe Gomez (calf), Curtis Jones (eye), Harvey Elliott (ankle) and Naby Keita (hamstring).

“Everyone came through [the Southampton game] well, as far I know. All the [injured] boys are getting closer. Bobby [Firmino] needs probably another week to do more football stuff. Joe [Gomez] and Naby [Keita] are not too far away from team training. With Curtis [Jones], it’s not in our hands. We have to wait until the doctors give us the green light.”
~ Jurgen Klopp

Man City

Ruled out: Aymeric Laporte (suspended), Ferran Torres (foot) and Kevin De Bruyne (Covid).
Might play: Jack Grealish (knock) and Phil Foden (knock).

“Kevin (De Bruyne) still hasn’t trained. He was negative for the last test but could not train. Maybe tomorrow they [Foden and Grealish] can play but not a lot of minutes.”
~ Pep Guardiola

Man Utd

Ruled out: Paul Pogba (thigh) and Raphael Varane (hamstring).
Might play: Luke Shaw (head) and Edinson Cavani (tendon).
Fit: Mason Greenwood.

Newcastle

Ruled out: Matt Ritchie (suspended), Jamaal Lascelles (suspended) and Paul Dummett (calf).
Might play: Dwight Gayle (hamstring).

Norwich

Ruled out: Mathias Normann (pelvic), Christoph Zimmermann (ankle) and Sam Byram (lack of match fitness).
“He’ll see a specialist to get the best advice. We’ll wait and see, but hopefully not a long one.”
~ Dean Smith on (Normann)

Southampton

Ruled out: Stuart Armstrong (calf).
Might play: Jack Stephens (knee).

“It was only Stuey [Armstrong] who was not part of the squad today. The rest was with us.”
~ Ralph Hassenhuttl

Spurs

Ruled out: Cristian Romero (thigh).
Might play: Giovani Lo Celso (knock).

Watford

Ruled out: Ben Foster (groin), Ismaila Sarr (knee), Nicolas Nkoulou (hamstring), Peter Etebo (thigh), Francisco Sierralta (hamstring), Ken Sema (knee) and Kwadwo Baah (ankle).
Might play: Emmanuel Dennis (ankle), Adam Masina (knock) and Juraj Kucka (knee).

“Of course it’s very hard, but I have good players and also at Leicester we played well. We must continue in this way. I know Sarr is very important for us, but we have to go on.”
~ Claudio Ranieri

West Ham

Ruled out: Angelo Ogbonna (knee).
Might play: Aaron Cresswell (back).

“We’ve got a doubt about Aaron Cresswell but he’s been out today so we’re hopeful that he’s not too bad. We’ll see how he is.”
~ David Moyes

Wolves

Ruled out: Ruben Neves (suspended), Willy Boly (muscle), Daniel Podence (Covid), Yerson Mosquera (thigh), Jonny (knee) and Pedro Neto (knee).