Press Conferences – GW18
Arsenal
Ruled out: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (internal club suspension) and Sead Kolasinac (ankle).
Might play: Bernd Leno (groin) and Gabriel Martinelli (cramp).
“We are good [Covid]. We are waiting on more tests, which we’ll have this afternoon. We had a couple of [injury] issues in the week, we will train today and see how everyone is feeling.”
~ Mikel Arteta
Aston Villa
Ruled out: Leon Bailey (muscle), Bertrand Traore (thigh), Marvelous Nakamba (knee), Morgan Sanson (Covid), Keinan Davis (Covid) and Anwar El Ghazi (Covid).
Might play: Ashley Young (knock).
“We have certain individuals missing for tomorrow’s game. Ashley Young is 50/50. We’re having to use more players for more games and more minutes because we’ve got some players missing with Covid. That puts more strain and stress on the players individually and you pick up more injuries on the back of that.”
~ Steven Gerrard
Burnley
Ruled out: Ashley Barnes (thigh).
Might play: Maxwel Cornet (thigh), Dale Stephens (Covid) and Connor Roberts (illness).
“It is only one and we think we have removed him from the situation very quickly.”
~ Sean Dyche
Chelsea
Ruled out: Romelu Lukaku (Covid), Timo Werner (Covid), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Covid) and Ben Chilwell (knee + Covid).
Might play: Kai Havertz (illness), Jorginho (back) and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (ankle).
Fit: Mateo Kovacic.
“No more positive Covid results at the moment. The lottery starts again tomorrow afternoon! We are happy at the moment that Kai (Havertz) has one negative result, so he was back in training. We have Jorginho a doubt for Sunday because he’s in pain. We have Ruben (Loftus-Cheek) a doubt because he’s in pain.”
~ Thomas Tuchel
Leeds Utd
Ruled out: Patrick Bamford (hamstring), Daniel James (muscle), Rodrigo (heel), Junior Firpo (suspended), Kalvin Phillips (hamstring), Liam Cooper (hamstring), Pascal Struijk (knee) and Jamie Shackleton (achilles).
Fit: Robin Koch.
“Shackleton and James are out. Koch is available.”
~ Marcelo Bielsa
Liverpool
Ruled out: Virgil van Dijk (Covid), Fabinho (Covid), Curtis Jones (Covid), Nathaniel Phillips (cheekbone), Harvey Elliott (ankle) and Adrian (calf).
Might play: Divock Origi (knee).
“We know now, at this moment, three players (Van Dijk, Fabinho and Jones) are probably not available. If they are false positive, and we realise that, we will say that. If in two hours, when the players arrive, we then have six, seven, eight more cases, then of course we cannot play. But in the situation, like we have now, we can play and we would like to play.”
~ Jurgen Klopp
Man City
Ruled out: Ferran Torres (foot).
Might play: Bernardo Silva (muscle), Kyle Walker (illness).
Fit: Joao Cancelo (back from suspension).
Newcastle
Ruled out: Jamal Lewis (hamstring), Federico Fernandez (thigh) and Paul Dummett (calf).
Might play: Allan Saint-Maximin (knock).
“He took a really nasty tackle. I don’t know if the injury is related to that tackle or more muscular. I’ve got no idea. I did try and speak to him when he came off but didn’t manage to get a clear communication.”
~ Eddie Howe on (Saint-Maximin)
Spurs
Ruled out: Cristian Romero (hamstring).
Might play: Emerson Royal (illness), Bryan Gil (illness) and Sergio Reguilon (muscle).
Fit: Giovani Lo Celso (knock).
“Sergio (Reguilon) until today trained individually but he’s ready to have the training session with us. The player is comfortable. I hope that tomorrow he’s totally recovered, but today Sergio was happy. His feeling was good.”
~ Antonio Conte
Wolves
Ruled out: Rayan Ait-Nouri (groin), Hwang Hee-chan (hamstring), Yerson Mosquera (thigh + Covid), Fabio Silva (Covid), Jonny (knee) and Pedro Neto (knee).
Fit: Raul Jimenez (back from suspension).
