Arsenal will perhaps welcome the breather that the international break brings given their recent form.
The Gunners have not won in the Premier League for more than a month with Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea keeping them nine points adrift of table-toppers Liverpool. The team has scored just once in three games despite welcoming a number of players back from injury.
Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka both recovered from knocks to feature in recent matches, although neither has joined up with their countries for international duty. Odegaard has only just come back from ligament damage while Saka picked up an issue at Stamford Bridge.
