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The latest on Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s injury

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was forced off during the second half of our 4-1 win over CSKA Moscow on Thursday night.

Here’s the very latest from Arsene Wenger on our Armenian international - plus all the other team news ahead of the Southampton game.

on Mkhitaryan…

Micki came off and he will be out for Sunday. He has a scan and the fear is that his medial knee ligament has been touched. We’ll know more about that soon. For how long he will be out, I don’t know.

on Ospina…

Ospina is out for two to three weeks.

on Maitland-Niles…

Ainsley is short for this weekend, but he might be back for Moscow.

on his rotation policy… 

We are focusing on the Premier League and the Europa League with the squad. We rotate a little bit from one game to the other after considering the recovery and the slight injuries or risk of injuries. As well we consider that some people, like Aubameyang, are not available in the Europa League but they are available in the Premier League. So the rotation is quite natural.