Which defensive pairing would you pick?

With the festive schedule out of the way, we begin our Emirates FA Cup campaign with a third-round tie at Preston North End on Saturday evening.

Arsène Wenger has plenty of tough selection decisions to make in the build up to the match, but perhaps the most difficult will be choosing his centre-back pairing to start at Deepdale.

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Should Gabriel come back into the side to partner Shkodran Mustafi? Or would you like to see Rob Holding given a chance? It’s completely up to you, just make sure you vote in our poll below.

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