Mikel Arteta has confirmed during his pre-match press conference that Gabriel Magalhaes is a doubt for Sunday's Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace.

The Gunners will take on Palace at the Emirates Stadium, attempting to record a seventh successive win across all competitions, after beating Port Vale, Newcastle, Olympiacos, West Ham, Fulham and Atletico Madrid. Arteta's side sit top of the table, having accumulated 19 points from their opening eight top-flight matches.

In his press conference before this weekend's contest, Arteta was asked about injuries, Eberechi Eze facing his old club and Declan Rice's admission that his position has evolved. So, with that in mind, football.london has rounded up the key points from the Spaniard's chat with the media on Friday;

Arteta has revealed that Gabriel sustained an "issue" during Tuesday's win against Atletico and hasn't been able to train yet going into Sunday's clash with Palace.

"Not much, obviously Big Gabi had to leave the pitch with an issue, and he hasn't been able to train yet,...