{"id":3852,"date":"2021-12-26T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/26\/why-tomiyasu-more-are-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-norwich\/"},"modified":"2021-12-26T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T17:01:09","slug":"why-tomiyasu-more-are-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-norwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/26\/why-tomiyasu-more-are-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-norwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tomiyasu &amp; more are absent from Arsenal\u2019s squad to face Norwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An explanation for the respective absences of all of Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Cedric Soares from Arsenal\u2019s matchday squad to face Norwich this afternoon has been provided.<\/p>\n<h2>Gunners firing on all cylinders<\/h2>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s men are of course set to return to action shortly.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an action-packed Boxing Day fixture list (albeit one which has been reduced to six ties owing to Covid-19), the Gunners have made the trip to Carrow Road, for a Premier League showdown with the aforementioned Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal head into proceedings no doubt brimming with confidence, having bounced back from a concerning defeat at Everton earlier this month with a quartet of successive victories across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta and co., in turn, are aware that another triumph this afternoon would see them, at the very least, maintain the club\u2019s 4-point advantage over the rest of the top-4 chasing pack.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1627429\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1627429\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1627429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Why Tomiyasu &amp; more are absent from Arsenal\u2019s squad to face Norwich\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-1536x1105.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-2048x1473.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359227173-904x650.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1627429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 15: Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta applauds the fans after the Premier League match between Arsenal and West Ham United at Emirates Stadium on December 15, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Chloe Knott \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Tomi amongst absentees<\/h2>\n<p>As alluded to above, though, Arsenal\u2019s hopes of returning to north London with all three points on Sunday were, in the buildup to kick-off, dealt something of a blow.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the visitors\u2019 matchday squad to face Norwich being unveiled, several regular members of Mikel Arteta\u2019s ranks were nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>The players in question? Cedric Soares, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and, most significantly, starring summer addition Takehiro Tomiyasu:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? TEAM NEWS!<\/p>\n<p>?? Martinelli starts<br \/>\n?? Odegaard in midfield<br \/>\n?? Lacazette up front<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do this, Gunners ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NORARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NORARS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UCdhUzcpKw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UCdhUzcpKw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1475104114895958033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An explanation for the absences of all three, however, has since been provided.<\/p>\n<p>As confirmed across Arsenal\u2019s social media platforms, unfortunately, all of Cedric, Maitland-Niles and Tomiyasu have returned positive tests for Covid-19:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Cedric, Tomiyasu and Maitland-Niles all miss out on today\u2019s squad after testing positive with Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Get well soon lads \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1475106801314115596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenals-plan-for-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-with-transfer-window-looming\/\">Arsenal\u2019s plan for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with transfer window looming<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-how-much-arsenal-and-manchester-city-transfer-target-dusan-vlahovic-is-set-to-demand-to-join\/\">Revealed: How much Arsenal and Manchester City transfer target Dusan Vlahovic will command on the transfer market<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An explanation for the respective absences of all of Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Cedric Soares from Arsenal\u2019s matchday squad to face Norwich this afternoon has been provided. Gunners firing on all cylinders Mikel Arteta\u2019s men are of course set to return to action shortly. As part of an action-packed Boxing Day fixture list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}