{"id":6995,"date":"2022-01-23T09:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T14:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/23\/why-takehiro-tomiyasu-misses-arsenal-vs-burnley-as-five-players-in-line-for-debuts\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T14:03:47","slug":"why-takehiro-tomiyasu-misses-arsenal-vs-burnley-as-five-players-in-line-for-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/23\/why-takehiro-tomiyasu-misses-arsenal-vs-burnley-as-five-players-in-line-for-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Takehiro Tomiyasu misses Arsenal vs Burnley as five players in line for debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ahead of Arsenal\u2019s clash with Burnley, the Gunners released their lineup and it was largely as expected, with one major omission.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-handed-potential-defensive-injury-blow-ahead-of-international-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>101\u00a0<\/strong>reported earlier today<\/a>, Takehiro Tomiyasu misses out with an injury that saw him withdraw from the Japanese national squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, something that Arsenal have since confirmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Tomiyasu (tight calf) and Cedric (right hip) both miss out through injury today<\/p>\n<p>Speedy recovery, lads ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1485239984781201410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aside from that, however, it is an unchanged side to that which struggled against Liverpool on Thursday, with Martin Odegaard once more operating in a deep lying role alongside Sambi Lokonga.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? TEAM NEWS<\/p>\n<p>??????? Holding starts in defence<br \/>\n?? Odegaard in midfield<br \/>\n?? Martinelli in attack<\/p>\n<p>COME ON ARSENAL ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARSBUR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARSBUR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5QAdaB8Imb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5QAdaB8Imb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1485236037689528324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both concerningly and excitingly, as many as five players on Arsenal\u2019s 9 man bench are eligible to make their Premier League debuts this afternoon, with four in line for their first senior action should they be called upon against Sean Dyche\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal need a win<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal are in desperate need of their first win of 2022, having fallen as low as seventh in the Premier League despite not having played in the Premier League since New Years Day, when they fell to a stoppage-time 2-1 loss to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>So tight is the race for the top four, however, that a win over Burnley combined with Tottenham dropping points to Chelsea later would take them back into 4th place, with a game in hand on Manchester United and two games in hand on West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>With Burnley currently bottom of the league, there is no excuse for Arsenal not winning in front of an Emirates crowd and taking another step in the right direction for European football this season.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-to-offer-key-pair-contracts-at-end-of-season\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal to offer key pair contracts at end of season<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/arsenal-vs-burnley-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal vs Burnley betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Arsenal\u2019s clash with Burnley, the Gunners released their lineup and it was largely as expected, with one major omission. As\u00a0101\u00a0reported earlier today, Takehiro Tomiyasu misses out with an injury that saw him withdraw from the Japanese national squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, something that Arsenal have since confirmed. ? Tomiyasu (tight [&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-6995","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\/6995","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=6995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}