{"id":9097,"date":"2022-02-10T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/10\/why-bernd-leno-is-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-wolves\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:00:31","slug":"why-bernd-leno-is-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/10\/why-bernd-leno-is-absent-from-arsenals-squad-to-face-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bernd Leno is absent from Arsenal\u2019s squad to face Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An explanation for the absence of shot-stopper Bernd Leno from Arsenal\u2019s matchday squad to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday night has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>German international Leno, expected to take his place on the bench as backup to Aaron Ramsdale at Molineux, will in fact be unavailable for selection to Mikel Arteta, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the 29-year-old having returned a positive test for Covid-19, and, as per the United Kingdom\u2019s guidelines, subsequently entered a period of self isolation in north London.<\/p>\n<p>Youngster Arthur Okonkwo replaces Leno on the Arsenal bench:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Team news update\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bernd_Leno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bernd_Leno<\/a> misses today\u2019s game after testing positive for Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Get well soon, Bernd! \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpdaiKBN7f\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fpdaiKBN7f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1491845761155354625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Top-4 repercussions<\/h2>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s clash, of course, is expected to prove a tricky one to navigate for Mikel Arteta\u2019s visitors.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Wolves having rattled off a trio of successive wins over the course of the last month, to climb within just two points of Arsenal in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>A 4th-straight triumph on Thursday, in turn, would see the Molineux outfit leapfrog both the Gunners and capital rivals Tottenham in the English top-flight table.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1660170\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"Alexandre Lacazette first goalscorer against Wolves, now 13\/2!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/#\/AC\/B1\/C1\/D8\/E113872923\/F3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/#\/AC\/B1\/C1\/D8\/E113872923\/F3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">Alexandre Lacazette first goalscorer against Wolves, now 13\/2!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/#\/AC\/B1\/C1\/D8\/E113872923\/F3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">Bet now!<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, should Arsenal get the better of Bruno Lage\u2019s troops, the London giants will deal their own hopes of a top-4 finish a considerable boost.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with both Spurs and Manchester United having already dropped points this week, to leave the door ajar for Arteta and co. to climb within a point of 4th-placed West Ham, despite boasting a pair of games in hand on the Hammers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-arsenal-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/dream-big-shot-stopper-celebrates-imminent-arsenal-switch\/\">\u2018Dream big\u2019: Shot-stopper celebrates imminent Arsenal switch<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An explanation for the absence of shot-stopper Bernd Leno from Arsenal\u2019s matchday squad to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday night has been provided. German international Leno, expected to take his place on the bench as backup to Aaron Ramsdale at Molineux, will in fact be unavailable for selection to Mikel Arteta, it has been [&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-9097","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\/9097","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=9097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}