3 things spotted in Arsenal training ahead of Chelsea clash

Arsenal news: The Gunners will be desperate to bounce back from Wednesday's defeat to Manchester City when they welcome Chelsea to the Emirates Stadium

Arsenal will now undergo mission perfect in their remaining five games of the season if they are to win the Premier League title. The Gunners have failed to win in their four games and have lost ground on their advantage over Manchester City.

With no usual weekend game, the north London outfit have enjoyed more time at London Colney in preparation for next Tuesday's clash. Here, football.london takes a look at things that were spotted from the session.

Jakub Kiwior hint

Rob Holding has been selected to partner Gabriel Magalhaes in the heart of Arsenal's defence in Saliba's absence, but the resolute defending on display earlier in the season has been nowhere to be seen.

There have been calls for Kiwior to replace Holding as Gabriel's partner, but Arteta has stuck with the Englishman. However, Kiwior was spotted deep in conversation with Martin Odegaard before the session and was heavily involved in the passing drill.

Man City reaction

In the footage released by Arsenal, members of the Gunners squad are spotted sharing the odd joke in their short trip to the training pitch at Colney. Reiss Nelson seems to be showing some love to fellow attackers Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka before Brazilian trio Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel were pictured interacting with Jorginho.

Academy involvement

The Macclesfield-born midfielder was pictured travelling to the training field with Eddie Nketiah before joining the huddle pre-session and taking part in the warm-up. Ibrahim was named on Arteta's bench for the Europa League games with Bodo/Glimt and PSV last year and has featured often for the Under-23s in recent months. A player to keep an eye on over pre-season.

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