Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Kai Havertz latest news and return dates - Gunners still without several key players ahead of key festive games

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Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was the unlikely hero on Tuesday night as the Gunners sneaked past Crystal Palace and into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after a penalty shoot-out. The Gunners went ahead late on thanks to a Maxence Lacroix own goal but were pegged back in stoppage time by Marc Guehi's equaliser.

The top team in the English Premier League hopes to score another win on Saturday, as Arsenal pays a visit to Aston Villa for a marquee matchup. Arsenal has started to distance itself from the pack, and the club that has come close to finishing at the top of the mountain in recent years is doing its best to stay in first place.

Another Arsenal game, another clean sheet. While fans and pundits stroke their chins and ponder Arsenal’s attacking alchemy, their defensive record is perhaps taken for granted. Across nine competitive matches this season, Arsenal have conceded just ...

Hopefully Mikel Arteta will have taken full advantage of the full week of training, a welcome and much-needed break from the match every three days cadence of December and January. Arsenal were cobbling together lineups and running on fumes.

Everton away was one of the many games in which Arsenal dropped point last season as an Iliman Ndiaye penalty ensured the points were shared in a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park in April. Their constant failure to win proved a big part in their failure to win the Premier League, but they already seem to have rid themselves of that habit this time round.

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