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Mikel Arteta is hopeful Kieran Tierney will be able to cut 14-day quarantine short and face Manchester City... as he admits clubs 'lose control' when players go away on international duty

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hoping to have Kieran Tierney available for Saturday's Premier League trip to Manchester City as discussions over his need to self-isolate continue.

Tierney, as well as compatriot Ryan Christie, were instructed to quarantine for 14 days after Scotland team-mate Stuart Armstrong tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty.

Both Tierney and Christie returned negative tests and have insisted they complied with social-distancing guidelines.

Mikel Arteta is hoping to have Kieran Tierney for Saturday's match against Manchester City

But the Lothian Health Protection Team identified the two players - as well as two members of the Scotland backroom staff - as close contacts of Armstrong.