Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remains unavailable to Arsenal, Mikel Arteta has confirmed, with the Gunners captain set to sit out a Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Manchester City.
The Gabonese frontman missed a 2-1 Premier League defeat to Everton on Saturday with a muscle complaint.
Arteta claims that injury is not as problematic as it was, but his skipper is not yet ready to step back into the fold for an Arsenal team crying out for inspiration from somewhere.
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“Auba is feeling much better and he was more positive yesterday [Sunday] than in the previous two days,” Arteta told reporters ahead of a meeting with City on Tuesday.