{"id":2680,"date":"2026-04-18T07:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:23:45","slug":"we-are-here-to-win-mikel-arteta-reacts-strongly-to-rumors-that-arsenal-will-play-for-a-draw-at-manchester-city-while-bukayo-saka-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2680","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe are here to win! \u00bb &#8211; Mikel Arteta reacts strongly to rumors that Arsenal will play for a draw at Manchester City, while Bukayo Saka is out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"C\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Selection issues complicated preparations, with star winger Saka officially ruled out due to a persistent Achilles tendon problem. With captain Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber facing last-minute fitness tests, Saka&#8217;s absence leaves a significant void on the right flank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBukayo is out, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d he declared. \u201cHe&#8217;s just starting to train, so let&#8217;s see how it develops, how fast we can progress, and then we&#8217;ll wait, but for now, that&#8217;s not the question. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have been dealing with these injuries since the start of the season. When we see the different phases we have gone through and the players absent for very long periods, the situation is not normal. But we were able to raise our heads thanks to our mentality, the solutions found and the way in which the players responded. We remain strong and we will remain strong. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selection issues complicated preparations, with star winger Saka officially ruled out due to a persistent Achilles tendon problem. With captain Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber facing last-minute fitness tests, Saka&#8217;s absence leaves a significant void on the right flank. \u201cBukayo is out, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d he declared. \u201cHe&#8217;s just starting to train, so let&#8217;s see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}