Having signed Eric Bailly from Villarreal earlier this summer, Luke Shaw will also hope to stake his claim for a regular place in the starting line -
up after recovering from injury to join the likes of Chris Smalling and Antonio Valencia in Mourinho's preferred backline.
Not exact matches
The words «uncertainty» and «I don't think» are far
from definite, so unless the boss is hiding something and Wilshere really has suffered a setback in his attempt to
recover from his latest ankle
injury, then he really was rested
after training hard
up to this point.
As for the visitors, James Milner replaces Jordan Henderson
after he picked
up a dead leg in the Champions League draw with Porto in midweek, but there is positive
injury news too as left - back Andy Robertson has
recovered from a knock of his own.
On top of that if tafari moore picks
up where he left off
after he
recovers from his
injury, all the right backs had better watch out.
Chris Carpenter, who was making his third start of the season
after recovering from a shoulder
injury, couldn't make it hold
up.
More good news has come Wenger's way as German midfielder Serge Gnabry has also returned to training
after recovering from a knee
injury picked
up in April.
Essentially, Liverpool have lost their best attacking played in Sadio Mane to
injury, whilst other two starts
up top, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino are expected to be jaded
after a lack of time to
recover from playing in Brazil only a few days before today's kick off.
Mauricio Pochettino has said that Toby has
recovered successfully
from his tight
injury picked
up at the Etihad, and should play
from the start here
after his recovery.
As revealed by Mauricio Pochettino on Thursday, Lloris is once again available for selection
after recovering slightly ahead of schedule
from his hamstring
injury picked
up in the first game of the season away at Everton.
Ahead of our game against Bournemouth this afternoon, Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Henrikh Mkhitaryan still hasn't
recovered from the hamstring
injury he picked
up after scoring our winning goal against St Etienne 10 days ago.
There was also 90 minutes for January signing Mina in the middle of the defence, while Ousmane Dembele played for over an hour as he continues to get
up to speed
after recovering from a second hamstring
injury.
Eden Hazard is now fit
after recovering from his ankle
injury and in contention with Willian and Pedro also vying for the two places flanking Morata
up front.
Arter was brought off at half - time in the Boxing Day goalless draw with Crystal Palace
after he picked
up an early yellow card and Howe said it was to «manage his workload»
after recovering from a hamstring
injury picked
up at the end of November.
After three months, subjects underwent a follow -
up assessment and were asked if they had
recovered from their
injuries.