Mikel Arteta has ruled Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli out until April, meaning Arsenal will enter the Champions League last 16 without any of their first-choice front four. Saka has been missing since undergoing hamstring surgery in December and Martinelli has been absent since the start of February.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been forced to do without a host of his key attacking players in recent weeks but there may finally be some light at the end of the tunnel