The 30-year-old suffered an injury blow in the draw against
Liverpool a few weeks ago after the
Manchester City shot-stopper collided at full-speed with Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez. After that crucial match, City boss
Pep Guardiola stated to that Ederson’s injury “doesn’t look good.” Ederson will be replaced by Stefan Ortega for this significant game in the
Premier League calendar. As it stands,
Arsenal are a point above last season’s treble-winners Manchester City.
ESPN reporter Rob Dawson has reported on
Social Media that John Stones will be on the bench, while Ederson has failed to make the matchday squad. The Citizens were worried that injuries to John Stones and Kyle Walker could also see them out for Sunday’s game, but at least they have Stones on the bench to potentially come on and make a difference. Arsenal have had injury doubts of their own heading into this heavyweight Premier League battle after Bukayo Saka withdrew from the
England national team before the friendlies against
Brazil and
Belgium. Gabriel Martinelli was also a big doubt.