Five key Arsenal players missed training ahead of their Champions League quarter-final clash against Sporting, where they hold a 1-0 lead. Declan Rice, who played in the recent match against Bournemouth, was notably absent from the open training session.
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Five of Arsenal's key players were missing from the open part of training before the Gunners quarter-final second-leg match against Sporting in the Champions League.
Arsenal have a 1-0 advantage from the first leg but have a number of injury issues in the squad.
Declan Rice, who played 90 minutes of Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend, was not seen in the first 15 minutes of the training session that was open to the media.
Captain Martin Odegaard missed the game as did Bukayo Saka, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori - all with injury issues.
This is a pivotal week for Arsenal in the season with the chance to reach the last four of the Champions League before a huge match against title rivals Manchester City on Sunday.
Five key players from Arsenal's squad were missing from training ahead of the Champions League match against Sporting.
Arsenal currently leads the tie 1-0 from the first leg against Sporting.
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