BIG GUNS ON SHOW

Already won the group, but Arteta wants his main men on call to bolster team spirit

- MATTHEW DUNN

BUKAYO SAKA was told to hop on the plane to Holland despite missing training with a foot injury as Mikel Arteta strives to keep team spirit.

Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, after five successive wins, came as something of a shock and cost Arsenal their top spot in the Premier League.

There is no danger of that happening in Europe, however, with the winner's spot in Group B already secured. But even though Saka has been struggling with an injury, Arteta included him in the party to heading Eindhoven with all his other big names in tow.

"We have five or six big injuries so we are already a bit thin, said the Gunners boss.