The reality of an uncomfortably compressed schedule this week has prompted Arsène Wenger to leave a host of first team players in London as the best of the rest travel to Belarus for a Europa League encounter against Bate Borisov. The squad selected suggests Sunday’s Premier League match against Brighton is being prioritised. Alexis Sánchez, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Laurent Koscielny and Héctor Bellerín are among those free to watch the game from the comfort of their homes, feet up, with no extra air miles and bleary-eyed overnight travel home to contend with during a busy month. 'It's smoke and mirrors': Arsène Wenger takes aim at cryotherapy...
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