Reyes remains sidelined

Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes is still ruled out of Sunday’s clash against Chelsea at Highbury after failing to recover from a thigh injury.

However, Dennis Bergkamp is ready to make his comeback after missing two games with a hamstring injury to compete with Robin van Persie for a place up front alongside Thierry Henry.

Gilberto is suspended following his red card at Newcastle last weekend, while Ashley Cole, Gael Clichy and Pascal Cygan are all injured, meaning Lauren is set to continue as emergency left-back.

Provisional squad: Lehmann, Almunia, Toure, Lauren, Campbell, Senderos, Eboue, Flamini, Fabregas, Song, Larsson, Hleb, Pires, Ljungberg, van Persie, Henry, Bergkamp, Owusu-Abeyie.