Mikel Arteta has provided injury updates on a handful of players ahead of Arsenal's Premier League clash against Liverpool on Sunday

Mikel Arteta has confirmed Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice and Christos Tzolis have all trained in what is a triple Arsenal boost ahead of Sunday's clash at Liverpool.

Calafiori and Rice both missed the shock Carabao Cup fourth-round defeat to Fleetwood Town in midweek due to issues sustained against Everton last weekend. Tzolis, meanwhile, has not featured since suffering a hamstring injury while away with Greece but the winger is now nearing a return.

Speaking on Friday at his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Anfield, Arteta confirmed the trio will be in the squad to face Liverpool if they make it through Saturday's training session.

"They all trained today. They will train tomorrow and if all is okay, they will be available," he said.

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Noni Madueke, who also missed the defeat to Fleetwood, is a doubt, however. Arteta said: "We don't know yet, we have a training session tomorrow, let's see if he can complete it." The Gunners boss did not rule out Madueke from making the squad, though.

Elsewhere, William Saliba is not expected back until late November at the earliest due to a back injury and Bukayo Saka is recovering from a thigh injury which is expected to rule him out until December.

On Saka, Arteta said: "He needed another scan to see the amount of fluid there was resolving, afterwards we will know more about it." On if the Hale Ender will be ruled out of the upcoming England fixtures, Arteta said: "Again, I don't know, it looks likely but we'll have to wait and see next week."

Max Dowman will definitely not be available for selection after he was sent off against Fleetwood for kicking out at Harrison Neal. The 16-year-old will miss the Gunners' games against Liverpool, Hull and Newcastle as he serves a three-match suspension.

The Gunners saw their appeal against the red card rejected by an independent commission, who dismissed claims of both wrongful dismissal and excessive punishment for Dowman. On the subject, Arteta said: "Very disappointed to be fair especially with the reckless tackle that he received. His reaction is minimal in compared to the action

"It is what it is, we have put every argument on the table to make a case for it, not only [was] Max's action is clear, obviously we have a very different opinion, you have to read into the context, the age, the player. It could have been really bad and we're really lucky today that he doesn't have a broken foot."