ART SNUBS OVERTRAINING THEORY FOR PAINFUL RECORD AS JESUS LIGHTENS THE LOAD

MIKEL ARTETA hit back at claims his players are “overtrained” after two new injuries hit the Arsenal squad.

- TON CANTON in Bruges

Leandro Trossard was confirmed to have aggravated the same area which saw him come off against Bayern Munich last month, while Max Dowman suffered an ankle injury in a behind-closed-doors match last weekend.

Gabriel Jesus has been registered in the youngster’s place and has joined the team for tonight's clash with Club Brugge.

But Arteta insisted it is not due to too much work on the training pitch, despite fierce theorising from fans and critics that perhaps the team is being overloaded.

“No, because we don't train,” Arteta said.