- Arsenal play AC Milan at the San Siro in a Europa League match
- Hector Bellerin has been ruled out Arsenal's match against the Rossoneri
- Alexandre Lacazette and Nacho Monreal are also missing in the line up
Arsene Wenger has confirmed Hector Bellerin will be out of the Europa League first leg tie against AC Milan due to a ligament injury,.
Wenger said the injury to Spanish international should not keep him on the sidelines for too long.
"No, he is injured.
"He has an inflammation of his left knee. Some ligament damage. He had to spend the afternoon in the hospital to see why he is in so much pain.
"It's not a long-term thing." Wenger told a news conference when asked if Bellerin would feature at San Siro on Thursday.
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Bellerin has played every minute of the Gunners' Premier League campaign except for the 2-1 Premier League defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion.
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Arsenal will also be without Nacho Monreal and Alexandre Lacazette against Milan stressing that both players will not play because they are not physically ready.
"For team news, apart from that, of course Lacazette is not ready and we had to leave Monreal behind as well because he's not ready.
"He started a little session but he's not ready," said Wenger.
Arsenal are hoping they can turn around their worst sequences of defeats in a season having lost four straight matches on the bounce, a record which dates back to October 2002.
Wenger's side have recorded four consecutive defeats to Ostersund in the Europa League, twice to Manchester City in six days and Brighton in the league.
The Gunners will be home to Watford at the Emirates and a win win for them will not change their position in sixth.
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