Arteta 'accepting the challenge' of managing extensive injury list

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta confirms that Kieran Tierney could earn his first start in a year against Monaco.

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00:00It is what it is. At the end we have to accept the challenge and the opportunities for other

00:06players as well to do that. In the ideal scenario we have to be in charge of making those decisions

00:12because it's forcing us to make it for the wrong reasons but as well we need to accept

00:17the reality and move forward.

00:19I'm really happy the way we are playing and the good thing is that it's not conditioning

00:22the team in such a way that we have to become a different team. So I'm very pleased with

00:27that, the way the team is adapting, the way players are making the effort to play in different

00:31positions and hopefully the ideal situation will come up very soon and we can do what

00:37we want.

00:38With so many players potentially missing a full back, could be an opportunity for Kieran

00:42Tierney to come back into the team? He's obviously been away and absent for so long. Is he ready

00:46to start straight away?

00:47Yeah, he's ready. He's trained really well and he's going to have an opportunity for

00:50sure. The way the team is looking at the moment, he's going to do that for that reason and

00:55because he's earned it as well. The way he's behaved, the way he's been with us, because

00:59he's willing to do it and when that happens you have to give opportunities to those kind

01:04of players.