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Riccardo Calafiori was named in the Arsenal XI but was replaced at the last minute (Picture: Getty)
Riccardo Calafiori was forced to miss Arsenal’s Premier League clash against Brighton on Saturday after suffering an injury in the warm-up.
Calafiori was originally named in the starting line-up by Mikel Arteta but went down the tunnel early when he was warming up ahead of kick-off.
Arsenal confirmed on their X account that Calafiori ‘picked up an issue’ with the left-back subsequently replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly in the XI.
With Lewis-Skelly upgraded to the starting line-up from the bench, Arsenal youngster Marli Salmon was named as a substitute instead.
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