Team News: Jorginho, Takehiro Tomiyasu start for Arsenal, Thomas Partey absent

Jorginho and Takehiro Tomiyasu have both been named in the starting lineup for Arsenal's Premier League clash with Manchester City, where Thomas Partey misses out due to injury.

The Gunners have confirmed that Partey is left out as a precaution due to a tight muscle, which has opened the door for Jorginho to make his first start for the club.

Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta has made the bold decision to drop Ben White in favour of Tomiyasu, who comes into an otherwise unchanged backline for the Premier League leaders.

Oleksandr Zinchenko starts on the left against his former club, while Granit Xhaka partners Jorginho as Arsenal's only other fit central midfielder for the visit of the champions.

Despite coming off the bench to score against Brentford, Leandro Trossard is named among the substitutes again, as Gabriel Martinelli keeps his place in an unchanged attacking trident.

Partey is joined in the treatment room by Emile Smith Rowe, Mohamed Elneny and Gabriel Jesus, but Reiss Nelson is back on the bench after recovering from a thigh injury.

Arsenal starting lineup: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Jorginho, Odegaard; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Kiwior, Holding, White, Trossard, Vieira, Cozier-Duberry, Nelson