Eberechi Eze is out of Crystal Palace’s match at home to Arsenal this weekend (Getty)
Oliver Glasner has revealed that Eberechi Eze will miss Crystal Palace’s Premier League clash against Arsenal on Saturday.
The 26-year-old lasted just 59 minutes in Palace’s 3-2 defeat to Arsenal in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening.
Eze had been suffering from a foot injury ahead of that game, and Glasner insists the midfielder will not be risked for Arsenal’s visit to Selhurst Park this weekend.
‘We have no one back yet but we do have one more injury, so Ebs is unavailable,’ Glasner said on Friday
‘He got a hit against Brighton on his foot. He played with quite a swollen foot at the Emirates and also got the next kick there. So he is not 100 per cent.
Eberechi Eze played 59 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 3-2 defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday (NurPhoto/Shutterstock)
‘We need every player 100 per cent so it makes sense, we decided that he gets a rest and hopefully will be available for Bournemouth. It doesn’t look serious, but you have to wear the boots, kick the ball and it is painful, it is not that free in terms of movement.
‘You always feel pain when you move and then you are thinking too much about this an can’t play how you can play.
‘We need the best Eberechi Eze he can be and therefore he has to be fit like all the other players.’
Palace currently sit 15th in the Premier League and delivered an impressive display in their 3-1 win against Brighton last Sunday.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are third in the Premier League and are six points behind leaders Liverpool who also have a game in hand.
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