England
Oxlade-Chamberlain suffers setback: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that a slight setback was the reason for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain missing the trip to the Hawthorns to face West Bromwich. The England international has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury during the 3-1 loss at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup late last month..
Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsey, who has also been out since suffering a hamstring injury during Arsenal's win over Bayern on 21 October is expected to return for the midweek Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb. Theo Walcott is still two weeks away after suffering a calf strain during the game against the Owls.
United injury crisis continues as Herrera limps off: Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera was forced off during the first half against Watford with a suspected hamstring injury. It was Herrera's first start since the goalless draw with Crystal Palace on October 31. The 26-year-old was recalled to the team for the game at Vicarage Road but went off after 25 minutes. It adds to a growing injury list for Louis van Gaal, who was already missing six players for the trip to Watford. Rooney, Martial, Fellaini, Valencia, Shaw and Carrick all missed out meaning Van Gaal was forced to include youngsters Rashford and Goss on the bench.
Double injury blow for Arsenal: Arsenal suffered a double injury setback in a key position on Saturday when Francis Coquelin and Mikel Arteta were both forced off in their Premier League game against West Brom. Coquelin, Arsenal's first choice holding midfielder, seemingly suffered a knee injury when going in hard for a tackle in the first half. Arteta, his replacement, fared little better. After giving away a free-kick for West Brom's equaliser and then scoring an own goal, Arteta was forced off with a calf problem just four minutes into the second half.
Italy
Milan without Bertolacci: Andrea Bertolacci has been ruled out of Saturday's clash between AC Milan and Juventus due to injury. Bertolacci missed Milan's goalless draw with Atalanta before the international break because of a muscle problem but the Italian midfielder was hopeful of being fit for the trip to Turin. However, Bertolacci was unable to recover in time.
"Apart from Bertolacci and De Jong, we have a full squad available with the exception of the long term absentees Balotelli and Menez. We will see about Bacca," Mihajlovic told reporters.