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Revealed: Why Declan Rice missed Barcelona clash on Thursday

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 5–3 in an eventful pre-season friendly clash in California on Thursday morning.

 All-Stars last week, was not part of the matchday squad against the 

 has revealed that the 24-year-old midfielder is nursing a tight calf. He is expected to feature against 

The manager said after the Barca game: "Declan had quite a strong kick in training. We didn't want to take the risk. He was not really comfortable to train yesterday or today."

'It got really competitive for a friendly match': Mikel Arteta gives verdict on Barcelona win

 said: "It got really competitive for a friendly match.

"It got that way after the first tackle, the first goal. Playing in front of 70,000 people helps create an atmosphere. They are elite players and they want to win.

"But at the end, I think it got a bit too much for a friendly, but I think the show that we put in for all the people that came to watch was really good."

 continued their 2023/24 pre-season campaign with an entertaining 5–3 win against Barcelona in Inglewood, California on Thursday.

With 24 and four yellow cards (three of them for the Gunners), it was a physical affair with both teams looking to win despite in being a friendly.

'Too many fouls for a friendly': Xavi reveals what he told Arteta after Arsenal beat Barca 5-3

 5-3 in a friendly. After the game, the sides' head coaches 

The Barca boss has revealed what it was about.

"I understand that everyone wants to win, but I told Arteta that it looked like a Champions League match. The intensity that they put was too high. Too many fouls for a friendly," he said at a post-match presser.

"Arsenal deserved the victory. The rhythm and the physique have been the main difference. Apart from the result, we are satisfied.

They had just played two games and for us it was our first. We have seen positive things and not so negative things against a much better-worked team.

"We have a similar career with Arteta. We were both kids at Barça, and we played together. I wish him all the best and I respect him very much."

Arsenal committed 22 fouls compared to Barca's 12, with the Gunners picking three yellow cards and the Catalans one. However, an argument to be had is that the referee decided against booking several Barca players, for example Araujo for his handball and Roberto for his reckless tackle on Trossard.

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that's the intensity we should bring into the 2023/2024 season, the way man u played us too that challenge is what is needed in arsenal now high intensity,am sure the league we be ours

Andrew Otto

Very good done well to players hard working last night it’s winner thanks god I am proud of arsenal team players

Player		G
Erling Haaland	Man City	27
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	22
Alexander Isak	Newcastle	21
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	19
Philip Foden	Man City	19

Revealed: Why Declan Rice missed Barcelona clash on Thursday

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