Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says they'll gradually re-introduce Emile Smith Rowe to first team action.

The midfielder played a full 90 in victory at Bournemouth on Saturday in his first start in over a year.

Arteta said: “I think he had really good moments in the first half, and the game was much easier for him, the way he was developing with his qualities, and the game we started to play after five or ten minutes in the second half, and then after he was struggling more.

“Physically, he's still not there to play 90 minutes, we have to bear in mind that we have four or five players in that field and that was big concern for us today in the line-up, because we have seven at Colney that are not fit now."