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  "textContent": "James Tarkowski misses a Premier League game for the first time this season (Action Images via Reuters)\n\nJames Tarkowski has been ruled out of Everton’s Premier League match against Arsenal due to injury.\n\nTarkowski misses a Premier League game for the first time this season and with Jarrad Branthwaite also missing due to injury, David Moyes is playing Jake O’Brien and Michael Keane as his centre-back pairing against the Premier League leaders.\n\nMoyes, however, was guarded about the extent of Tarkowski’s injury but insisted his Everton players have had enough time to prepare without the 33-year-old.\n\nWhen asked about Tarkowski’s injury before kick-off, Moyes said: ‘I’m not sharing anything with you.\n\n##  Arsenal vs Everton team news\n\n**Arsenal:** Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Havertz, Madueke\n\n**Subs:** Kepa, Mosquera, White, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Martinelli, Jesus, Gyokeres\n\n**Everton:** Pickford; Garner, O’Brien, Keane, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall; McNeil, Neto, Ndiaye\n\n**Subs:** Travers, Patterson, Barry, George, Dibling, Coleman, Rohl Aznou, Armstrong\n\n‘You can see it, we’re missing two centre-halves today, but we’ve also got two who have one really well for us.\n\n‘We’re prepared, we prepared during the week, we’ve had time to do so, so it shouldn’t make too much difference hopefully.’\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nA win for Everton at the Emirates Stadium would see them leapfrog Brentford into sixth place in the Premier League.\n\nArsenal, meanwhile, have the chance to go 10 points clear at the top of the table before Manchester City’s game away to West Ham on Saturday night.\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "James Tarkowski injury latest after missing Arsenal vs Everton"
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