Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he hopes to have wingers Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli back from injury when they host Fulham on April 1 after the club's misfiring attack cost them more points in the Premier League title race on Wednesday.

Mikel Arteta has ruled Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli out until April, meaning Arsenal will enter the Champions League last 16 without any of their first-choice front four. Saka has been missing since undergoing hamstring surgery in December and Martinelli has been absent since the start of February.

Mikel Arteta does not expect Arsenal to have Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli back until after next month’s international break. The Gunners have struggled badly in attack with their forward ranks depleted by injury, and now find themselves 13 points off the pace in the Premier League title race after a goalless draw with Nottingham Forest.