Arsenal: Four big Mikel Arteta selection decisions for Brentford before Real Madrid

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Arsenal travel to Madrid on Wednesday with a commanding lead after a 3-0 win in the first leg at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

The Gunners look out of the Premier League title race as leaders Liverpool are 11 points clear of them with seven games to go.

Arteta will want to keep the momentum going ahead of a trip to the Bernabeu, and here Standard Sport assesses a number of selection headaches he faces.

Arteta very rarely makes wholesale changes and likes to keep an element of continuity with his team selection.

The Arsenal boss is also a winner and, even against lower league opposition in the Carabao Cup, he has historically gone strong.

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Arteta’s Arsenal face Brentford on Saturday before their trip to Real Madrid next Wednesday

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Before the first leg against Real Madrid, Arteta made five changes for the trip to Goodison Park last weekend and a similar number is likely for Brentford.

The debate for Arteta is who does he give an afternoon off to?

Martin Odegaard was on the bench against Everton so he may start this weekend, especially as Declan Rice was forced off towards the end of the Real Madrid win.

Arsenal will undoubtedly have plenty of defending to do in the second leg in Madrid and they will surely want Rice fresh for that.

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