Arsenal can call on depth
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Arsenal centre back Gabriel Magalhaes is a doubt to face Crystal Palace but Mikel Arteta has quality options to step in.
The Gunners brought in eight players in the summer with the idea of increasing quality in the squad so that if a key player was injured, the player who stepped in would not lead to a substantial drop in level.
There have been examples of that already this season with Arteta's 'finishers' - the substitutes from the bench - producing moments of quality to win games.
If Gabriel does miss the match with Palace on Sunday, Arteta can call on Riccardo Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie.
Mosquera and Calafiori have already put in excellent performances this season, and although Hincapie has had limited game time because of injury, he is still highly rated and there is an option to buy the defender for £45m.