How Arsenal will line up vs Standard Liege amid injury crisis with Pepe, Tierney, Xhaka and Bellerin all missing out

ARSENAL look set to start the kids in their Europa League clash at Standard Liege on Thursday as they look to battle through an injury crisis.

The Gunners have confirmed Kieran Tierney has dislocated his shoulder while Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pepe and Hector Bellerin are also crocked.

Although Arsenal won 3-1 at West Ham on Monday, it was a terrible night for injuries as they lost four players in East London.

Bellerin was withdrawn moments before kick-off with a tight hamstring and was replaced by Ainsley Maitland-Niles who will likely keep his place on Thursday.

And things got worse for the Gunners 25 minutes in when Tierney clashed with Michail Antonio and landed awkwardly dislocating his shoulder.

Xhaka was smashed in the face by a ball and will miss out with concussion.

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And Pepe - who bagged his first Gunners goal from open play during the win - will miss out with a bruised knee.

Sead Kolasinac came on to replace Tierney at London Stadium and he is likely to retain his place.

Shkodran Mustafi is suspended, leaving Ljungberg with a couple of options at centre-back.

David Luiz appears likely to start with the Brazilian being paired with either Calum Chambers or Konstantinos Mavropanos.

And Matteo Guendouzi will likely reclaim his spot in the first team after being dropped by Ljungberg for the last two games.

The attacking midfield three will likely be made up of youngsters Bukayo Saka, Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson - although Emile Smith-Rowe could be swapped in for one of them.

Saka and Willock have already tasted Europa League success this season having scored in the Gunners' 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in September.

Alexandre Lacazette was another Ljungberg casualty against the Hammers.

Ljungberg has a decision to make on whether to play the Frenchman in attack or the man who replaced him at the weekend - Gabriel Martinelli - with whoever misses out on Thursday more likely to make the starting lineup vs Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.