Declan Rice will play no part in Arsenal’s Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday after being left out of the club’s 23-man travelling party. The 25-year-old midfielder played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday but will not fly to Italy with the rest of the first-team squad after missing training on Tuesday afternoon with an unspecified issue.

Arsenal have suffered without Odegaard since he sustained an injury while playing for Norway during the September international break.

Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard returned to training on Tuesday as he edges closer to a comeback from a foot injury.

Inter Milan took three more points in Serie A against Venezia. It wasn’t easy. Nor was it free of drama. The Nerazzurri won by a scoreline of 1-0. Their winning goal came courtesy of Lautaro Martinez. But Venezia thought they’d equalized very late in stoppage time, until the goal was disallowed for a handball.

The upcoming game between Inter Milan and Venezia FC will be a matchup featuring two offensive stars. Both teams’ leading scorers (Marcus Thuram and Joel Pohjanpalo. respectively) are top-10

Inter Milan move up to second in Serie A as they beat struggling Venezia at the San Siro to go one point behind Napoli.