Arteta on injuries, Tierney and Jesus

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Champions League game against Monaco (kick-off 20:00).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Arteta confirmed they will have to make late calls on the availability of players as "some of them will not be fit and available".

• He said the injury situation "is what it is" and added: "We have to accept reality and move forwards."

• On why these injury issues keep happening: "It is a knock-on. We have lots of joint injuries which are very difficult to predict ourselves. We have some through tackles which are difficult to avoid. Then other ones from overload and knock-on affect of having one or two players not available means you put more strain and minutes on someone else. That is not a good change."

• The Arsenal boss said he is "really pleased" with the way they are playing.

• On what they have learned from their Champions League experiences this season and last: "We have to do a lot of things we do in the Premier League. The tendency is to look at the Champions League like it is something else. We face incredibly difficult opposition every week. That is the good thing. When we come up against a team like Monaco, who have done incredibly well, we are so used to it because we play every three days against this kind of opponent."

• Arteta confirmed that left-back Kiernan Tierney "is ready" to come into the team: "He is training really well. He's going to have opportunity for sure with the way the team is looking. He is going to do that for a reason as well because he has earned it. The way he has behaved, has been with us, he is willing to do it."

• He said Gabriel Jesus' "attitude is really good - it always is" despite the forward only scoring once in 31 games. When asked about reports the Brazil international could leave in January, Arteta responded: "No, nonsense".

• On whether he is worried they are not creating enough away from set-pieces: "We always want to create more from every angle. Set-pieces are a consequence of what we do. That phase [open play] is a part of that. Open play and set-pieces are all together."

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