According to the Evening Standard, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should recover from his hamstring injury in time for the visit of Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day.

The England international came on as a second half substitute at Manchester City but lasted only 15 minutes before picking up the problem. He was subsequently replaced by Mohamed Elneny.

While the hamstring issue will sideline the Ox for the Boxing Day game with West Bromwich Albion, it’s a bonus that he’s not suffered a serious tear.

Aaron Ramsey, Shkodran Mustafi, Mathieu Debuchy, Per Mertesacker, Danny Welbeck and Santi Cazorla are the other names on the treatment table at London Colney.