Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has admitted his concern because the Gunners misplaced each Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber to damage in opposition to Fulham.
Bukayo Saka made his long-awaited return from his personal damage to web the winner in Arsenal’s 2-1 victory on Tuesday night, however health points proceed to plague Arteta’s facet on the different finish of the pitch.
With Ben White dominated out and Riccardo Calafiori injuring his knee on worldwide obligation, Arsenal followers had been horrified on the sight of Gabriel pulling up with a hamstring damage simply 16 minutes into Tuesday’s recreation.
Timber, who has solely just lately overcome a bout of sickness, was then compelled off late within the second half, leaving Arteta sweating over his defensive choices forward of subsequent week’s Champions League quarter-final first leg in opposition to Actual Madrid.
“We don’t understand how they’re going to be,” Arteta mentioned of Gabriel and Timber. “We can be assessing them tomorrow and perceive higher how we’re with these two.
“If there are two gamers on this group who by no means wish to come off, it is these two in all probability. Gabi felt one thing in his hamstring, we do not understand how large that’s.
“And with Jurrien as properly. He already was struggling very early within the recreation. He managed to proceed and in some unspecified time in the future he could not. That is the draw back. Jurrien was a knee [injury].”
Whereas admitting his disappointment in the direction of dropping 4 defenders to damage in a single week, Arteta insisted Arsenal have picked up loads of expertise with regards to battling damage crises.
“The great factor is it has been like this all season,” Arteta mentioned. “You see [Gabriel] Martinelli immediately, we missed him for 3 months. You see Bukayo, 4 months. Kai [Havertz] 4 months, Gabi Jesus virtually the entire season.
“How we’ve managed to be the place we’re with all these accidents… Ben White hasn’t participated in any respect this season. It’s what it’s. However we would like it a lot that we’ll give it an actual go. We lose 4 gamers within the line of defense in a single week: Calafiori, Ben White, Jurrien and Gabi. We’ve nonetheless one other 4 that they’re so keen that they’ll do the job.”
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