Saka target a 'wonderful minute' but injuries worries for Arsenal

Saka target a 'wonderful minute' but injuries worries for Arsenal

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Mikel Arteta will likely not feel his terrible luck.

In exactly the same recreation as critical participant Bukayo Saka scored on his extensive-awaited return from injury, the Arsenal manager misplaced One more in centre-back again Gabriel in advance of their Champions League quarter-remaining versus Real Madrid subsequent week.

The Brazil defender limped off in the very first fifty percent of Tuesday's 2-1 win against Fulham with a hamstring injury - an issue which includes plagued the Gunners squad this time, with ahead Kai Havertz's year ended by an identical difficulty and Saka sidelined for one hundred and one days.

To add to Arteta's defensive problems, Netherlands Intercontinental Jurrien Timber also needed to be withdrawn in opposition to Fulham using a knee damage, while Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori were being dominated away from the game with knee difficulty.